Town

Late again, so dashed up the road with the fishy.

The Great Western Highway is on the right.
It's unusual not to see several trucks hurtling through town.
Govetts Leap Rd on the left, and standing guard over us all, even in its diminished state, is the New Ivanhoe Hotel.

I used to think it was incredibly ugly, but I must be
 going soft in my dotage, because I don't mind it at all.
Inside is all cream and mission brown, a legacy from the days when the pub was full of smokers.Since there've been no smokers inside the pub for thirteen years, there has been opportunity to update and brighten it up a bit, but the publican seems to think it would be heresy to change anything.

It does have a wonderful mirror, and the women's loo has a wonderful curved entry.
As does the women's loo in the other pub in town.
Funny that.



The curve is flattening, but this news was tempered by the fact that the virus will not be defeated before the arrival of a vaccine, probably in eighteen months.


Local businesses have been called on to 're-tool', and a debate has started about the paucity of manufacturing in Australia.


Donald Trump warned Americans to brace for a "rough two week period", and estimates announced between 100 000 and 240 000 deaths.


A window washer, a man drinking outside a closed pub and a man at a gathering outside a family home in Parkes were fined $1,000 by police;


The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is monitoring 10 cruise ships with 600 Australians on board. It is hoped they will be able to dock in Florida.



Confirmed Cases   4862
Deaths                          21