Saturday 22 January 2022

Pinged

Adapting to colder temperatures now.

Frantically Housecleaning to remove a month's dust,

the washing mountain has diminished and

we've been pinged.

We were tested for Covid before  we were allowed on the plane leaving England. Once we landed in Australia we had to show our vaccination certificates and take a test on day 2 and day 6. Day 2 in particular involved us in a 3 and a half hour car queue which took up the entire morning as Australians rushed to be tested after being told that Covid infections were escalating. Day 6 was much quicker. 

All our tests showed that we were clear. Coming home, we showed our certificates and got on the plane. 14 hours to Dubai, 9 hours in the airport, and 7 hours to Newcastle. Seating capacity on both planes 853+550 or say 1400 people. In the airport we social distanced and it was in no way crowded. Yet someone in that number has tested positive for Covid and we were pinged. I assume all 1400 would get the same instructions.

Picked up lateral flow tests courtesy/free via the NHS, did the first one last night and we are still clear. Whoever manufactures these tests is probably a millionaire by now. We have to do 6 more tests this week to be sure.

Pic shows some of the houses around one of the smaller bays of Sydney harbour.

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