Split Weekend

Covid-19 reached our shores in late January after emerging from Wuhan China as an epidemic declared in December 2019. By the end of February there were 26 cases reported Australia wide. Half of these cases travelled from China while the other half contracted the virus while on the cruise ship the Diamond Princess. By now, the World Health Organisation had declared Covid-19 a pandemic with China, Italy and Spain leading the way with confirmed cases.

The first case reported in Canberra was on March 12th.

We were beginning to realise that perhaps our future looked a little uncertain as information filtered through regarding this new virus. School newsletters encouraged regular hand washing and good respiratory hygiene as well as keeping any child who was sick to stay at home. As we rolled into the weekend, I flew down to Melbourne to attend a Gynae Ultrasound Conference while Andy took the girls to Guthega for a working bee weekend at the lodge.

My weekend was very quiet as I knew no-one else at the conference. Unfortunately both the UK and Sydney speakers wisely opted not to travel during these increasingly concerning times and so presented their talks via video links.

The UK speaker was fantastic with very entertaining talks. One of his topics was ovarian pathology which focuses on pattern recognition. His point is that we as humans are very good at pattern recognition - as proven by this slide where we can differentiate the chihauhaus from the blueberry muffins!!

Meanwhile Andy together with Rob was giving the laundry / workshop at the lodge a clean out and face lift. The girls were under Al's watchful eye painting room 8! In between these jobs, they joined the line to transfer the wood from the pile out the front to neatly stacked inside the wood room. Plus the kids still had time to fix up the cubby house outside the back of the lodge and Andy managed a short run up Guthega Trig. All in all a productive weekend!