Day 22 Wednesday

A funny sort of day today. Up early at 0700 and a boiled egg for brekky. Then a delivery of wine to a drop off point so my mate in Mareeba has the same wines for Saturday night’s wine tasting. Most of the morning has been brushing up on my Zoom platform for next week’s teaching and this required a call to my technical IT expert, Joanne. Luckily in Zoom I can give her control of my computer and she solved the problem. Thanks Jo.

I have been given the task of speaking about the Stonier Reserve Chardonnay and the Campbells Bobby Burns Shiraz for Saturday. So, some thorough research was conducted, a video located and set up for the presentation.

Heading off for a bike ride now. I think I’ll patrol to the south. I did and it was pretty quiet. A lot of people from other suburbs using the Esplanade for running and walking. How do I know this you ask? You get to know the regular faces and the car parks are full. A sure sign of outsiders.

At last some good news. A 35-year-old man has become the first person in Australia to be jailed for breaching emergency coronavirus laws after he repeatedly snuck out of his Perth hotel room while he was supposed to be in quarantine.

He wedged open a fire exit door and left and re-entered the building on a number of occasions without being detected by staff, with his movements captured by CCTV cameras.

He then used public transport to travel within the metropolitan area. He was sentenced to a partially suspended jail term of six months and two weeks. Pity he was not in Singapore. They could have lashed his bare feet with a very big cane.

That’s all for today as 1) it’s gin time and 2) we have to prepare for the Hump Club dinner. Japanese theme this week, so I think Haruka Restaurant does take away.