The hoops you have to jump through!

You can take that cap somewhere now...

Oh yes fully intending to take it walkies!

well it's not here as I was about to travel to northern NSW for the Byron Bay Blues Festival but it's just been cancelled because ONE PERSON in Byron Bay has Covid !!

So annoying as I planned on calling in to see all those Hollywood movies stars now living there. Julia Roberts, Zac Efron, Hemsworths, Simon Baker etc etc..heads on 'em like mice.

I intended cold calling as none have actually invited me .

The locals in Byron Bay are ropeable as they usually plant their drugs on the field weeks before hand to get freely past the police sniffer dogs on arrival.

Yes awful news for the Lighthouse overlooked Bay - which is unforgettable to the visitors who fuel the local economy.

In European terms, coranovirus hasn't been a major problem - but a solitary infection has scuppered the region's biggest earner.

With recent shark attacks and beach sand disappearance - through an ocean current phenomenon - Byron will need time to recover.

Holiday homes for the rich and famous aren't enough to keep giving NSW's Byron the status it's become accustomed to.

Byron has no comparable European or UK location in geographic terms - and quickly became a must go destination, for us travellers.

St Ives, in Cornwall, just might be the closest the UK has to offer; it also attracts surfers and artists - even though access isn't easy.

Byron Bay (called after a relative of Lord Byron) continues to attract the famous - largely because covid isn't usually an issue there.

Julia Roberts and George Clooney are making a movie there this year, as Australia also has generous tax incentives for such projects.

The Thor movie franchise has also benefited, as stars exit Hollywood/LA - with Netflix (the biggest movie producer) willing to locate anywhere.

However, Australia - and New Zealand - continue to have draconian covid rules. Those incoming - travel in almost empty planes, at enormous expense.


www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9420965...-Covid-case-NSW.html

And talk about rip offs. Government sanctioned (taken from their official site) - almost £600 for two tiny Home Test kits to get quarantine lifted!

www.kingofhits.co.uk/component/option,co...,64/?g2_itemId=10516

The Gov has been quick to profiteer on the back of the Panicdemic. Why let a good chance pass....

Today - my SIXTH test (home taken) in 3 weeks. Despite my Day Five proving negative (like all the others) I STILL have to take and send in my Day Eight test. Somebody simply hasn't thought any of this through. Luckily I can afford it but imagine all those who can't afford them.

And all so pointless; a trivial virus (for most).