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- #01 November 2019 & January 2020 – The Novel Coronavirus begins and breaks out
- #02 February 2020 COVID-19 Spreads Globally
- #03 March 2020 COVID-19 It Spreads very widely
- #04 April 2020 COVOD-19 The world tries to deal with Covid-19
- #05 May 2020 COVID-19. A new “Normal”
- #06 June 2020 Covid-19 Things are getting worse
- #07 July 2020 Covid-19 Complacency is our greatest danger
- #08 August 2020 Covid-19 Globally No Better No Worse, Victoria from Good to VERY Bad
- #09 September 2020 Covid-19 Globally it’s getting Worse, Victoria is back on track.
- #10 October 2020 Covid-19 The Pandemic takes hold Globally
- #11 November 2020 Covid-19
- #12 December 2020 Covid-19 The End of 2020 – We have vaccines and the hope of a brighter 2021
- #13 January 2021 Covid-19 The start of a new year with promise
- #14 February 2021 Covid-19 The “New Normal” has become normal
- #15 March 2021 Vaccinations in Australia begin and so does the Global Third Wave.
- #16 April 2021 The Third Wave is continuing to grow.
- #17 May 2021 The Third Wave comes and goes, where now?.
- #18 June 2021 The “Third Wave” is over, but hello the Delta Variant!
- #19 July 2021 The Delta Variant has arrived and brought on a 4th Wave of Covid-19
- #20 August 2021 Covid-19 Same Same but Different, Delta Dominates
- #21 September 2021 We ride the 4th wave
- #22 October 2021 The Fourth Wave is over, what next?
- #23 November 2021 Looks like Omicron is riding the 5th wave
- #24 December 2021 And then there was Omicron
- #25 January 2022 The month of Omicron
- #26 February 2022 Omicron fades away
- #27 March 2022 Covid-19 Australia’s 6th Wave and a Global Steady State.
- #28 April 2022 Covid-19 is declining world-wide, but comes close to home
- #29 May 2022 The numbers of Covid-19 “reported” are continuing to decline
- #30 June 2022 The Pandemic has stabilised, or has it!!
- #31 July 2022 Another wave of Covid-19 washes over us.
- #32 August 2022 The decline of the Omicron Wave
- #33 September 2022 A Political End to the Pandemic
- #34 October 2022 Covid-19 Diary
- #35 November 2022 Covid-19 Diary
- #36 December 2022 The West Begins to Normalise as China sets Covid-19 free.
- #37 January 2023 Covid-19 Let’s look the other way, it might go away!
- #38 February 2023 Covid-19, Don’t mention it!
- #39 March 2023 Covid-19 Now Endemic
- Covid-19 Charts Jan 2022 to end April 2022
Category Archives: Australian Holidays
Day 16 23 February 2026. Negombo, Sri Lanka to Male, Maldives and onto the Laamu Atoll.
We left our hotel at 8:35am. Overnight we got a message to say our flight had been delayed until 12:17pm, the original departure time was 11:15. So it was a longer wait at the airport than we expected. By the … Continue reading
Day 15 22 February 2026. Sri Lanka Wilpattu to Negombo
We left at 10am , our last road trip in Sri Lanka! Our first stop was on the outskirts of Puttalam to visit a community known as “Ceylon Africans”. They are the descendants of slaves from Mozambique and Tanzania … Continue reading
Day 14 21 February 2026. Sri Lanka Mannar to Wilpattu
We left at 8am bound for Wilpattu and the Leopard Trails Camp. Around 8:40am we were pulled over for speeding again, doing just under 70 in a 60 zone. No fine , just a contribution to the police breakfast and … Continue reading
Spain Day 20 Barcelona 14 October 2025
https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf We met our guide Laura outside the Lamaro Hotel at a bit after 9am, it took us a little longer than we thought (and what Apple maps & google maps thought). After we got to know each other … Continue reading
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Spain and Dubai Day 11. Granada Spain. 5 Oct 25
OK stand back everyone, believe it or not, but we started our day with two consecutive church services!! Things you do on holiday. Our day started with a 10am service in Capilla Real (Royal Chapel). Long story short, there are … Continue reading
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Spain and Dubai Day 5 Seville and Cordoba 29 Sept 25
We were picked up by our driver, Alex. at 9:35 for our 1.5hr drive to Cordoba. The traffic was reasonably heavy getting out of Seville. It was an interesting drive up, there were olive plantations as far as the eye … Continue reading
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Spain and Dubai Day 2 Toledo and Madrid Spain. 25 Sept 25
Our driver. Young Carlo, picked us up at 9am and we were on our way to the former capitol, Toledo. Modern Toledo has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, Its historic centre was recognized for its architectural and … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 2 Istanbul. 9 Sept 25
We both had a good nights sleep, I think our body clocks are approaching Turkiye time. We both had yoghurt with breakfast this morning, fortifying our gut for any local bugs, a little trick we learnt in India. After breakfast … Continue reading
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Turkiye, Portugal, Spain and Dubai Day 4 Perth 6 Sept 25
Slow morning then off to H’s 5th birthday party. H & J were both very quiet when we got there, H full of expectation for his party, 1pm start, and J was just plain tired. At 1pm the skies opened … Continue reading
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Next Adventure 3 weeks away – but who’s counting
Yes, in three weeks time we will be boarding our flight for Perth, and spend a few days with family and celebrating a grandson’s 5th birthday. From there we will be flying to Istanbul, Turkiye, then onto Portugal, Spain and … Continue reading
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