Weekly wrap: Habits of a lifetime magnified in isolation

If you are working from home, are you drinking more coffee?

Do you go out for more regular walks?

Perhaps you read more than you usually would.

I'd put a big tick to all three of those since I have been working from home.

I drink more coffee during work hours, I go for a daily walk after work, whereas before I'd only go for walks on the weekends before, and I am reading more.

Do you find yourself doing something more than usual now that we are all living in the new COVID world?

Merryn Porter reports that according to new data released this week, one in five Aussies regret how much alcohol they are consuming during COVID restrictions.

I should cut back on the coffee I know, but walking and reading more, that's a good thing, right? Let me know what you've been doing more of lately. I am sure it could make for an interesting discussion amongst subscribers.

Speaking of coffee, Murray Trembath tells us a popular Burraneer cafe has been given approval to open at 6am following a review of an earlier decision

Some things are getting back to normal. Murray reported this week about the reopening of the Sydney Tramway Museum at Loftus after a five month shutdown.

John Veage got some great pics too.

Not many people like car hoons, I'd say that is a relatively safe statement to make.

Jim Gainsford has followed this yarn from its beginning and each new development brings more readers out who want the issue sorted.

Jim tells us Bayside Council will write to Roads and Maritime Services requesting the urgent installation of speed and noise cameras on both sides of The Grand Parade at the intersection of Bay Street, Brighton-Le-Sands. What do you think?

Tackling climate change with meaningful policy had dogged our federal political debate for more than a decade now.

Whatever your view is, climate change action seems to be a hot potato for politicians.

Jim reports that the Georges River Council is the first council in NSW to set five new sustainable goals on climate change.

How successful do you think they'll be? I think it is a good start, we must at least set some certainty in this space, lest we stumble about for another ten years and business and households are burdened with uncertainty and the rising costs associated with it.

Right, now I am very carefully stepping off my high horse, I'm grabbing another cuppa and I'll tuck into some bacon and eggs.

I hope you enjoy your Sunday and the yarns here to read and I'll catch up with you all next Sunday.

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