As I said in the comments section of The Australian today, we tend to expect our governments to show a degree of ineptitude with some of the things they do and don't do but some of the voters take the cake. People like that sheila need horse-whipping. The lack of respect in society today is gobsmacking and the panic buying in Melbourne in response to their second wave has led to restrictions on buying being brought back, including in border towns like Albury, Mildura and Deniliquin.

It's only a matter of time before the lunacy comes back to Sydney, you know we have sheeple here too.

Brad ,, Can't really close the Boarder in Albury and Wodonga because the people don't think like that here . Its just one big town and people work and shop on both sides, There is not enough shops or workplaces if there was a division between the two Towns,We rely on each other for work and food.
Oddly enough there is a misconception, particularly with people from Sydney and this includes many of my Sydney friends,, EG If I say I live in Albury , They say Oh that's nice place, BUT that  Wodonga over the border is a hell hole!   It's completely untrue and I spend a lot of time in Wodonga, People are good, There are lots of jobs going on and money changing hands, It has nice houses, Its a good place. In fact, I could live in either providing the house was old. There is no animosity between the two towns. Only joking that those of us on the NSW side,, pay more for everything, Rego insurance,, Trailer laws etc ,, That's an ongoing joke .
I live in Albury and anybody who thinks Wodonga is a hole as either not been there or not spent time there, Honestly there are some interesting things over that River and the people good. There is no way they could close the border as we could not survive without each other, Both sides do agree on one thing and that is people from Sydney or Melbourne should not be coming here at the moment. 

pete

I was down that way two weeks ago. Both sides of the border seem much the same, with neither appearing to be better or worse than the other. I did have a run-in with a lollypop lady in Wodonga, she was a right nazi and yelling at everyone to slow down. The problem was that there was no school zone, so the speed limit was 60 and she was shining the sun in our eyes on approach with her sign. With a bit of luck, that isn't indicative of what all Wodongans are like.

The crossing was close to BCF and Bunnings, just in case anyone who is local wants to know who I am talking about.

The only 'retail' issues I have with Victoria is that Victorians do not know how to make a hamburger. In New South Wales, you get the bread roll, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, the meat pattie and onions with a choice of tomato or barbeque sauce as the standard issue. I bought a hammie in Ballarat on the same weekend and got lettuce and the meat pattie on the bread roll. When I took the first bite I wondered to myself, "where's everything else?"

It reminded me of a round trip I did about 15 years ago. I bought a hammie and chips in Omeo and got much the same deal. I guess it is a case of what one is accustomed to. One thing is for sure though, Victorians will never head south with an empty stomach. You'll get tomato and beetroot every time here.

How to blow half a million in 20 minutes

https://www.9news.com.au/world/lamborghini-crash-uk-motorway-brand-new-mechanical-failure-m1-ossett-cars-news/3bc75302-9d90-4887-ac3b-e232a6554d5a

Interesting to see if that's a warranty claim? I would not be paying up if I was the driver that hit it.

Speaking of motorways, Sydney will see the opening of two more tunnels in the coming weeks. NorthConnex, which is around 9km long will take over from the M4 East as Australia's longest road tunnels and likely carry the M7 highway number, will be the missing link in Sydney's main north-south corridor and allow people to drive from Singleton in the Hunter Valley to the outskirts of Melbourne without passing through a set of traffic lights. All we now need are cars with sufficient fuel range to do the job.

About two weeks prior to this though, the new M8 tunnels will open.The M8 duplicates the M5 East and forms part of the ever-expanding WestConnex project. The M8 is so named because once WestConnex is done and dusted in around ten years time, this part will marry up with Military Road which is designated A8.

Both tunnels are big enough for three lanes each way but are being marked for two each way for the time being otherwise they will create bottlenecks whilst other work is being carried out around them. EG: The M8 will one day link up with the existing M4 East, A8, Warringah Freeway and Rozelle Interchange and this tunnel will be four lanes each way. Let's hope that the ventilation in this tunnel ends up being better than that on the M5 East, which is renowned for being smoggy.

All of that is the good news. The bad news is that both roads carry a toll. Whilst we all hate tolls the bottom line is, we are seeing these things get built much faster due to private sector finance so it gives us all something to live for - living long enough to see the tolls come off in 40 years from now.

Was at the local Coles this afternoon. Toilet roll shelves empty. Sign on shelves saying quantity limits are in place.

There's no accounting for the stupidity of people.

Yeah G, gives ya the shits..

I still have a few 24-roll bundles left from the post-panic buy last time. Once the limits were taken off and there were sufficient stocks again I bought a couple of extras just in case the lunacy started again with people just filling their cars with dozens of bundles like before.

I wonder if the bloke who filled his garage to the ridgecapping managed to offload what he bought. I know the supermarkets he raided told him to get nicked when he wanted to sell it all back to them.

I just don't understand it. Why is anyone in Sydney resorting to panic buying when there is no second wave here - yet?

They are stopping older people from even getting a roll or two, which is usually as much as they can carry in a walk or bus ride to the shops.

Ill advised to get the shits, or you may have to use the Left Hand like some others. Woolworths in Wangaratta did not seem to be short of anything, however several things Potato, like DEB have been missing for near a month.

Plenty of toilet paper up this end of the world.
I was at the shops today and it's pretty normal.
Often though it happens here a couple of weeks after the cities.
Hell I don't really care ,if the worse thing I have to cope with in the morning is no toilet paper who cares. Which brings to mind a couple of books written a few years ago.

1 is on camping and it's called.
" Crapping in the Woods"

2 The other book is about men and it's called
" Real men have dingleberries"

So there is some reading for you all while in isolation and if you dont like the book ? Well you can always wipe your bum with it.

Pete

QUOTE: Shopping today at Woolies, up rushes an Asian lady as we are in the dunny roll isle.

There is a story circulating at the moment that people are lining up outside Chatswood Chase to engage in panic buying.

Idiots, the lot of them. Why did the NSW Government close down the state's lunatic asylums? For the fear of overcrowding in the 21st Century?

people are lining up outside Chatswood Chase to engage in panic buying

Is there a sign saying 'Panic buyers queue here'?

The first time around I'm told that the impact of the virus, thanks to industry close-down and prohibition on travel between towns, caused drastic shortages of toilet paper in China, so resident Chinese here figured by some crazy logic that we would run out of paper here too, hence the panic buying and, like a self-fulfilling prophecy, of course we almost did run out of paper.