The first weekend conversations are light-hearted, and I feel embarrassed for wearing gloves. The second week the mood has shifted
It’s around 10am on Saturday, 21 March, when I drive into Robertson, the small regional town I grew up in . I expect it to be a ghost town. It’s never been what you might call a bustling metropolis, two hours’ drive from Sydney. It’s got the internet and 24-hour news too, so it’ll be scared of Covid-19 too – how can it not be?
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