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‘Everyone thinks we’re mad’: Not a minute to lose as the Melbourne wall falls at midnight – The Age
Melburnians have watched daily COVID-19 case loads soar beyond 700 and back to consecutive days of zero since Melbourne’s ‘ring of steel’ went up four months ago From…
It has been four months since police and Defence personnel were first deployed to checkpoints around Melbourne’s perimeter.
Since then, Melburnians have watched from their living rooms as daily COVID-19 case loads soared beyond 700 and, after one of the world’s longest lockdowns, back to eight consecutive days of zero.
From 11.59pm, the hard work pays off.
“I reckon all of Melbourne heard me,” Mr Grinstead said of the moment premier Daniel Andrews set the date last month.
Ms Grinstead’s first frantic…
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