This is Beechworth, nine hours after the easing of restrictions. It’s as quiet as it was yesterday. I grew up 10 minutes down the road and have never seen it so empty.

If this is your patch, please DM me. Would love to see how you’re getting on.
Look I am just bragging now but this is the first time I have been out of Melbourne since March.
Much busier now! The parks are filling up on the main streets, people are posing outside the icecream parlour. Enjoying the simple pleasure of wandering aimlessly into shops.
The mayoral dog of Beechworth was too busy trying to lick everyone to stand still for his photograph.
Also thank you to the human mayor of Beechworth for a very long conversation in which we both got quite emotional.
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