My little part of the world

 

In a world which is wearing and hard to get along with, you have to work on your little part of the world. Work on your health, hobbies, relationships and interests. Keep yourself positive and do what you can to keep your little part of the world happy and inspiring. It is how I cope and how I have always coped. I have developed so many interests because curiosity is the one thing which keeps negativity at bay. No, I am not perfect. My life isn't perfect and there are days, weeks, months and years where it is gruelling.

I heard today we are going to have more right wing protests in Australia on July 1st like the anti vaccine convoys. I can't find any reference to anything like that so maybe it was just talk. We actually need more benign and optimistic ways of living now we have shed the LNP government federally. We can't keep doing negative. Anyone can protest. They can have a protest about what they like but not when it threatens others or makes it difficult to go about daily life.  We need to be able to get on with living safely and our wellbeing is of ultimate importance at the moment. 

It is therefore good to hear our Premier, Peter Malinauskas, is supporting the Vinnies sleep out. It is good to see he has returned the Adelaide 500 to our state for the next 5 years. So many people loved it. It is also great to see we are starting to work positively on energy and renewables. We need some good initiatives to focus on.

In the meantime we need to renew ourselves. Spending time improving your life and your living area is not such a bad thing. Taking the time to explore your local environment helps keep the mind on what you an do rather than all the big issues and concerns which can swamp you daily. It is never about tuning out, as far as I am concerned. There are times when you it is important to put your energy into yourself and then you can better deal with what the world serves up. 

Adelaide 500 is back

 Our new Premier, Mr. Malinauskas , is a man of his word. He said , if he were elected, he would bring the Adelaide 500 supercar race back. He has. The Adelaide 500 is back this December. It was a big loss when Mr. Marshall let it go in 2020. It was a love hate relationship for some people in Adelaide. There was the disruption to traffic as the streets were changed and stands put up. There is currently no permanent place for it and there was some talk of that before is was unceremoniously dumped. It clashed with the Fringe and Festival events and that could be very disruptive but people were starting to negotiate so everyone could be happy. Those living in town had the noise of cars and helicopters but that comes with the territory with an event such as this. So many people loved it. Even if they didn't go and watch it in person, it created a lot of interest and talk. It was great for local businesses who enjoyed the buzz and profit. School excursions were organised to go there and that was an exciting day for students. We need things to look forward to to keep morale going and Adelaide does love cars. It loves car sporting events and those who don't love it appreciate that others have something to be passionate about. 

Holding it in December is better. Who knows what the covid numbers will look like by then but it is an outside event and presumably will run with a covid safe plan. Distancing ought to be easy and masks in busy areas are easy. 

This is no fake, show off action by Mr. Malinauskas. He wanted us to have this event back as soon as we lost it. He took immediate action as opposition leader to ensure we would get it back if Labor won this election, which it did. That is clearly explained on the AutoAction site. Now we shall see how they get our new look race up and running.