We were on our way to Sydney to start our trip home, when I
read a message from Ken & Mel that told us that our trip home was
cancelled. We were booked through Fiji
Air to fly to Auckland via of Qantas, then continuing to Fiji, then to Los
Angeles and finally through to Toronto via of Air Canada. It seems that Fiji Air has suspend all flights
until the Corona virus crisis is over. So, we’re stuck in Sydney for the foreseeable
future. Our travel agent Coleen is
looking into what options we have available.
It means an extra expense that we really can’t afford. Hopefully our travel insurance through Mastercard
will cover some of this added expense.
We’ve got our fingers crossed that we can get home sometime this week.
On our way to Sydney, we stopped at the town of Kiama. This was a very picturesque harbour, with a
very active blowhole in the rocks. 
We stopped in a shoreline seafood café for lunch. The owner told us that due to regulations imposed
by the Australian government limiting restaurants to take out only, she was
thinking that she would close down and take advantage of the disaster recovery
loans. The regulations have destroyed
the tourist industry in Australia. Only essential industries are being allowed
to operate. On the first day of these
new regulations, the lineups at the Employment Insurance offices were around
the block. People here are no longer
talking about a recession but rather comparing the crisis to the great
depression of the 1930s.
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