Those gnawing questions about travel, recession and the loss of global experience are being shoved down, below a more immediate appreciation for home and a search for silver linings. Even with a 111-day lockdown in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne, which just finally ended. But in Australia, the ever-smaller circle is more intertwined with the pursuit of safety. A deserted train station platform that, but for the coronavirus lockdown, would normally be busy with commuters, at dusk in Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 9, 2020. The beaches and small towns that equal or supersede the beauty of anywhere else in the world.

Source: bd News24 November 01, 2020 05:48 UTC