Hands up who is going a bit nuts in the confines of there own home? I expect most of us, and I truly believe that it is ok to feel both grateful for a roof over our head and a safe place to isolate at the same time as feeling completely claustrophobic in our own homes.
Every couple of days we have been taking a quick local drive, and for both the kids and the adults, it’s been a real mood lifter.
Here is the things we want you to consider
- Don’t go far from home. We keep it to an hour round trip.
- The aim is not to get out of the car
- Crank the tunes and wind down the windows
- This isn’t the time for your grocery run or petrol run
- Abide by social distancing regulation at all times
- Kids always need snacks, pack one + a small water bottle
- Ensure every one uses the toilet before you leave home
- Take some chalk and bomb your mates driveway with out getting caught
Places to drive by
This is going to depend where you live, remember keep it local, here are a few suggestions!
- The beach
- The train station / train line / tram line
- Drive by the kids school or other places they know
- Airport/s (Adelaide Airport has a lot of additional planes parked up behind Harbour Town currently)
- Drive by the grandparents or besties house for a toot and wave
- Watch trucks come down the freeway from a safe vantage point (we like the little car park near the motel at the toll gate)
- Building sites / road works / construction
- The Rocking Horse
- Port Adelaide Wonderwalls / Street Art
- Windy Point look out
- Myponga Damn Wall
- Gorge Rd Reservoir
- Coffee / fast food drive through (for a treat)
Remember, observe from afar, playgrounds are closed, keep it close to home and if you are getting out of the car 1. just don’t 2. adhere to all social distancing rules.
It matters not where you actually drive. Maybe just do three laps around your own block or suburb. Not going to lie, I sit in the car in the drive way just to make a phone call some times #happyplace and I have considered more than once moving my home office to the car.
Happy short sanity driving!
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