The year nobody saw coming, Kurt Bush
The year nobody saw coming To kickstart this magazine, Kurt
Bush gives us a rundown of the year we’ve had.
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OBODY SAW THIS COMING. I don’t think anyone could have put a bet on a more dramatic year than the one 2020 has been. What have we faced? Here in Australia, we started the year in a cloud of smoke which was practically our whole summer. The bushfire season made for devastating news coverage and also a massive pouring of community donations to help people who had lost their homes. Then, after bushfire season, more natural disasters came in the form of Tropical Cyclone Damien and the floods in NSW. That was in February, a small rest period of peace before COVID-19 landed down under on its global tour later that month.
police brutality which has taken over most of the global news headlines. With all these massive problems in our world, it was as if we were now living under another, newer cloud.
Whenever something unexpected falls our way, there is usually a shock factor and a sense of panic. When the coronavirus outbreak turned into a pandemic, we were placed into lockdown and our international borders were closed. In addition, we (still) have to abide by that popular four-square meter rule for social distancing. We’re limited in how many people can be at a public gathering and a lot of our
March then saw Australia placed into lockdown that caused a country-wide panic. During that period of time, we then saw the United States destroy herself over issues of 11
