Big news for Melburnians today as VIC Premier Daniel Andrews announced that after 12 weeks of hard lockdown, restrictions will finally start being eased. YES. Of course, everyone in Melbourne is bloody keen to get back on the beers and are celebrating on Twitter.
Starting from tomorrow at 11.59pm (Tuesday, October 27), we will be moving from “stay home” to “stay safe”. That means retail, pubs, cafes and restaurants will all be open with COVID safe restrictions, of course. So you can finally wrap your laughing gear around an overpriced tap beer. Woohoo.
Oh and most importantly, you can actually go to Kmart now.
the culture pic.twitter.com/mfUM4aFIFc
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) October 26, 2020
https://twitter.com/LadyDiReeboks/status/1320585854209773574
Kmart 11:59 tomorrow🤣🤣😭 #Melbourne pic.twitter.com/KnWE41VjcJ
— 🇸🇴 (@blcknballin) October 26, 2020
me at 12.00 tomorrow night pic.twitter.com/oGh2GrryVB
— corgi (@courtwhip) October 26, 2020
Have decided I just don’t want to hear from anyone today who has not lived through every damn minute of this in Victoria for the last 8 months. Tomorrow – I’m all yours. Today – it’s just me and my state. #zerocases pic.twitter.com/5S9Dor8lrI
— Virginia Trioli (@LaTrioli) October 26, 2020
Even former leader of the Labor party Bill Shorten wants us to firmly get on the beers.
Happy dances all round! Well done Victoria, I’m up in Parliament this week, so have a celebratory beer for me. pic.twitter.com/OhQjPc0L7K
— Bill Shorten (@billshortenmp) October 26, 2020
Congratulations to the people of victoria for making all of beer an endangered species today
— dan nolan (@dannolan) October 26, 2020
Also, we must remember where we were when the daddy dan press conference happened…at home.
https://twitter.com/oz_f/status/1320590879640317954
Today was declared ‘Donut Day’ as Victoria recorded zero new COVID cases for the first time since June. However, there was some confusion around whether it’s ‘donut’ or ‘doughnut’?
All leftists do is wakeup, eat doughnut, flatten that curve and get on the beers
— Pat Simons (@prrsimons) October 26, 2020
So much work. So much loss. So much sacrifice.
I’m so proud of us, Melbourne #DonutDay #putoutyourdonuts pic.twitter.com/CNwQz0x6UF
— Sally Rugg (@sallyrugg) October 25, 2020
Everyone in Melbourne’s had the same idea!
Sold out donuts! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/tsMpIoCT9V
— Sally Rugg (@sallyrugg) October 25, 2020
Happy #DonutDay Melbourne! Here are some of our favourite science donuts 🍩 The first photographic image of a black hole, the theory of a torus-shaped universe, and the biconcave red blood cell. pic.twitter.com/aqTWgB5fFR
— Science at Melbourne (@SciMelb) October 26, 2020
For some Victorians going to the pub feels like a distance memory, however this tweet sums up what we’ve been missing for all these months.
I can’t wait to get back to the pub sitting at a long table and the person next to me is a friend of a friend I don’t really know talking about the weather and I can hear my mates having a sick conversation down the other end and I’ve got a zinger lined up but I’m too far away
— Greg Larsen (@gregmlarsen) October 22, 2020
Many people were disappointed on Sunday when Dan was not wearing his traditional North Face jacket. But thankfully today he had it on, and it brought some good news with it.
https://twitter.com/shayendexter/status/1320520269786574848
Dream @DanielAndrewsMP presser today- *struts in wearing North Face jacket* “We right to go? Today we have zero new cases. Industries A and B reopen Wednesday, with industries C & D to follow Monday. Rachel- shut the fuck up. Peta- shut the fuck up. It’s time to get on the beers”
— Daveasaurus Rex (@bitchesluvqbits) October 25, 2020
Gotta love the North Face jacket! It’s time to (safely) get on the beers people🍻 #ThankYouDan pic.twitter.com/uhr2ifahYW
— Eli (@yeah_els) October 26, 2020
We also can’t forget that the first question Dandrews was asked at the press conference today, was ‘when we could get back on the beers?’ but said he’d be reaching for something a bit stronger.
“Are you confirming that what you are saying is that we can finally get back on the beers?” she asked.
“I don’t know that I’ll be drinking a beer tonight,” Andrews said.
“I might go a little higher up the shelf.”
https://twitter.com/HarryMalcolm2/status/1320589689934344192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1320589689934344192%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pedestrian.tv%2Fnews%2Fdan-andrews-get-on-the-beers-lockdowns-lifting-update%2F
The statement was so iconic that Twitter user Alex Devanteir said he would be sending two bottles of whiskey over to Dan and VIC Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
https://twitter.com/AlexDevantier/status/1320605102630006784
BIG NEWS FOR SCORPIOS, pubs are open just in time for our birthdays. I for one, cannot wait to celebrate my spooky halloween bday by heading to the pub.
https://twitter.com/chardylover69/status/1320584926710829056
Well done Melbourne, we smashed it!!!