AUSTRALIA

Lockdown Under sounds pretty similar to our versions. Hannah Moore, a journalist from Sydney, recalls a first lockdown full of Zoom quizzes, yoga and crafting. So far, so similar, but there is a key difference from a British lockdown: Aussies were baking focaccia instead of sourdough. Like British children, Australian children put pictures of rainbows in their windows. “It was sweet. And little kids used to decorate pebbles. It was fun – definitely for kids, but I felt like I was on a treasure hunt!” Moore and her compatriots, being in the southern hemisphere, have already suffered a winter lockdown. “I recommend a fire pit and whisky. And a bulk order of track pants. Your real pants won’t fit at the end, though. Just a heads-up.”