The answer is it's up to you.

Another day with no new cases in Ballarat or the region even as Melbourne's daily additions soar with new records set each passing day.

Ballarat has no desire to go down that path and to a certain extent it can prevent that fate.

But it will almost take a return to a lockdown mentality and redoubled collective care.

So enjoy the extra freedoms that Melbourne has been denied since lockdown but think carefully about every trip and contact.

The tiresome repetition of hygiene and distancing? They need to be the new normal. Cooped up at home? The alternative could be far worse.

The weather isn't promising much anyway, so why not spend a Sunday indoors? Kick back, read a good book, browse a few stories or listen to some of The Courier's great podcasts.

Enjoy