'Your Stories' COVID-19 Collecting Project
Thank you to everyone who submitted their story to us via Have Your Say Glen Eira! This platform is now closed but we encourage you to continue submitting your stories via the Council website.
Why do we want to collect?
COVID-19 is a generation defining challenge for our community, and there will be lots of material collected over the coming months documenting the official response to the crisis. But what is often missing from the historical record are glimpses into the lived experience of individuals and families – things like letters, diary entries, or photographs taken by people justContinue reading
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This online gallery showcases some our our great submissions capturing life in Glen Eira during the time of COVID-19.
We are collecting digital photos, documents, videos and audio files which document the daily local life of the Glen Eira community during COVID-19 to provide glimpses into the lived experience of individuals and families.
We hope that the material and stories we capture now will help future Glen Eira communities understand what it was like to live through this time.
If you would like to submit a story about your experience you can do so here.
View All Ideasalmost 2 years ago
All you need is Love - Michelle
My son Daniel has Autism/ intellectual disability/Epilepsy. Daniel is non verbal. He’s 27 years old and he has been home since March the 18th, unable to attend his daily learning centre, so I have been keeping him occupied and engaged with several art projects during this challenging Corona time. We have enjoyed our time together . Personally the COVID experience has been good for my son in terms of giving him time to function at his own pace ...no rushing, no pressure , and as a mother of twins and as our daughter is overseas, it has given me special one on one time with him , and I’ve come to appreciate him even more ; suddenly routine has changed for him... he’s not seeing his peers and teachers... the familiar has been stopped, yet he has adapted so so well, and I’m so proud of him and thankful . He’s been happy with the simple things in life . A lesson to us all .
almost 2 years ago
Mosaic message to bring a smile to passerby! - Grace
"It is a mosaic that I created to be viewed by passersby and others in the street. It is a message of hope and comfort. It has the universal symbol of the love heart, to convey the message that people care for one another. The idea came to me as I was going for a walk and I thought 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone created an Art piece to be displayed in their front garden, for people walking past?'"
almost 2 years ago
Deserted Elsternwick carpark
This was the view from my car of a deserted carpark in Elsternwick during lockdown one. What would normally be a busy car park was now a deserted space with not a car to be seen. I had gone to get a takeaway coffee from my local cafe and bread from the bakery. I didn’t dare go to Coles because that would have meant food shortages due to people hoarding!
almost 2 years ago
Kids only street library - Karen
"My children have been missing books, libraries and book stores during lockdown. We always wanted to start a street library. Many of them aren’t brimming with books for kids. So we started a kids only one. It has been tremendously popular. We’ve added sanitizer and are making sure everyone stays safe and also has something new to read."
almost 2 years ago
Covid Diaries 2 - Monika
For weeks now my housemates and I have been working out, mostly in the backyard. During those weeks, the leaves on the ash tree have changed from green to golden and laid a golden carpet over the grass. This one day, the 3 neighbourhood magpies sat on the ash tree branches and sang and sang while we strained and puffed.
