Was having a conversation with my friend about this and wanted to open the debate floor. I strongly believe it has to be Jesmond Central.

PLEASE SEE SITES ADDED AS OF THIS MORNING MARKED WITH AN ***** ACCURATE AS AT 12 NOON 15/12

LIST OF EXPOSURE SITES FOR NEWCASTLE - PER NEWCASTLE ECHO COMMUNITY FORUM (AND OTHER SOURCES)

unfortunately, someone has to do what our elected officials aren't, which is inform us of what is ACTUALLY going on.

DISCLAIMER - PLEASE READ

MORE VENUES WILL LIKELY BE ADDED - THESE DATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL OR EXTENSION, THIS IS BASED ON THE DATA FROM THE SERVICE NSW APP AND PUBLIC SOCIAL MEDIA STATEMENTS. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS AS GOSPEL, AND JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT AT A VENUE DURING THE PERIOD STATED BELOW DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED

I REPEAT, THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE SERVICENSW APP AND COULD BE LONGER OR SHORTER EXPOSURE TIMES TBC WHEN BETTER DATA IS COLLATED.

These exposure sights have either been flagged in the Service NSW or made public knowledge by the venues themselves through social media. While this is harrowing, I am hoping we can get ahead of the current outbreak if people are more aware of the serious extent of exposure sites. It is abundantly clear that contact tracers are behind, and hopefully this should assist some of you with tracking your own movements and getting tested.

**************ALL PASSENGERS FROM FLIGHT VA1105 BRISBANE-NEWCASTLE - all passengers have been announced as close contacts following the first flight from Brisbane to Newcastle following border reopening

**************CIVIC THEATRE/CONDA AWARDS - 11 December between 7pm-11pm

***Kmart Greenhills - 7 December between 3.07pm-10.02pm

*Hot Bargain Waratah - 8 December between 3.42pm-3.46pm

Queens Wharf Hotel - 9 December from 8.11pm-10.45pm

Coles Waratah - 9 December from 9.28pm-9.43pm

**The Blackbutt Hotel - on 9 & 10 December without timestamp

Argyle House - 8 December from 9pm-3am

Finnegan's Hotel - 10 December from 6.30pm-2.30am and now seems to include the night of 11 December as well

The Cambridge - 10 December without timestamp

*Xtraction Espresso Newcastle - 10 December between 9.16am-9.25am

*Merewether Post Office - 10 December between 3.20pm-5.20pm

*Coles Expresss, Waratah - 10 December at approx 4.30pm

*Kmart Waratah - 10 December between 11.50am-12.26pm

*Officeworks Marketown - 10 December from 2.22pm-2.40pm

**Nex Newcastle - 10 December, Medical Students Ball

**King Street McDonalds - 10 December, 11.39pm-11.41pm

**Star Hotel - 10 December, without timestamp

King Street Hotel - undat

Fuckin go buy some time at a race track and do it somewhere where it’s fucking legal you dumb fuck. The hospitals don’t need your added load right now if you end up in an accident, not to even mention the danger you’re bringing to everyone around you. You’re a fucking idiot and I hope the cops suspend your license.

Hi everyone, something is unfolding at Waratah Village Shopping Centre. I have a friend who was going there to shop and said there’s about 10 total cars, and the place is swarming with police. Does anyone know what’s going on?

EDIT: more police have arrived and they are not letting anyone leave the car park. They are taking photos of people’s license plates. Shit photo in the comments

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

New cases in the last 24 hours:

• 44 new locally acquired cases:
  • Of these locally acquired cases, 35 are linked to a known case or cluster – 25 are household contacts and 10 are close contacts – and the source of infection for 9 cases remains under investigation.
  • Ten cases were in isolation throughout their infectious periods and eight cases were in isolation for part of their infectious period. Nineteen cases were infectious in the community and seven cases remain under investigation.
  • Of the 44 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 21 are from south-west Sydney, eight are from south-east Sydney and seven are from western Sydney. Transmission in these areas continues to be of great concern.
  • Four further cases have been recorded to 8pm last night linked to a gathering at the Meriton Suites Waterloo on Saturday 26 June. These cases were contacts of people who attended the gathering and bring the total number of cases linked to this venue to 25.
  • One new case to 8pm last night is a non-clinical staff member at Waratah Private Hospital in Hurstville who worked for two days while infectious, on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 July. Urgent investigations and contact tracing are under way. All affected patients still in hospital are isolating at the hospital in single rooms. All patients have tested negative to date. Staff are wearing full PPE while caring for these patients. Other close contacts, including patients who have been discharged, are being contacted.
• 1 new overseas cases

All of greater Sydney has been issued an extension to the stay-at-home order until Friday midnight, 16 July.

• The following reasons allow you to leave your home: shopping for food and essential goods, medical care or compassionate needs, outdoor exercise, essential work or education when you cannot work or study from home
• For rules, please see here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/greater-sydney

COVID-19 restrictions tightened across Greater Sydney

Given the growing number of infectious cases in the community and unlinked cases of community transmission, COVID-19 restrictions will be tightened across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour.

From 5pm today (Friday, 9 July) the following additional restrictions will be in place:

Was just on the conference. Detected in:

• Mayfield
• Maryland
• Minmi
• Birmingham Gardens
• Shortland

Chant didn't go into it too much, said it'd be up on the NSW Health website. Not up yet.

Edit: thanks /u/LShadd

Copied from HNE Health “⚠️ ALERT – POSITIVE SEWAGE DETECT ⚠️

Samples taken from Belmont, Shortland and Burwood Beach sewage treatment plants have all returned positive detection results for COVID-19.

These treatment plants cover a population of over 400,000 people across Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and southern Port Stephens.

The catchment for the treatment plants where positive detections occurred cover the following suburbs:

🧪 Burwood: Newcastle City area and surrounding suburbs of Dudley, Charlestown, Jesmond, Lambton, New Lambton, Mayfield, Elermore Vale, Wallsend, Kotara, Garden Suburb, Adamstown Heights, Kahibah, Highfields, Merewether, Waratah West, Georgetown and Carrington.

🧪 Belmont: Belmont, Warners Bay, Gateshead, Tingira Heights, Bennetts Green, Jewells, Redhead, Eleebana, Croudace Bay, Valentine, Marks Point, Blacksmiths, Pelican, Swansea, Swansea Heads, and Caves Beach.

🧪 Shortland: Shortland, Cameron Park, Minmi, Fletcher, Maryland, Birmingham Gardens, Wallsend, Callaghan, Sandgate, Stockton, Fern Bay and Mayfield West”

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

#82 cases today for the Hunter, smashing our previous records :(

⚠️ UPDATE ON LOCAL CASE NUMBERS 30/09/2021⚠️

NSW Health has advised that there were 943 cases across NSW.

There were 82 local cases of COVID-19, taking the total number in the current outbreak to 919.

There are currently 600 active cases.

The Statewide vaccination rates are:

💉 86.7% first dose

💉 💉 62.9% second dose

A breakdown of the local cases:

Before you ask, Health do not provide details on which cases were infectious in the community.

👉 19 are from the Cessnock LGA

🏠 7 in Kurri Kurri

🏠 5 in Weston

🏠 2 in Cliftleigh

🏠 1 in Cessnock

🏠 1 in Heddon Greta

🏠 1 in Kitchener

🏠 1 in Laguna

🏠 1 in Neath

👉 21 are from the Lake Macquarie LGA

🏠 4 in Edgeworth

🏠 2 in Woodrising

🏠 2 in Windale

🏠 2 in Belmont South

🏠 1 in Toronto

🏠 1 in Cooranbong

🏠 1 in Mirrabooka

🏠 1 in Booragul

🏠 1 in Charlestown

🏠 1 in Dudley

🏠 1 in Gateshead

🏠 1 in Glendale

🏠 1 in Belmont

🏠 1 in Marks Point

🏠 1 in Murrays Beach

👉 17 are from the Maitland LGA

🏠 12 in Woodberry

🏠 1 in Rutherford

🏠 1 in Thornton

🏠 1 in East Maitland

🏠 1 in South Maitland

🏠 1 in Farley

👉 4 are from the Mid-Coast LGA

🏠 3 in Gloucester

🏠 1 in Pampoolah

👉 17 are from the Newcastle LGA

🏠 3 in Wallsend

🏠 3 in Mayfield

🏠 2 in New Lambton

🏠 2 in Newcastle

🏠 1 in Merewether

🏠 1 in Tarro

🏠 1 in Adamstown

🏠 1 in Hamilton South

🏠 1 in Mayfield East

🏠 1 in Waratah West

🏠 1 in Rankin Park

👉 4 are from the Port Stephens LGA

🏠 2 in Raymond Terrace

🏠 1 in Fern Bay

🏠 1 in Medowie

👉 48 of the cases are linked, 9 are unlinked and 25 remain under investigation.

👉 27 were isolating while infectious, 34 were infectious in the community and 21 remain under investigation.

🏥 13 of the total active cases people are currently being cared for in hospital. 2 are in ICU.

▪️ 598 close contacts are in isolation.

All testing sites can be located via https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics

⚠️ NEW COVID-19 EXPOSURE SITE UPDATE⚠️ I have been advised of a venue of concern associated with a confirmed case of COVID‑19. Anyone who attended the following venue on the specified date and time are casual contacts (unless they hav

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

And boy are my arms legs.

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

⚠️ UPDATE ON LOCAL CASE NUMBERS 23/10/2021⚠️

NSW Health has advised that there were 333 cases across NSW.

There were 78 local cases of COVID-19, taking the total number in the current outbreak to 2569.

There are currently 892 active cases.

The Statewide vaccination rates are:

💉 92.8% first dose

💉 💉 83.7% second dose

A breakdown of the local cases:

Before you ask, Health do not provide details on which cases were infectious in the community.

👉 10 are from the Cessnock LGA

🏠 6 from Cessnock

🏠 2 from Kurri Kurri

🏠 1 from Aberdare

🏠 1 from Abermain

👉 2 are from the Dungog LGA

🏠 1 from Clarence Town

🏠 1 from Martins Creek

👉 21 are from the Lake Macquarie LGA

🏠 3 from Macquarie Hills

🏠 3 from Warners Bay

🏠 2 from Cardiff Heights

🏠 2 from Dudley

🏠 2 from Holmesville

🏠 2 from West Wallsend

🏠 1 from Bolton Point

🏠 1 from Bonnells Bay

🏠 1 from Charlestown

🏠 1 from Gateshead

🏠 1 from Jewells

🏠 1 from Toronto

🏠 1 from Windale

👉 6 are from the Maitland LGA

🏠 4 from Rutherford

🏠 1 from East Maitland

🏠 1 from Woodberry

👉 15 are from Mid Coast LGA

🏠 8 from Taree

🏠 3 from Wingham

🏠 2 from Forster

🏠 1 from Harrington

🏠 1 from Tuncurry

👉 1 is from Muswellbrook LGA

🏠 1 from Castle Rock

👉 20 are from the Newcastle LGA

🏠 4 from Jesmond

🏠 4 from Tarro

🏠 2 from New Lambton

🏠 2 from Waratah West

🏠 1 from Carrington

🏠 1 from Elermore Vale

🏠 1 from Hamilton

🏠 1 from Hamilton South

🏠 1 from Islington

🏠 1 from Mayfield

🏠 1 from North Lambton

🏠 1 from Tighes Hill

👉 1 is from the Port Stephens LGA

🏠 1 from Raymond Terrace

👉 2 are from Tamworth Regional LGA

🏠 1 from Tamworth

🏠 1 from West Tamworth

👉 56 of the cases are linked

👉 16 are unlinked

👉 6 remain under investigation.

👉 23 were isolating while infectious

👉 49 were infectious in the community

👉 6 remain under investigation.

🏥 24 of the total active cases people are currently being cared for in hospital. 4 are in ICU.

All testing sites can be located via https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics

#No exposure sites have been announced today - if you see any put them in the comments.

✅ ❌ ROADMAP CHANGES FOR 80% ❌✅ The NSW Government has released further details

A play on words.

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

These are the updates made since 7pm last night as entered onto the QLD contact tracing page and include the first of the central coast locations.

As these lists are constantly updated, so please regularly refer to the official contact tracing page for the latest locations and the instructions to follow if you have been to any of these locations.

Close Contacts

• Moggill Village News / Australia Post Bellbowrie was initially listed as a casual contact
• All floors of the Myer store, Indooroopilly shopping centre are now listed as close contact locations rather than just level 2

Casual Contacts

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

UPDATED LIST: SITES ADDED ADS AT 5PM 16/12 Below is the updated list of sites which have come forward since the initial list yesterday. The same disclaimer applies, even if a venue isn’t on here or you attended at a different time, it doesn’t mean you will not get an alert. A lot of people have only been notified today even though they attended exposure sites on the weekend and last week.

CURRENT CASES TODAY: 633 new cases today TOTAL CASES: 1542 TOTAL KNOWN EXPOSURE SITES: 246 Sites

UPDATED EXPOSURE SITES Ghanda Charlestown – 9 & 10 December without timestamp

The Brewery – 10 December between 6pm-11pm

Merewether Vets – 10 December, with reports of a staff member and a client testing positive

Alder Park Sports Club – 10 December after 6pm

Genesis Cooks Hill – 10 December, no timestamp

Dan Murphy’s Newcastle West – 10 December after 6.42pm

Harris Farm Markets – 10 December after 10.01am

The Shipp Inn – 10 December after 7.51pm

Kotara Hanok Korean BBQ – 10 December between 6.38pm-7.53pm

Platypus Charlestown – 10 December, no timestamp

Coles Belmont – 11 December between 2.09pm-2.40pm

The Exchange – 11 December between 11.16pm-1.10pm

Three Monkeys Café – 11 December 10.20am-11pm

Finnegans Hotel – 11 December between 9.49pm-1.27am

Customs House Hotel – 11 December between 6.43pm-8.58pm AND 12 December 12.35pm-3.11pm

Little Tin Shed Medowie – 11 December between 12pm-12.45pm

MoneyPenny – 11 December between 8.14pm-approx 11pm

The Exchange Hotel – 11 December between 11.16pm-1.10am

Kmart Kotara – 11 December, looks like this exposure was all day with varying reports of exposure notifications

Woolworths Morrisset – 11 December between 3.20pm-3.35pm

Country Road Kotara – 12 December at approx. lunchtime

David Jones Kotara – 12 December at approx. lunchtime

BWS Jesmond – 11 December after 5.33pm

Coles Fletcher – 12 December between 4pm-4.15pm

JB HiFi Charlestown – 12 December, no timestamp

Adamstown Uniting Church – 12 December, without timestamp

Newcastle Indoor Sports – 12 December from 8.11am onwards

Mayfield Aldi – 12 December between 5.45pm-6.12pm

The Barn Adamstown – 12 December between 12.29pm-1.30pm

Arnolds Swim Centre – 12 December between 8.57am-10am

Hunter Arts Network – 12 December 1.40pm-1.49pm

Speers Point Carols – 12 December between 5.18pm-9pm

Lake Mac Square – 12 December between 12.48pm-1.16pm

AMPOL – 12 December between 12.05pm-12.05pm

Betty’s Burgers Concrete Co –

#46 cases for the Hunter, our worst day once again - exposure site at vax hub - check post for details

⚠️ UPDATE ON LOCAL CASE NUMBERS 27/09/2021⚠️

NSW Health has advised that there were 788 cases across NSW and 46 local cases of COVID-19, taking the total number in the current outbreak to 719.

There are currently 785 active cases.

The Statewide vaccination rates are:

💉 85.5% first dose

💉 💉 60.1% second dose

A breakdown of the local cases:

Before you ask, Health do not provide details on which cases were infectious in the community.

👉 4 are from the Cessnock LGA

🏠 2 in Weston

🏠 1 in Abermain

🏠 1 in Heddon Greta

👉 12 are from the Lake Macquarie LGA

🏠 4 in Cardiff

🏠 2 in Blackalls Park

🏠 2 in Cardiff South

🏠 1 in Macquarie Hills

🏠 1 in Windermere Park

🏠 1 in Lakelands

🏠 1 in Marmong Point

👉 4 are from the Maitland LGA

🏠 2 in Rutherford

🏠 1 in East Maitland

🏠 1 in Woodberry

👉 1 is from the Muswellbrook LGA

🏠 1 in Muswellbrook

👉 21 are from the Newcastle LGA

🏠 7 in Jesmond

🏠 5 in Wallsend

🏠 2 in Newcastle

🏠 1 in Mayfield

🏠 1 in Merewether

🏠 1 in Cooks Hill

🏠 1 in Waratah

🏠 1 in Birmingham Gardens

🏠 1 in Newcastle West

🏠 1 in Lambton

👉 4 are from the Port Stephens LGA

🏠 2 in Raymond Terrace

🏠 1 in Medowie

🏠 1 in Twelve Mile Creek

👉 28 of the cases are linked, 12 are unlinked and 6 remain under investigation.

👉 15 were isolating while infectious, 23 were infectious in the community and 8 remain under investigation.

🏥 13 of the total active cases people are currently being cared for in hospital. 1 is in ICU.

▪️ 737 close contacts are in isolation.

All testing sites can be located via https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics

⚠️ NEW COVID-19 EXPOSURE SITE UPDATE⚠️

HNE Health have advised of a venue of concern associated with a confirmed case of COVID‑19.

Anyone who attended the following venues on the specified dates and times is a CASUAL contacts (unless they have been contacted by NSW Health as close contacts) and must get tested and isolate until a negative test result is received:

🔴 Muswellbrook - Muswellbrook Fair Shopping Centre (entire centre), 19-29 Rutherford Road

• Wednesday 22 September between 12:00pm and 1:00pm

• Thursday 23 September between 10:00am and 11:00am

• Friday 24 September between 7.30am an

#69 cases for the HUnter

⚠️ UPDATE ON LOCAL CASE NUMBERS 01/10/2021⚠️

NSW Health has advised that there were 866 cases across NSW.

There were 69 local cases of COVID-19, taking the total number in the current outbreak to 658

There are currently 600 active cases.

The Statewide vaccination rates are:

💉 87.2% first dose

💉 💉 64.0% second dose

A breakdown of the local cases:

Before you ask, Health do not provide details on which cases were infectious in the community.

👉 8 are from the Cessnock LGA

🏠 3 in Neath

🏠 2 in East Branxton

🏠 1 in Weston

🏠 1 in Cessnock

🏠 1 in Cliftleigh

👉 1 is from the Dungog LGA

🏠 1 in Gresford

👉 23 are from the Lake Macquarie LGA

🏠 3 in Blackalls Park

🏠 2 in Windale

🏠 2 in Dora Creek

🏠 2 in Swansea

🏠 2 in Cameron Park

🏠 2 in Cooranbong

🏠 1 in Edgeworth

🏠 1 in Warners Bay

🏠 1 in Gateshead

🏠 1 in Belmont

🏠 1 in Bonnells Bay

🏠 1 in Marks Point

🏠 1 in Redhead

🏠 1 in Whitebridge

🏠 1 in Floraville

🏠 1 in Wyee

👉 9 are from the Maitland LGA

🏠 5 in Rutherford

🏠 2 in Telarah

🏠 1 in Woodberry

🏠 1 in Farley

👉 3 are from the Muswellbrook LGA

🏠 3 in Muswellbrook

👉 20 are from the Newcastle LGA

🏠 4 in Hamilton

🏠 3 in Shortland

🏠 2 in New Lambton

🏠 2 in Elermore Vale

🏠 1 in Mayfield

🏠 1 in Merewether

🏠 1 in Newcastle

🏠 1 in Cooks Hill

🏠 1 in Birmingham Gardens

🏠 1 in Hamilton South

🏠 1 in Kotara

🏠 1 in Waratah West

🏠 1 in Tighes Hill

👉 2 are from the Port Stephens LGA

🏠 1 in Raymond Terrace

🏠 1 in Salamander Bay

👉 2 are from the Singleton LGA

🏠 1 in Singleton

🏠 1 in Singleton Heights

👉 1 is from the Upper Hunter Shire LGA

🏠 1 in Merriwa

👉 36 of the cases are linked

👉 9 are unlinked

👉 25 remain under investigation.

👉 11 were isolating while infectious

👉 37 were infectious in the community

👉 21 remain under investigation.

🏥 16 of the total active cases people are currently being cared for in hospital. 2 are in ICU.

▪️ 598 close contacts are in isolation.

All testing sites can be located via https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics

⚠️ NEW COVID-19 EXPOSURE SITE UPDATE⚠️

HNE Health have advised of venues of concern associated with a confirmed case of COVID‑19.

Anyone who attended the followin