New features added to the 5km Radius site. 10km radius and Bike Trails.

Two new features have been added to the 5km Radius website.

• 10km radius
• Bike Trails

10km Radius

In both Victoria and NSW there has been 10km radius restrictions. In case the 10km radius restriction occurs again this has been added to the 5km Radius site. In NSW at one point there was both a 5km radius restriction and a 10km radius restriction so we need to be prepared.

Bike Trails

It can be hard to find things to do when you're in lockdown and restricted to a 5km radius. One activity I do is to go for a bike ride but in doing so I need to keep in mind I'm still restricted to 5km.

The Bike Trails map shows the bike trails around your area. A 5km ride doesn't sound like much but with a bit of creative thinking I've manager to create a number of 5km circuits in my area and you can see those rides as I add them to YouTube. I can tell you I've come back quite exhausted from the 5km circuits and I've not even been doing more than half the 5km radius area. Keep in mind if you could ride around the circumference of a 5km radius area that would be close to 31km. Throw in some hills and slow section you may even find it hard to complete in the time allowed.

Kelvin
www.5kmRadius.com.au

The 5km radius website unfortunately is exceeding the daily quota at times.

I wrote the 5km radius website to help family and friends. I made it available to the public in case it also helps others.

Unfortunately I didn't anticipate the level of traffic to the site with both Victoria and NSW in lockdown at the same time, with the same 5km radius limit. This higher than expected usage has caused all my mapping sites to stop working so I've had to try to find a way to keep my other sites working as well as the 5km radius site.

For this reason the 5km radius site now uses a separate mapping service which has a quota, but should at least enable many people to use the site before the quota is reached. This will literally be many thousands of people a day. I apologise to those who miss out on the day but please be aware the quota resets each day.

Thank you for visiting my site. Again my apologies for anyone who misses out. I simply cannot afford to fund the site above the quota provided as I have limited income at this time.

Kelvin

Update: 24 Aug 2021
Recent changes I've implemented appear to be working so for most weekdays the quota may not be reached. Weekends tend to peak higher so quota limits may still kick in at night on weekends. If that happens try again the next morning.

Interesting article on rates of serious coronavirus infections for vaccinated and unvaccinated.

I like to keep links to interesting articles which share what I consider to be useful information. In the following article the number of serious cases of coronavirus for vaccinated and unvaccinated people is provided.

Delta strain: Israel records spike in hospitalisations, deaths despite 78 per cent vaccination rate, Pfizer booster shots (news.com.au)

The important figures are:

For over 60 the number of serious cases is 178 per 100,000 unvaccinated people. For vaccinated people over 60 this figures is reduced to one ninth. I suspect this means approximately 20 per 100,000 serious cases for vaccinated people over 60.

For unvaccinated people under 60 the number of serious cases is 3.2 per 100,000 people.  This was a little more than double those people who had been vaccinated. I suspect this means around 1.6 people per 100,000 for vaccinated people under 60.

It would be interesting to see these age groups broken down further to see the rates per 100,000 people.

Kelvin

Pleased to see 5kmradius.com.au on News.com.au site today.

There's quite a bit of work involved in building and maintaining websites so today it was very pleasing to see people mentioning 5kmradius.com.au and the site appearing on the news.com.au site.

Northern Beaches Narrabeen locals discuss Sydney Covid travel restrictions (news.com.au)

Kelvin Eldridge
www.5kmRadius.com.au