It seems like only Australia Day we were joking about being safe from Corona because we were drinking craft beer.

Little did we know that by March the world would be in lockdown and the pandemic would trigger an Uncle Dans-demic as Australia tried to drink its way through social isolation and the guilt of panic toilet paper buying.

PPE became a big issue, but there was no masking the fact numbers got big really quick as governments started printing money left, right and centre - and not just to marginal electorates.

Australia's unemployment rate increased by 10.3 percentage points in April to 14.7 percent - the highest rate and the largest over-the-month increase in the history of the data (available back to January 1948).

International air passenger traffic decreased 98.2 per cent by September, taking the joy out of Qantas boss Alan Joyce.

Harvey Norman's share price rocketed as grounded travellers worked out there was nothing else to do but renovate, aided by mortgage rates fast approaching Harvey's catchcry of zero interest.

For those on JobKeeper, or in the governement, money didn't seem to matter, unless you needed a political distraction from those who weren't on JobKeeper.

The government spent $17 million on the COVID Safe app and by October it had detected 17 cases, at around a million dollars per detection.

More fuss was made about $20,000 in Cartier watches delivered to Australia Post senior managers as time was called on their boss.

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A block of land earmarked for Badgery Creek Airport soared from its $3 million market value to an altitude of $30 million raising questions in ICAC about Gladys Berejiklian's choice in boyfriends.

And who'd accuse anyone of hypocrisy in the bipartisan spirit of Covid politics that came to define the federal government's relation with Dictator Dan, Stay Away Palaszczuk and whatever rhymes with WA Premier Mark McGowan.

Computer said no but the courts said yes to the government compensating victims of RoboDebt to the tune of $761 million. And the 2020 national budget red-lined to the tune of nearly a trillion dollars.

You wouldn't want to do a Karen and complain, because that might upset China, which had already been to barley and soon had a beef with our wine. It will be interesting to see if Australia ores on the side of caution moving forward.

Trumping it all was the disturbing theatre of the US election. Fingers crossed we're not Biden our time for political stability too long, but you wouldn't bet the bubble on it.

It's been a rollercoaster year and the ride's not over yet. I thought my Christmas came early when Peter V'landys got the rugba league back, but heading into the New Year restrictions are lifting across the country, and that really is cause to celebrate.