Right now the world feels like a pretty scary place.
With COVID-19 fears growing, every news station, newspaper frontpage and homepage in the country is filled with emergency warnings – and buying toilet paper is becoming a source of real anxiety even for those of us not panic buying.
For a country still recovering from the devastation of our worst bushfires on record, this global emergency feels like too much too soon.
So, in an effort to make us all feel collectively a little bit better, we’ve rounded up some of the great news that has been happening in recent weeks.
SIDENOTE: Speaking of good news. Imagine if all the girls in the world could read? Post continues after video.
1. Let’s start with the toilet paper.
Because it’s all anyone is talking about really.
“How many rolls have you got?”
“What if someone mugs me on the street for my loo roll?”
These are actual conversations overheard in the Mamamia office, and we suspect this is a conversation being mirrored across the country.
But have you heard about the two little girls using their tooth fairy money to buy toilet paper for pensioners?
Mareeba locals Addyson McGuire, 6, and Lucy Shaban, 4, have been using their hard-earned pocket and tooth fairy money to buy rolls for others.
"When she said she wanted to give it out. We said to her, 'What do you want to do with it', and she said 'I want to give it to people who can't get some',"Petrina McGuire, Addyson's mother told Today.
"That's when we came up with the pensioners cottages. We only live around the corner. That's when we decided to pack it in the cart and brought it around," she added.
2. The Australian women's cricket team broke records.
On Sunday night, 86,174 people packed out the MCG to watch the Australian women's cricket team play in the Twenty20 World Cup final.
It broke records for being the highest ever attendance for a female sporting event in Australia. Ever.
If it's successful, the service will be rolled out nationally which means you can ride alongside your doggo, cat, lizard, bird as you please.
7. The llama that went to a wedding.
Just in case you really hadn't cracked a smile yet, please allow us to introduce you to Shocky the llama.
21-year-old Mendl Weinstock showed up to his sister Riva's wedding ceremony with the animal in tow - dressed for the occasion in a custom made tuxedo - after a promise he made as a teenager.
5 years ago I promised my sister I would bring a llama to her wedding from r/pics
The two siblings had been on a road trip from Ohio to Indiana in 2015 when Mendl joked that he was going to bring a llama to Riva’s wedding.
After she got engaged in October, Mendl set to work and tracked down his date for the nuptials.
"She was shocked at first but more impressed that I kept my promise from 5 years ago," he told USA Today.
Feature image: Channel Nine/Instagram @auswomencricket.