No-one can accuse Melburnians of not having a sense of humour. Now on their fifth hard lockdown, residents trapped inside their quarantined apartments are trying to find the bright side of life. On Thursday, the prisoners of Ariele Apartments in Maribyrnong - just west of Melbourne's CBD - took it on the chin as they became a human zoo to the wider community. A group of young flatmates were able to chat briefly with a friend who had brought them some groceries People trapped within Ariele Apartments are trying to maintain a sense of humour Tempting! A sign plastered across a window at Ariele Apartments Ariele Apartments in Maribyrnong - just west of Melbourne's CBD - was locked down after infected removalists from Sydney visited A trapped resident makes a call from her balcony at Ariele Apartments on Thursday A woman drops off some treats for mates trapped within the doomed apartments Perched high above the free outside world, a group of young flat mates posed for photographs from a media pack perched on the lawn across the road. A young woman had just brought them in shopping bags loaded with food and treats, which could only be taken as far as the front door of the complex. It is a frightening scene for anyone that has avoided an apartment building lockdown during Victoria's previous lockdowns. Stop signs posted along a checkpoint outside the building warn passers-by not to enter. A peek beyond the white marque makes for scary viewing, with people dressed in full hazardous materials gear wandering about inside. A couple of delivery workers from Coles mask-up as they approach the fortress. Like everyone else, they are stopped at the gates where they hand over bags of groceries to the authorised officers guarding the complex. From below, the young woman shouts up to her mates on the balcony of a top floor apartment. For a brief moment they carry out a long-distance conversation, before she jumps back in her 4WD and takes off to enjoy her day - free for now. A woman shouts to mates on the top floor of the apartment complex after bringing them some groceries Any ideas? Viewing suggestions welcomed by one resident, who would also like cake A person dressed head-to-toe in protective gear enters Ariele Apartments on Thursday A resident of Ariele Apartments paces up and down his balcony on Thursday Those three are among the lucky ones stuck inside Ariele. Others can be seen pacing up and down their balconies - five metres up and five metres back. A sign plastered across one window reads: 'House Mate Wanted. I'm Covid Free'. Another reads: 'No Flash Photography. It Scares The Lions'. A young man below holds up a soccer scarf and smiles for a photo. It was almost a year ago to the day when Flemington's social housing towers went into lockdown. A similarly severe lockdown was imposed on public housing towers in North Melbourne. Back then, scenes of families trapped behind windows high above the ground shocked, saddened and then angered Victorians, who were about to endure a long harsh lockdown all of their own. A young residents gives the media pack a smile from his balcony at Ariele Apartments on Thursday A delivery man drops off groceries outside Ariele Apartments on Thursday Health workers at Ariele Apartments in Maribyrnong on Thursday The Andrews Government was condemned at the time for locking down the nine public housing blocks while allowing private facilities a stone's throw away to remain open. This time around, no such complaints can be made, yet the Andrews Government has come under fire all the same for its handling of this week's lockdown at the private apartment complex. While the premier and his health cronies have made their displeasure clear at the removal company that brought Covid to Melbourne, they has had little to say about the latest lockdown. Residents of the 78 apartments found out on Wednesday afternoon they had to start their 14-day quarantine again - almost two days after it started. It was reset after four positive cases were identified on the third floor of the complex. A health worker enters at Ariele Apartments in Maribyrnong A health worker was seen walking a large dog for a trapped resident of Ariele Apartments At least one of those residents owns a large Rottweiler dog, which could be seen being walked by a health worker on Thursday. Some residents had been oblivious to the restart until they were informed by local media. A day earlier, Victoria's health department had distributed a flyer to residents with a contact number for a concierge service to co-ordinate the delivery of food parcels and mail. It was the wrong number. Across the road, an ALDI supermarket had not even been visited by health officials come Wednesday morning. It was later listed as a Tier 2 exposure site. As Melburnians look on from a distance, they know it is not a safe one and their own lockdown pain is not far away. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility