Two men and a goat walk into a bar.
It may sound like the beginning of a bad joke but that was Farhan Saeed's Freedom Day.
After 106 days, almost 63,000 cases and nearly 440 deaths, stay-at-home orders were lifted and a raft of restrictions eased across NSW on Monday.
And like many Sydneysiders, Mr Saeed's seven-week old goat Gemma was dying for some human interaction.
So he took her to the pub.
Two men and a goat walk into a bar. It may sound like the beginning of a bad joke but that was Farhan Saeed's Freedom Day
Like many Sydneysiders, Mr Saeed's seven-week old goat Gemma was dying for some human interaction
'The last few months have been really hard and it was definitely something to just get out there and have a drink with mates,' he told AAP.
Sadly for the 29-year-old, his friends have been more excited to see the kid than him.
'It made people really happy.
'People love Gemma and Gemma loves people.
'She does these tricks; whenever there's a lot of people around, she'll jump on all fours to show that she's happy too.'
The joke is on Gemma though. While she hogged all the attention on Monday, Mr Saeed got to hog all the drinks.
'We have to tell people, like, 'No, she can't have beer'. We make sure everyone knows she only drinks milk," Mr Saeed said.
The baby goat has been quite the hit while out on walks in Newtown during lockdown.
Farhan Saeed and his baby goat Gemma are seen at the Mountain Goat bar in Newtown
'People would say things like, this is the best thing that has happened to me in lockdown," Mr Saeed said.
'The other day someone who I didn't know, they just