Cody Simpson vents his frustration over Queensland’s lockdown

Aussie pop royalty and Olympic swimming hopeful Cody Simpson has vented his frustration over the Queensland lockdown.

Aussie singer and Olympic hopeful Cody Simpson has shared his take on the coronavirus lockdown, encouraging his audience to “turn off the news and go outside’.

The 24-year-old has tweeted about how the 11 southeast Queensland council areas currently in lockdown meant he hadn’t been able to train in his usual pool

Simpson made an unexpected return to swimming last year after a 10-year hiatus to pursue his singing career, shocking Australia by qualifying for the Olympic trials.

While he missed out on a spot in Tokyo, he has maintained his focus on making the 2024 Paris Olympics team, having committed himself to putting in three years of hard yakka.

It seemed he was in the midst of an ocean training session when he posed on the shore in his Speedos for a photo with the sun positioned directly above his head.

Cody Simpson has shared his peculiar take on the coronavirus. Picture: Twitter/CodySimpson

In text he digitally added across the photo, which he uploaded to Twitter on Wednesday, he shared a collection of his thoughts about Queensland’s lockdown.

“Making the most of Aussie lockdown. We can’t train at our pool all week. But more importantly most people have had to shut their businesses,” he wrote.

“It’s a curious and complex argument but I hope the world can open again soon and we can go back to normal life.”

Cody Simpson during warm-ups of the Australian National Olympic Swimming Trials at SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images)

Simpson went on to make the suggestion that lockdowns would be managed differently if it were wealthy people that lost money during them.

“If politicians and beaurocrats had to sacrifice their salaries or take pay cuts during lockdowns, I wonder how long they’d last. Food for thought,” he wrote.

“Fear is the best weapon others have in destroying wide-open awareness and freedom. Turn off the news and go outside.

“The world is changing and the best armour we have is a healthy lifestyle and sustainable decision making.”

A state champion as a junior, Simpson gave up swimming to pursue a career in music but the love of the pool never left and he recommitted to the sport last year, vowing to give qualifying for the Olympics a serious crack.

He didn’t have eyes on Tokyo at first, though. The Queenslander was looking long-term at the 2024 Games in Paris, but stunned everyone — including himself — by swimming fast enough late last year to earn himself a berth at this year’s Olympic trials.

Simpson has been training with former Aussie Olympian Brett Hawke in the United States, and has sought advice from swimming legends Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps in a bid to make his dreams a reality.