As concerns grow about the latest Covid outbreaks in multiple states and territories, grey nomads are once again for finding their travel plans throwing into chaos.
The arrival of the more contagious Delta variant in Australia has added a new element of uncertainty into an already uncertain mix.
For the first time, there has been community transmission in the NT and thousands of grey nomads are caught up in a Darwin lockdown.
Citing a ‘very significant deterioration’ in the Covid–19 situation, South Australia has closed its borders to Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the ACT. The state already has restrictions on travel from New South Wales and some sites in Melbourne.
WA has reinstated its hard border with New South Wales, and anyone coming from Victoria, Queensland, the NT and the ACT, must now go through 14 days’ quarantine and be tested.
Queensland is barring non-residents from all of greater Sydney, including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour. Returning state residents returning from a hotspot, will have to quarantine at a hotel for 14 days at you’re their own expense. All arrivals will need to complete a travel declaration form up to three days prior to arrival to enter the state.
Similarly, the NT has declared greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong NSW Covid-19 hotspots, meaning visitors from those areas will need to go into quarantine for 14 days. All interstate arrivals to the Northern Territory must fill in a border entry form.
Additionally, just as the dry season tourism season gets into full swing, Darwin has been plunged into a 48-hour lockdown.
Tasmania has closed its borders to any travellers from the greater Sydney area. As with other states and territories, all arrivals into Tasmania must provide their contact and travel details before entering the state.
Anyone who has been to an exposure site in Victoria, NSW, ACT and Queensland are not permitted to enter the state.
In New South Wales, all interstate arrivals are welcome, but Sydney is in lockdown and anyone in the city is unable to travel to regional NSW until 10 July.
Hard for us with no fixed address.
You make a good point – I live in my RV and have no fixed address- now we are in lockdown so how do we remain “compliant “ ?
Its an absolute nightmare, we are basically stuck in qld trying to get back to WA
It is a nightmare, stuck in WA trying to get back to QLD
Just wanting to travel to Broken Hill NSW from regoinal SA for a funeral next Monday.
Cross Border travel between SA and Broken Hill is allowed, I’m sorry for your loss.
Tasmania now closed to the Qld LGAs where FIFO workers have been found with the virus. Anyone in any of these areas since 19 June are excluded, even returning Tasmanians.
Tasmania now closed to the Qld LGAs where FIFO workers have been found with the virus. Anyone in any of these areas since 19 June are excluded, even returning Tasmanians.
Stuck at Ghan, NT SA border trying to get to Port Augusta.
Was heading to sunny Qld for the winter when a medical situation caused me to return to SA. Only got as far as Balranald, stopped in Mildura on the way back for a scan so I was 2 days too late & am now in isolation. It’s really beginning to put me off travel anywhere. I feel for nomads on the road full time, must be so hard.