Opinion

Tensions rise over travel standstill

By Michael Turtle
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:36am, first published August 30 2020 - 12:00am
A bottleneck forms at the NSW/Victoria border after the announcement the border would be closed from midnight on July 8. Picture: Getty Images
A bottleneck forms at the NSW/Victoria border after the announcement the border would be closed from midnight on July 8. Picture: Getty Images

This is not where we thought we would be at the end of August, figuratively ... and possibly literally. At the end of the first round of lockdowns in Australia, there was such a sense of optimism as the restrictions began to be lifted and we were allowed to travel again. State borders were gradually reopened and people popped over to Melbourne or Sydney to see friends or family, or followed the whales on a winter migration up the coast to Queensland.

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