Thread: Corona Virus

Has anybody found MH370 yet?

Or Harold Holt?

Just asking for a friend who is tired of the numpties....

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Maybe the designers of this did not consider the number of essential workers from Qld who travel south into NSW.
Interesting times.

Nor the numbers of workers who traverse from home to work on both sides of the NSW/Vic border at Albury/Wodonga. The hundreds of workers who live a long way into rural areas but work in Wodonga or Albury cannot cross due to a tight "bubble" rule.

This has been updated, but I'm not sure if it helps.

Border restrictions | 8 August 2020 | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government

Relatives of ours have half a dozen workers in the ACT,finishing a four week job early next week.
Some drove down and have vehicles there,others flew down.

So how do they go getting back home into Qld?

All isolate for 14 days in a Hotel,at their expense?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

TV news tonight said there was some kind of review of if Qld-based essential workers can go south outside the border zone and return without having to quarantine, so that might help clarify the confusion.
Example given was a paramedic resident on the Gold Coast who travels south over the border. If the ambulance goes south beyond the border zone shown on the map, and takes a patient back to a GC hospital, as does happen, will the ambos have to quarantine for 14 days? Didn't seem to know the answer.
Maybe it might be interesting to apply for a border pass after 1am tomorrow, answer the questions truthfully of course, and see what it says.
Maybe the designers of this did not consider the number of essential workers from Qld who travel south into NSW.
Interesting times.

It is no wonder no one knows what the **** is going on, Changes every day & probably half day & the more they keep changing the plan leaves it wide open for more to claim confusion & bugger off.

Problem not Solvered at all.

Originally Posted by 4bee

It is no wonder no one knows what the **** is going on, Changes every day & probably half day & the more they keep changing the plan leaves it wide open for more to claim confusion & bugger off.

It's a world wide problem.

Daughter flew into Aus last Sunday - Houston, Mex City, Tokyo, Perth. At least that was the plan. At Houston she was able to check her bags all the way through to Perth, no problem.

By the time she had reached Mex City, further travel to Toyko was a no go. The Toyko / Perth leg was cancelled while she was in the air. Not allowed to board for the Mex / Toyko leg because she would have landed at Toyko with no onward flight and no Japanese entry. Can't return to the Houston either because no US return visa.

What to do? Bought a ticket from Mex City / LA then LA / Sydney and hoped she could plead her case at the US border when she landed back in the USA. Immigration officials were not pleased about her returning to the US but with evidence of an onward ticket to Sydney in her hand is issued with a document which allows her to remain in the airport at least enabling her to catch the flight to Sydney.

14 days quarantine in Sydney and then she needs to seek permission to fly to Perth where she will undergo another 14 days quarantine.

Then a signature and stamp on a piece of paper from the USA embassy to extend her US visa and she then turns around again and runs the gauntlet of international flights back to the US.

Crossing the Vic / NSW / Qld border ought to be easy by comparison.

Originally Posted by Ferret

It's a world wide problem.

Daughter flew into Aus last Sunday - Houston, Mex City, Tokyo, Perth. At least that was the plan. At Houston she was able to check her bags all the way through to Perth, no problem.

By the time she had reached Mex City, further travel to Toyko was a no go. The Toyko / Perth leg was cancelled while she was in the air. Not allowed to board for the Mex / Toyko leg because she would have landed at Toyko with no onward flight and no Japanese entry. Can't return to the Houston either because no US return visa.

What to do? Bought a ticket from Mex City / LA then LA / Sydney and hoped she could plead her case at the US border when she landed back in the USA. Immigration officials were not pleased about her returning to the US but with evidence of an onward ticket to Sydney in her hand is issued with a document which allows her to remain in the airport at least enabling her to catch the flight to Sydney.

14 days quarantine in Sydney and then she needs to seek permission to fly to Perth where she will undergo another 14 days quarantine.

Then a signature and stamp on a piece of paper from the USA embassy to extend her US visa and she then turns around again and runs the gauntlet of international flights back to the US.

Crossing the Vic / NSW / Qld border ought to be easy by comparison.

I was asked if I'd like to apply for a job in the Cayman Islands - good money but getting to and from Australia would be problematic at the moment.

it's been 6 weeks since vic went into lockdown. new cases are still averaging 300 a day. time to admit lockdown has failed in vic.