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Agree, Sydney situation appeared to be a real concern - now the NSW health minister is in iso. NSW is being locked out by all states. Maybe they should lockdown for a week to stop the spread. It is just too risky to travel anywhere. Will take on your recommendation to start watching Jack...

I have to calm hubby not to make waves ...

Hope the lockdown will not affect our release date. I will cry hard 😢. We have all sorts of appointments set up during the week of our freedom. Boxes from London to be delivered the first day we arrive home.

Two police women came to the cell door today, said "open the door". I thought oh dear hubby would be arrested for asking everyone what pre-caution measures they had taken to ensure our safety. But they wanted to know why we did not answer the hotel phone, a nurse was calling to check up on us...

Counting the days - another 11 days to go, another 33 more square meals Garden will be a wild jungle Yes, missing Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Tesco Extra - and the swan family with 4 cygnets growing fast 🦢

Hooray! another small victory. They just delivered 2 porcelain mugs 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Now we can drink our tea / coffee in proper drinkware.

Could not agree more, fresh air and sunlight which we are not getting at the moment, especially for mental health. The lockdowns have caused a huge increase in (silent) mental health. I just looked with envy at balconies from a tall apartment opposite our cell window this morning. One thing...

Well, the chair was finally delivered last night around 10pm - 24 hours after I requested it. I wiped it down from top to bottom with dettol wipes (brought from London) before sitting on it :) This morning 2 nurses came around to do the 1st test (2nd day) and they bang on the door, I told them...

They have still not delivered the extra chair as promised last night - hubby called reception again and they said it was being considered by another department. Very sparse furniture in the room. We cannot work sitting on the beds, need a proper chair.

Am not kidding, nothing here in this prison hotel - no cup, no glasses, only small paper cups! I read in a few facebook groups, people say to bring china plates and bowls, (real) cutlery as food was delivered in paper bags, flimsy boxes etc. No one mentioned bring cups, mugs for tea/coffee at...

Many thanks, kpc. With my 2 girlfriends' help, we should be OK for now. If we do need anything else (other than the 2 mugs - instead of drinking tea and coffee out of small disposable paper cups; and some fresh fruit) I will certainly shout out to you. People said hotel deliveries are not...

Z - according to another forumite, it is QR first award - since we had F awards with BA, so they must have re-booked in the same class, but there was no first on QR flight, only Qsuites (we are not complaining at all). When we telephoned BA youfirst we were told they were not allowed to do QR...

Yes, someone has 2 weeks to clean our house and make room for us 🤣 It is the Novotel in Darling Harbour / Chinatown. Great to hear that you are all fully vaccinated 👍

Back in AUS soil, at last! We arrived in Sydney on Sunday evening 20th June, are now serving 14 days mandatory detention in a quarantine hotel ☹ ☹ After almost 4 months staying in an ultra luxury and spacious flat owned by a prolific poster of this forum (I have previously posted about this...

Making me feeling very depressed what a Sydney hotel room quarantine is like? - no balcony, no fresh air, and certainly no ocean views!

Will the NSW government be that slack?

Just want to subscribe to this thread to hear others experience on hotel quarantine - as we will be returning home some time this year. Been hoping (in vain) that being fully vaccinated will allow us to quarantine at home. Hope has been dashed with news that some fully vaccinated arrivals got...

@madrooster - Have there been any changes on the transit requirements for various cities / countries and airlines flying into Australia, since your very informative post. If so, would you be able to update them on that initial thread? Many thanks!

Feeling much better today, had a reasonable night sleep - spring in my steps :) So the side effects only lasted one day.

Update: we had our 2nd Pfizer jab yesterday at a clinic - not the same place where we had our 1st jab. We had to book appointments via the NHS text link - given 3 choices, but 2 were not near train stations. When we got there, a queue already formed, and we got our jab within half hour. On...