Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Denali]

I was reading this week that the average lead time for an interstate trip booking was 70 days. It’s now 7 days.

I said to hubby next time we plan a get away, I wont book anything until 1-3 days before and just see where we can get to. We cant book Tassie or NZ with any confidence but a local road trip isnt bad. We did Lake Mungo and back for a week and it was a lot of fun so would do similar again.

 

[antycbr]

I said to hubby next time we plan a get away, I wont book anything until 1-3 days before and just see where we can get to. We cant book Tassie or NZ with any confidence but a local road trip isnt bad. We did Lake Mungo and back for a week and it was a lot of fun so would do similar again.

It works provided they don’t make too many *retrospective* health orders… they’re the ones that really suck

 

[justinbrett]

Aren’t most states still doing this?

Well NSW only did interstate quarantine during the big Melbourne outbreak. I'm unsure if it was the same hotels but given the scale of NSW HQ it would have been quite easy to have dedicated hotels for Victorians.

I'm horrified if this is standard practice

 

[Flying mermaid]

Mr FM just gone off to be tested as he has a cold. He just sent me a message saying he will be hours as the queue is so long…..

 

[Pushka]

Mr FM just gone off to be tested as he has a cold. He just sent me a message saying he will be hours as the queue is so long…..

MrP got tested yesterday in SA. No symptoms at all but he'd arrived back from Sydney last week when the outbreak was confined to Bondi. Negative result 9 hours later. No queue in Port Adelaide yesterday lunchtime. Just got to do it. It was his first.

 

[jase05]

Well NSW only did interstate quarantine during the big Melbourne outbreak. I'm unsure if it was the same hotels but given the scale of NSW HQ it would have been quite easy to have dedicated hotels for Victorians.

I'm horrified if this is standard practice

I may be wrong but I don’t think any states have seperate hotels for domestic and International guests. Perhaps they have different areas of the hotel?
On the same token does anyone know the story with Aircrew Hotels?
Are they open to public for example the one the infected VA crew member stayed at?

 

[SydneySwan]

Mr FM just gone off to be tested as he has a cold. He just sent me a message saying he will be hours as the queue is so long…..

Hope he gets home in time to watch State of Origin at 8pm!

 

[jase05]

Good news that all are linked

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408953262187827200

Post automatically merged: Jun 27, 2021

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408953289853394946

 

[justinbrett]

Good news that all are linked

https://twitter.com/x/status/1408953262187827200

First day Gladys didn't report on cases post 8pm

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Mr FM just gone off to be tested as he has a cold. He just sent me a message saying he will be hours as the queue is so long…..

Yeah... so many people I know had a cold going around in Melbourne and all of them went off to get tested. Hundreds of hours wasted. All of them negative.

Going forward there needs to be a better way...

firstly in regards to the testing process... perhaps a rapid test available for free at pharmacies or something. Or maybe each household is sent one per person to keep in reserve? Only if that returns a positive do you need to line up for the full test.

Secondly the symptom checker and hotline needs to be updated in real time and in a dynamic way. If there's a cold going around Melbourne, your colleagues in the office had it and tested negative, and you haven't been to any exposure sites... why do they tell you to go and line up for hours for a test?

 

[astrosly]

I may be wrong but I don’t think any states have seperate hotels for domestic and International guests. Perhaps they have different areas of the hotel?
On the same token does anyone know the story with Aircrew Hotels?
Are they open to public for example the one the infected VA crew member stayed at?

The infected VA crew member was reported to have stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Southbank which is taking public reservations.

Late last November I stayed overnight at the Holiday Inn Express at Sydney airport and checking in was a CX crew member who just flew in from Hong Kong.

 

[oz_mark]

First day Gladys didn't report on cases post 8pm

Too confusing for journalists (who seem to be easily confused)

 

[Must...Fly!]

NSW approach to lockdown seems a fair bit different to Victoria. Most retail stores are still allowed open for trading? (I actually support this approach but just asking in case I have found the wrong information)

 

[antycbr]

I may be wrong but I don’t think any states have seperate hotels for domestic and International guests. Perhaps they have different areas of the hotel?
On the same token does anyone know the story with Aircrew Hotels?
Are they open to public for example the one the infected VA crew member stayed at?

Aircrew hotels are only for international, not domestic as a general rule. It was an international crew transfer to the aircrew hotel that started all this apparently.

 

[jase05]

It was an international crew transfer to the aircrew hotel that started all this apparently.

The FedEx freighter?

 

[lovetravellingoz]

At the Victorian end, Melbourne tourism is surely suffering.

But in regional Victoria, im not convinced it is suffering all that much. I know we lost two bookings for our holiday house in June due to the restrictions - one deferred to early Sept the other cancelled outright. But we picked up a longer booking next weekend instead so no net loss. Pre-Covid we did not get bookings between Queens B’day and the AFL grand final. Winter - no one likes the coast in southern Vic. This year we have 5. Even in May usually only get 1 (same group every year). This year we had 3 and had to block the other weekend for family.

I’m sure regional VIc tourism is doing OK

Whether a tourism business needs interstate and or international travel or not, and the proportion that they do, is a key determinant for the viability of particular businesses. For local businesses it can sometime mean quite viable levels still.



I am not in tourism, but I know that corporate CEO's remain very skittish about interstate travel approvals and the news over the last week will now only further increase such company restrictions, which is critical for my particular business, and moreso as international travel was also traditionally was not as important as tome as interstate, was also still a significant source of income. So sadly the recent news means that I have made the decision this weekend to put the business in limbo for at least 6 months, for as a Director I have no other viable choice now. All staff will be stood down in July and all my regular contractors in Qld and NSW, as a lot of my projects are traditionally and the bulk of my business spend is in those two states, will be advised of that on Monday. I am not happy to do so, and especially with my NSW Contractor who I have used for two decades. I am not the only one that uses him, but I know that his business is in hard times.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

The infected VA crew member was reported to have stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Southbank which is taking public reservations.

Late last November I stayed overnight at the Holiday Inn Express at Sydney airport and checking in was a CX crew member who just flew in from Hong Kong.

Hopefully if everyone was following strict covid prevention measures the chance of transmission should be lowered? At least many Victorians seem to be following them even if not directed to do so (for example masks aren't compulsory outside anymore but most people around where I live are still wearing them).

This is the thing... in other states, why are people only taking prevention measures when *directed* to do so?

 

[antycbr]

The FedEx freighter?

Yeah. I don’t understand why we don’t use the Rydges, or use tarmac buses that are often airgapped for the drivers.

 

[kamchatsky]

Whether a tourism business needs interstate and or international travel or not, and the proportion that they do, is a key determinant for the viability of particular businesses. For local businesses it can sometime mean quite viable levels still.



I am not in tourism, but I know that corporate CEO's remain very skittish about interstate travel approvals and the news over the last week will now only further increase such company restrictions, which is critical for my particular business, and moreso as international travel was also traditionally was not as important as tome as interstate, was also still a significant source of income. So sadly the recent news means that I have made the decision this weekend to put the business in limbo for at least 6 months, for as a Director I have no other viable choice now. All staff will be stood down in July and all my regular contractors in Qld and NSW, as a lot of my projects are traditionally and the bulk of my business spend is in those two states, will be advised of that on Monday. I am not happy to do so, and especially with my NSW Contractor who I have used for two decades. I am not the only one that uses him, but I know that his business is in hard times.

Very sad to hear this. What industry is your business in? I assume it cannot be done remotely?

 

[Lynda2475]

First day Gladys didn't report on cases post 8pm

Disappointing that whinging from interstate has caused a change, we now are getting delayed numbers instead of real ones. Old system was more timely and thus much better. Now if they have a case at 9pm we wait more than 36 hours to find out anything.