'The most stressful day': Travellers rush to get home for Christmas

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Some cut holidays in New South Wales short, others skipped weddings for a chance to get home to Melbourne for Christmas, as fears abound that the borders will close.

Chris Gleeson said he "didn't like the look of" what was happening with Sydney's northern beaches cluster, so he decided to skip a friend's wedding and come home early.

Victoria recorded two new coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine on Saturday, but the run of no local transmission continued for the 50th day in a row. Sydney's northern beaches coronavirus outbreak is now at 41 cases.Luis Ascui The website issuing Victorian permits was down at noon on Saturday, with travellers reporting the difficulties of getting the site to load earlier in the day.

"I work in the city, there were a few known cases close to me, which thankfully hasn't restricted anyone at the moment. I thought I just needed to get here as soon as possible because it looks like greater Sydney will be locked down."

 

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