Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand residents can travel freely between the two countries for the first time in more than year, after a travel bubble opened on Monday.Both countries have contained Covid outbreaks and kept infection rates low, in large part due to hard borders.Thousands of people are expected to travel on Monday with some rising before dawn to get ready to board.

Since October, New Zealand travellers have been allowed to enter most Australian states without quarantine, though this had not been reciprocated amid concerns about sporadic Covid outbreaks.The international departure terminal at Sydney airport was very busy, very early in the day. The queue in front of the check-in desk was long and spiralling.

It's a big day for airlines after a catastrophic year because of Covid, and a big sigh of relief for both the travel and tourism industries. But really, this moment is about friends and family reuniting with their loved ones for the first time in more than a year. "We're so privileged here in Australia and in New Zealand to be able to travel like that. It's weird being on a plane again," she smiled through her tears.The bubble is expected to deliver a lift to both economies, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a joint statement.

Are these two 'travel-bubblers' ? 🧐🤠

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Surely New Zealand opens travel bubble with Australia

That's when good neighbours become good friends...

No American would ever be allowed to travel there because we act like children not adults.

The face mask 'fashion' is sadly still very much in evidence. But for how much longer? My BBC link is about Olympus Mons.

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