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18 Sep, 6 tweets, 3 min read
#WorldAtFive 🇦🇺 With the southern half of Australia in lockdown, thousands of visitors in the north are unable or unwilling to return to their homes. Bev Hadgraft is one of them

thetimes.co.uk/article/postca…
"Every autumn in Australia, a procession of campers migrates from the south of the country to escape the winter and enjoy the sunshine in the north. By now, as spring comes to the continent, most would have left.

This year, many are staying — including me"
"The Delta variant of the coronavirus has upended our normal lives back home, so we remain in our vans, tents and trailers in the Covid-free north, vacillating between glee at our freedom and despair"
"I face a strange dilemma. If I leave Queensland to cross the border into New South Wales, I don’t know when I’ll be allowed to leave again. There is every chance I’ll be allowed to travel overseas before I can visit other parts of my own country."
"On a cold showers-only campsite, a sixtysomething couple packing up their tent next to us said they had been on the road for four months and would rather do four more than return home."
"It doesn’t matter where I linger, whether it’s a communal bathroom or a popular scenic lookout, I meet another Covid refugee."

Read more in today's #WorldAtFive: thetimes.co.uk/article/postca…

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