Hundreds of travellers make their way into South Australia from Victoria ahead of a hard border closure, including Melbourne residents seeking to escape their city's coronavirus lockdown.
Cars lined up at a border checkpoint at Bordertown.
Anyone returning will still be required to self-isolate for 14 days, while Victorian residents attempting to cross will be turned away, unless they are essential travellers and abide by strict conditions. "We weren't really aware we had to do a pre-approval application and then the police officer told us we had to come out here with no reception and try and fill one out online.An SA Police officer speaks to a driver passing through a checkpoint in Renmark.
People living in those locations will only be allowed to travel 50 kilometres into South Australia, SA Police has confirmed.
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