Melbourne residents face $5,000 fine if caught trying to sneak into regional Victoria

Melburnians will be fined almost $5,000 if caught trying to sneak into regional Victoria under a tough new coronavirus penalty.

Melburnians will be slugged almost $5,000 if caught trying to sneak into regional Victoria under a tough new COVID-19 penalty, as authorities build a"ring of steel" around the city.

"We'll be checking every vehicle that is towing a caravan, a camper trailer or towing a boat or a jet ski, or that has a surfboard or fishing rods," he said. Bus and rail depots will have also more officers on the ground, while back roads will be monitored by highway patrol cars and occasional pop-up roadblocks.

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