Travellers who need to quarantine in Darwin are entitled to fresh air, conversation and exercise. Faced with lockdowns and hotel quarantine, these people say quarantining in the Top End was the obvious choice.
Over a Zoom game of Settlers of Catan, Sheree Rubinstein's friends urged her to escape Melbourne's lockdown and head north to join them in the Byron Shire, on the north coast of NSW.
Once there, they have to quarantine at a facility in the city's rural area for two weeks, at a cost of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for a family. They were each given their own little cabin with a television and kitchenette and all had adjoining balconies, so they could hang out together and go for walks."Honestly, it felt like it was almost like a holiday from the experience in Melbourne."Sheree Rubinstein with her baby at the Howard Springs quarantine facility.She says both she and her partner were able to work remotely: there was internet access, and the cabins were air-conditioned for when it was hot during the day.
"And when we had our meals and stuff, [we] were able to sit outside on our balconies and talk to our neighbours.Ms Spurr grew up in Darwin, but moved to Melbourne for several years before losing her job in the March lockdown. "Some of them were my [quarantine] neighbours, some of them I met in there and then there were a few people who I actually went to primary school with, and I just found them in there, so that was really fun as well," she said.How does it compare to hotel quarantine?
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