Police in the ACT and Victoria are checking travellers, so even if you’re allowed to travel, take your ID. Photo: Supplied.
Bega Valley Shire Council has clarified cross-border travel permissions for residents of border communities in Victoria and New South Wales.
People who live in a border community who have not left the border area in the last 14 days can travel to another border community in the ‘border bubble’ without a permit. This means that anyone who is a resident of a Victorian border community can travel to a NSW border community to holiday or work, and residents of the Bega Valley and other NSW border communities who wish to travel to a Victorian border community can do so.
You must carry valid photo identification that shows your current address, such as a driver licence, as evidence that you reside in an exempt border community. Once you have reached your intended border community, you cannot travel out of it unless you are returning home.
Victorians who do not live in the border bubble local government areas who travel beyond the border bubble into greater NSW cannot return to Victoria without a permit for 14 days, and must find suitable accommodation in NSW.
The Council is strongly recommending you take proof of where you are staying as you may be asked for this, and that all residents and visitors check the latest rules before travelling.
Residents of Victoria’s Alpine Valley, Benalla, Bendigo, Buloke, Campaspe, East Gippsland, Gannawarra, Indigo, Loddon, Mildura, Moira, Shepparton, Swan Hill, Towong, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yarriambiack are exempt from needing a permit to travel within the border bubble across the two states as long as the conditions above are met.
Residents of NSW’s Albury City, Balranald, Bega Valley, Berrigan, Broken Hill, Edward River, Federation, Greater Hume, Hay, Lockhart, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valley, Wagga Wagga, Wentworth are exempt from needing a permit to travel within the border bubble across the two states as long as the conditions above are met.
Residents of the ACT do not require permission to enter the border bubble or re-enter the ACT.
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