COVID tests for travel

So if you're traveling/driving into QLD from NSW, you need a test 3 days before and 5 days after you've arrived. I'm starting to lose it.

There should be one set of rules for the country period.

 

I booked and paid for my ticket, paid for insurance and booked and paid for my quarantine hotel in Thailand and then caught Covid. My 10 days will be up before I am due to leave, but I hear it is hard to get a negative result on the PCR test for up to a few weeks so i probably won't make it.

 

All the best Terry, If you’ve run out of reading material:

CARDACI -v- FILIPPO PRIMO CARDACI as executor of the estate of MARCO ANTONIO CARDACI [No 5] [2021] WASC 331

Got the lot, trusts, wills, bankruptcy, wealth, younger wife, older (now deceased) husband.

 

My non travel test took 4 days to get back

 

Our tests done at midday Christmas Eve still haven't come back. It meant instead of us camping in Tas tonight, we've had to book self contained accommodation as the quarantine/border force people didn't want us possibly using shared facilities like the bathrooms or kitchens.
Btw, one of my partner's bags was not at the luggage carousel after we got there, it's the bag with the tent in it and we believe it will arrive tomorrow.... so it wouldn't have really been possible to camp anyway without it.

The place we ended up booking last minute is great imo. Was a bit over $200 for the night, but I give it a big thumbs up. Got us to go to a location where we probably wouldn't have gone to otherwise but it's a lovely beautiful spot. Will mention it on here after we check out

 

I can't believe they let you in if your test hadn't come back yet and you'd been potentially exposed at the volleyball tournament and transport. Have they tested you on arrival and told you to self quarantine until new results come back?

 

Since the tournament I had 2 results come back negative - one done 2 days after the tournament (Monday 20th), and one rapid test on Christmas day. They won't accept either of those results though, and it's the PCR one we had on the 24th that still hasn't come back yet. If our results aren't back (and I still can't see a text saying the results are back yet) then we need to go to a local clinic in Tas to be tested. Test turnaround here will be much faster.

 

Nothing surprises me anymore, madness

 

some friends just went to get a test in the city at 10am and they had already closed the queue, so they then went to another one at the eye hospital and the same thing. They have to go and queue at at 7am to get a chance at a test.

 

Simples...do not accept travel related tests get people to pay the $100 or whatever. Those tests are not essential.

Why are the feds so stupid? Surely they can get travel related tests charged via different centres. I am sure the Companies will oblige as they will get more money per test the govt. rate.

 

In Melb.. need a negative test to come back home. Was at a testing centre 9am on Boxing Day, 2hr wait then told it was closed. Came back in the afternoon and waited another 2hrs and finally got a test. Great way to waste time on my holidays.

Been nearly 48 hrs later and no test results. Flight is in 6hrs, but looks like I'm going to have to rebook. Even 72hrs may not be enough!

What a schmozle! It was all pretty obvious something like this would happen.

1100 cases in QLD anyway, not much different to Melbourne now, so it's all quite pointless.

*** stupid Queensland requirements are putting lots of strain on testing centres, and wasting time for those that may actually be sick, or where it is important to have negative test

 

There’s part of the problem.

 

Incompetent NSW gouvernement had months to prepare for a surge in tests once reopening and Covid start circulating. Not only did they do nothing to prepare for it, the BS narrative is now ridiculous. Where 3 months ago they were telling us, pleas come get tested if you have a scratchy throat, now it’s please don’t come get tested unless you are pretty much infected. I have a friend who attended a Xmas event at another friends place. The other friend tested positive on a self test. My friend attended a testing centre only to be told to go home and wait for the friend to get a positive pcr test - they were also made feel like they really should not be clogging the queue. Of course the friend tested positive. Now my friend is testing positive on a self test. He tried attending 2 venues yesterday, waited 3hrs at each only to be told sorry too late it’s closed. He’s now home self isolating while his wife (who is testing negative on self tests for now) is looking after the kids.
The number of actual infections has got to be orders of magnitude higher than what the numbers are showing. Even people who are sick and who want to get tested can’t get a test, imagine the numbers who can’t be arsed, don’t care or don’t feel too bad. Madness.

Complete incompetence in not planning for this.

 

Not if it is a travel form...is first question is are you unwell.....back of queue.......some common sense to prevent people gaming the system.

To me unless there is an emergency travel non-peak.....

 

This is why I can't believe people are rushing to travel....this Virus Pandemic is not over.

However, I do reckon...that in the next 6-12 months...the virus will burn itself...well this is what was seen with the Spanish Flu. The reason for this is larger portion of the world will be vaccinate.....the virus will need to work harder and it will mutate hoepfully with lower seriousness and to something like the Flu....that is hoping.

In any case I am hoping for some travel in 2023...as I suspect we will see more issues in 2022 unfortunately. I am not getting any younger...so want some level of normality soon. I suspect there is a small chance of lock downs we cases exceed 10k per day in NSW.