Trans Tasman Bubble ?

[Docker123]

33 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

But for a hour or two you can put up with the great unwashed.

Perhaps once there has been a vaccine developed.

 

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, SinbadThePorter said:

 

A big disappointment to fans of miserable bone chilling winds on both sides of the Tasman.🥶

It isn't windy every day thankfully.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Transtasman bubble: Expert group lodges plan with New Zealand, Australian governments
 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12337337

[Kiwi Kruzer]

[Rassa]

14 hours ago, SinbadThePorter said:

 

A big disappointment to fans of miserable bone chilling winds on both sides of the Tasman.🥶

 

Don't think you could say that of Byron Bay and looking more interesting as our weather turns cold.  

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, Rassa said:

 

Don't think you could say that of Byron Bay and looking more interesting as our weather turns cold.  

Byron Bay? Currently 13.2C, feels like 7.9C with a 30 km WSW wind and showery. Brrrr!

[MicCanberra]

34 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Byron Bay? Currently 13.2C, feels like 7.9C with a 30 km WSW wind and showery. Brrrr!

It is nicer here in Canberra.

[By The Bay]

19 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

It is nicer here in Canberra.

-4.9 overnight and currently 6.8 according to BOM. Not my idea of nice.😉

[MicCanberra]

BOM is wrong, I am sitting here in the sun having lunch and it is a beautiful at 14 degrees, no rain, or wind.

[ilikeanswers]

Interesting opinion piece about the impact travel bubbles might have on the world:

 

Welcome to a World of Bubbles

[By The Bay]

Well done NZ. 🥂

 

"New Zealand will lift all domestic COVID-19 restrictions from Tuesday.

There are no active cases of the coronavirus left in New Zealand and no new cases in more than a fortnight.

The only restrictions that will remain will be international border controls." Source ABC

[MicCanberra]

2 hours ago, By The Bay said:

Well done NZ. 🥂

 

"New Zealand will lift all domestic COVID-19 restrictions from Tuesday.

There are no active cases of the coronavirus left in New Zealand and no new cases in more than a fortnight.

The only restrictions that will remain will be international border controls." Source ABC

Good stuff, we were doing well here in the ACT but have just had an international diplomat come in and present with Covid.

[The_Big_M]

10 hours ago, By The Bay said:

Well done NZ. 🥂

 

"New Zealand will lift all domestic COVID-19 restrictions from Tuesday.

There are no active cases of the coronavirus left in New Zealand and no new cases in more than a fortnight.

The only restrictions that will remain will be international border controls." Source ABC

 

That's what success looks like, despite some other politician's claims. 

 

Now it's up to them to decide how to go forward, instead of having things forced on them.

[By The Bay]

"New Zealand's Deputy PM says internal borders in Australia are delaying trans-Tasman travel

Winston Peters says he does not want the plans to be held up by the "slowest state in Australia"

Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to have a travel bubble by the winter school holidays." Source

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

1 hour ago, By The Bay said:

"New Zealand's Deputy PM says internal borders in Australia are delaying trans-Tasman travel

Winston Peters says he does not want the plans to be held up by the "slowest state in Australia"

Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to have a travel bubble by the winter school holidays." Source

 

 

Yes ...if Australia can’t decide as a whole ,he is suggesting the possibility of State by State travel bubble with NZ .

 

[OzKiwiJJ]

Hmmm, that could be interesting. NSW, Victoria and the ACT never closed their borders but I suspect those states aren't the ones that most Kiwis want to travel to at this time of year. And all hell would break out if Queensland opened it's border to NZ an not to NSW.   

[MicCanberra]

I think it is worth considering.

[Balsam12]

3 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

I think it is worth considering.

My  (personal) issue with that is our Christmas/New Year cruise to NZ and Vanautu sails from Sydney. Unless Royal Caribbean can move the departure port to Brisbane, we need NSW open.

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Word is NZ ...might... get a aTrans Pacific bubble before a Trans Tasman bubble , in order to help tourism which has been savaged . Looks like the Islands for winter sun instead of Gold Coast .🏝🏖🏝

[Porky55]

2 minutes ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Word is NZ ...might... get a aTrans Pacific bubble before a Trans Tasman bubble , in order to help tourism which has been savaged . Looks like the Islands for winter sun instead of Gold Coast .🏝🏖🏝

So the South Pacific Islands are talking of opening to tourism??  To safe countries?

[Tranquility Base]

22 minutes ago, Porky55 said:

So the South Pacific Islands are talking of opening to tourism??  To safe countries?

The prime country under discussion is the Cook Islands.

They make a very good case for early consideration if possible.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Cook Islands is located between French Polynesia and American Samoa. It is self-governing in 'free association' with New Zealand. That means that while it administers its own affairs, Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens who are free to live and work here. 

[MicCanberra]

4 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said:

Word is NZ ...might... get a aTrans Pacific bubble before a Trans Tasman bubble , in order to help tourism which has been savaged . Looks like the Islands for winter sun instead of Gold Coast .🏝🏖🏝

NZ needs to do what is best for them, I am hoping we get included soon though.

[ilikeanswers]

4 hours ago, Tranquility Base said:

The prime country under discussion is the Cook Islands.

They make a very good case for early consideration if possible.

 

That really is the equivalent of Australia re establishing flights to Norfolk Island, hardly international travel😕. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

13 hours ago, Balsam12 said:

My  (personal) issue with that is our Christmas/New Year cruise to NZ and Vanautu sails from Sydney. Unless Royal Caribbean can move the departure port to Brisbane, we need NSW open.

 

NSW never closed its borders to visitors from other Australian states, although like all the states non-essential travel was restricted during the lockdown.

 

However Australian borders are still closed to overseas visitors. This is not a State issue, it is a Federal issue. For your cruise to go ahead you need the international borders open AND cruise ships permitted back to Australian ports. 

 

Even if the Trans Tasman bubble goes ahead and includes cruises it is unlikely that your itinerary will remain the same as Vanuatu would be outside the TT bubble.

Edited June 11, 2020 by OzKiwiJJ