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On Sunday, Australia made the same announcement. Due to only having Wi-Fi and data access each night at my accommodation, I didn’t find out until it was too late to make it back before the requirement came into effect. So, I was facing 14days alone in a 2 bedroom unit when I came home. At this point I didn’t know how work would react, so on Monday morning I emailed my Team Leader asking to work from home during self-isolation, as I didn’t want to end up on annual leave for 2 weeks. (I didn’t have that much extra leave in any event)
When I woke on Wednesday morning it was to the news that the Australian government had advised overnight that all Australians should come home ASAP, and the border was closed to all non-residents! I was on a 6 day tour that didn’t finish until the Friday evening, and it wasn’t going to be possible to get back to Christchurch any earlier. I was also due to fly out on the Sunday evening, so didn’t see that I could get home any quicker. That evening I did email my travel agent to get confirmation that the flight had not been cancelled. For the rest of the week I was nervous about the flight. It was a big relief when I got to the airport and the plane was there!
To be continued...
On Sunday, Australia made the same announcement. Due to only having Wi-Fi and data access each night at my accommodation, I didn’t find out until it was too late to make it back before the requirement came into effect. So, I was facing 14days alone in a 2 bedroom unit when I came home. At this point I didn’t know how work would react, so on Monday morning I emailed my Team Leader asking to work from home during self-isolation, as I didn’t want to end up on annual leave for 2 weeks. (I didn’t have that much extra leave in any event)
When I woke on Wednesday morning it was to the news that the Australian government had advised overnight that all Australians should come home ASAP, and the border was closed to all non-residents! I was on a 6 day tour that didn’t finish until the Friday evening, and it wasn’t going to be possible to get back to Christchurch any earlier. I was also due to fly out on the Sunday evening, so didn’t see that I could get home any quicker. That evening I did email my travel agent to get confirmation that the flight had not been cancelled. For the rest of the week I was nervous about the flight. It was a big relief when I got to the airport and the plane was there!
To be continued...