Australian Shares What Everything Is Like Now They’re Virtually Covid-Free

An Australian TikToker has shared what things are like for people living Down Under now that they're nearly Covid-free:

Zac Coonan, a landscape and surfing photographer, shared videos from Australia of things getting back to normal.

He posted the 20 second clip alongside the caption: 'So happy to be able to travel again!!' Since sharing the clip, it's been watched by over 320,000 people as well as receiving 44,000 likes and nearly 1,800 comments.

The video begins at a park or beachfront where people can be seen walking around without masks on. A message reads: "What it's like being basically covid free in Australia."

TikTok/@zaccoonan

In the next shot, the photographer is filming inside an airport and then on board a plane. The subtitles read: "We are being urged to travel and receiving half priced plane tickets."

Then there's some drone footage of a beach packed with people, with the caption: "Public gatherings are allowed in larger groups.

"We get to live our lives again travelling!"

Before adding: "Now this is why we followed restrictions!!"

TikTok/@zaccoonan

Australia announced earlier this month it would be subsidising 800,000 domestic plane tickets to kickstart its domestic tourism industry, which can be booked from 1 April to the end of July.

Its borders are still largely closed to international travellers.

Responding to the video, one person wrote: "Well done Australia. I pray for all the other countries still in a bad way and hope they get better soon - love and respect."

Another added: "You are sooo blessed. Canada is a hot mess! People have given up and won't even listen to restrictions."

A third commented: "Why I wanna live here."

TikTok/@zaccoonan

Things seem like they're only going to get better for people in Australia (and New Zealand) because authorities are coming up with an agreement which means people can soon start going on quarantine-free holidays.

The international travel ban was amended on Monday (22 March) to allow citizens to legally leave Australia and visit NZ. This means that anyone that has been in Australia for at least 14 days can legally travel 'directly to New Zealand'.

However, New Zealand still need to sign off on the deal, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she will announce a date for quarantine-free travel on 6 April, adding that more time was needed to set up the final framework.

Topics: covid, Coronavirus, Australia, TikTok

Rebecca Shepherd

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