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NSW-Victoria border closure leaves people racing to find a way back home before enforced quarantine
It took just one news notification to wreck the night Stella McNab had been waiting months for.
Key points:
- Stella McNab is one of many Victorians who had to rush back from holidays in NSW
- She had gone to visit her closest friend in Wagga Wagga after not seeing her since March
- Thousands of people queued for hours in a bid to avoid quarantining for 14 days
The 21-year-old Melbourne student caught a train to Wagga Wagga on Wednesday, to spend the new year with her best friend.
The pair had not seen each other since March when lockdowns first began.
After a year of isolation and loneliness, separated from her family who live in regional Victoria, Stella was hoping to send off the year with joy.
Instead, her night was filled with anxiety as she…
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