Australians Will Be Able to Travel to New Zealand Without Quarantining From Mid-April – Concrete Playground

Since March 2020, Australians haven’t been able to take an overseas getaway, with the country’s borders closed and international travel banned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In just a few weeks, however, that’ll change — with the long-discussed trans-Tasman travel bubble with New Zealand launching at 11.59pm on Sunday, April 18.

Today, Tuesday, April 6, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the country has agreed upon conditions for opening up quarantine-free travel with Australia. Yes, that means that Aussies will soon be able to venture further than our own shores. Yes, that word you’re looking for is ‘finally’.

If this idea sounds familiar, that’s because a one-way arrangement has been in effect since…