Right at the last moment, Christmas travel plans have been thrown into disarray.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 on the Northern Beaches of Sydney means that barriers have gone back up.
The ACT, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania have all imposed new rules for people coming from New South Wales.
Every state and territory is urging people not to visit the Northern Beaches, the area north of Sydney from Palm Beach to Manly.
The ACT hasn't imposed a full restriction on travel from New South Wales as a whole but it is urging Canberrans not to go to Sydney
"It is absolutely a terrible idea at this point to travel to the Northern Beaches and it's probably not a great idea, frankly, to be travelling to Sydney at this point in time," ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said.
Travellers from the Northern Beaches will need to remain in quarantine for 14 days from their last visit there, even if they return a negative test result.
What are the new bans?
Victoria: Anyone already in the state who has been in the Northern Beaches since last Friday should stay isolated at home and get tested. Returning Victorians will be quarantined if they have been in the affected areas.
New South Wales travelers will need a permit to enter, with a block on those who have been to the Northern Beaches.
Tasmania has also declared the Northern Beaches a "hotspot" which means that anyone who has been there from Friday, December 11,will not be allowed into Tasmania.
Anyone already in Tasmania who has been in the Northern Beaches has been asked to self-isolate immediately and have a COVID-19 test.
South Australia says that anyone who has visited a string of specific locations at specific times must quarantine at home or in a hotel for 14 days from the last time they were at the site of the infections.
They must also get a COVID-19 test immediately and again on day 12 of the self-quarantine. Even if the result of the test is negative, they will need to quarantine.
Queensland: Anyone who has been in Northern Beaches since last Friday should get tested and stay home in quarantine for a fortnight from the date they left the "hot spot".
Anyone who arrives from the Northern Beaches from midnight must quarantine in a hotel at their own expense. They will have to be tested.
Western Australia has put a restriction on arrivals from the whole of NSW. New South Wales arrivals in Western Australia will have to self quarantine for 14 days and be tested for the virus on the eleventh day of quarantine.
The Northern Territory has declared the Northern Beaches a "hotspot" which means that anyone from coming from there will need to quarantine for 14 days.
Steve Evans
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."
