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    Metropolitan Melbourne Residents Are Now Required to Wear Masks and Facial Coverings

    If you leave the house for one of the four permitted reasons and you don't cover your face, you'll be fined $200.

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    Iceland Wants to Blast Your 2020-Induced Screams Into the Country's Frosty Wilderness

    Your frustrated yells will echo through one of seven locations — including the country's fjords, the capital of Reykjavík or the volcanic surroundings of the Reykjanes peninsula.

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    The Victorian Government Has Clarified Rules Around How Far You Can Travel for Exercise

    Instead of travelling across the city to hike and pickup takeaway coffee, the government is saying you should be visiting your closest park or cafe.

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    Everything You Need to Know About Australia's COVID-19 State and Territory Border Restrictions

    Before you jump in the car for a road trip or on a plane for a domestic holiday, find out where you can go within Australia and whether you need to quarantine.

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    Australia Unseen Has a New Line of Melbourne-Inspired Puzzle Designs to Cure Your Iso-Boredom

    Spend lockdown assembling a picture of the 12 Apostles or recreating a scene of the Melbourne city skyline.

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    This Is What People Have Been Fined for So Far During Melbourne's Second Lockdown

    Two friends driving around playing 'Pokemon Go' and a man eating KFC in-store are some of the people who've been fined for flouting the stay-at-home rules.

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    Holiday Here This Year

    Whether it’s a day trip out of the city, a weekend escape or a month-long adventure, Australians love travelling.

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    Western Australia's Kalbarri National Park Is Now Home to a 100-Metre-High Skywalk Over a Gorge

    The $24 million project overlooks the park's Murchison Gorge via two cantilevered platforms.

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    Metropolitan Melbourne Residents Are Now Encouraged to Wear Masks When Leaving Their Homes

    The Victorian Government recommends that face masks are worn in public situations where "physical distancing is not possible" — such as in shopping centres, on public transport and at markets.

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    Two of Victoria's Major Snow Resorts Have Closed Again — Just Weeks After Reopening

    Despite being outside of Victoria's lockdown area, the resorts have stopped the ski lifts.

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    TAFE Victoria Has Expanded Its Free Courses If You Want to Upskill During Lockdown (Again)

    If you're eligible, you could learn about nursing, cyber security or plumbing without paying a cent.

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    These Are the 32 Victorian Local Government Areas Reentering Lockdown from Midnight Tonight

    Stay-at-home orders will apply to metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire for the next six weeks.

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    Victoria Will Reintroduce Strict Stay-at-Home Orders for All of Metropolitan Melbourne for Six Weeks

    The new lockdown will come into place at 11.59pm on Wednesday, July 8 — but there are some differences this time.

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    Why This Lesser-Known Victorian Wine Region Should Be Your Next Weekend Getaway

    Sip the nectar of the gods, dine in an old farmhouse and sleep in a castle.

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    The NSW-Victoria Border Will Close from Midnight on July 7 for the First Time in 100 Years

    The move comes as Victoria records its highest daily total — 127 cases — since the pandemic began.

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    Victoria Is Extending Its Reintroduced Stay-at-Home Orders to Two More Melbourne Postcodes

    Two more areas are going into lockdown — and, in nine public housing estates, residents will be required to stay inside their homes for at least the next five days.

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    The Whitsundays' Luxury Daydream Island Resort Is Reopening Alongside Queensland's Border

    Head north to check out the 200-metre living reef, three restaurants and the onsite gin bar.

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    How to Road Trip the Coral Coast in Seven Days

    Take a scenic drive to see dolphins, sharks, reefs, beaches and one of Australia's most famous rock formations.

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    Victorians from the 36 Hotspot Suburbs Will Be Banned from Entering NSW

    If they do enter, they'll have to quarantine for 14 days — or risk a $11,000 fine and six months in jail.

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    Aldi Is Releasing a Range of Affordable Hiking Gear So You Can Start Hitting the Trails

    The range of hiking shoes, headlamps, thermals and jackets lands this Saturday — and starts at just $4.99.

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    The European Union Is Reopening Its Borders to Tourists from Down Under

    Australians and New Zealanders still can't leave the country, though — but you can add Europe to your holiday list when local travel restrictions are lifted.

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    Victoria Is Reintroducing Strict Stay-at-Home Orders in Ten Melbourne Postcodes for Four Weeks

    From 11.59pm on July 1, if you live in one of the suburbs listed, you'll only be able to leave your home for one of four reasons: work or school, care or care giving, exercise or to get food and other essentials.

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    Queensland Will Reopen Its Border to All Aussie States and Territories Except Victoria from July 10

    "Due to current community transmission levels, the border with Victoria will remain closed — and will be strengthened."

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    A Food and Wine Lover's Guide to the Fleurieu Peninsula

    Restaurants in caves, architectural masterpieces in vineyards and some of the world's best red wine — you'll find it all 40 minutes from Adelaide.

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    Victorian Lockdowns for Hotspot Areas Will Be Considered This Week as State Records 75 New Cases

    It's the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the state in three months.

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    These Ten Suburbs Are Melbourne's Current COVID-19 Hotspots

    The State Government has just launched a testing blitz that'll see at least half of the residents in the hotspot suburbs tested.

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    Qantas Is Unlikely to Run Any International Flights Until at Least July 2021

    But the airline has started ramping up domestic flights and expects domestic travel to be back to pre-COVID-19 levels by 2022.

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    Ivory Coat Is Searching for 20 Adorable Dogs to Star in Its Next TV Commercial

    Does your perfect pooch have what it takes to become a star? Of course. So, now's the time to make 'em one.

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    Victoria's State of Emergency Has Been Extended for Another Four Weeks

    The move comes a day after the state tightened some of its COVID-19 gathering restrictions in response to increasing case numbers.

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    Victoria Will Tighten Some COVID-19 Gathering Restrictions from Midnight on June 21

    The number of visitors allowed in your home will drop to five from Sunday and outdoor gatherings will be limited to ten — and Premier Daniel Andrews says lockdowns could be reintroduced in COVID-19 hotspots.

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    Australian Borders Likely to Remain Closed to International Travel Until 2021

    But a 'travel bubble' with New Zealand — potentially before next year — is still on the cards.

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    Queensland Is Aiming to Reopen Its Border By July 10

    If community transmission levels are low in Australia's southern states, the Queensland border could even open earlier.

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    Melbourne's Surf Park Urbnsurf Will Start Pumping Out Waves Again From Next Week

    It initially opened in January, then closed temporarily due to COVID-19.

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    South Australia Is the Next Australian State to Reveal When It's Opening Its Borders

    Start planning those SA getaways — the state will let non-residents come visit from July 20.

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    New Zealand Now Has Zero Active Cases of COVID-19

    All COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted in NZ at midnight tonight — but the country's borders will remain closed for now.

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    Ten Things You Didn't Realise You Could Do in the Grampians

    Do things a little differently on your next weekend escape.

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    Victoria Has Recorded Zero New COVID-19 Cases for the First Time Since the Start of the Pandemic

    But the government is encouraging Melburnians to continue adhering to social distancing restrictions to keep slowing the spread.

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