COVID TRAVELS
This year we should all get vaccinated against COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean overseas trips are on the cards yet. I’m expecting a big year of international travel in 2022, but not this year — so I’m thinking about the big trips we could do while staying relatively local. The Christmas/New Year border shutdowns highlighted how the pandemic can catch people out, with many stuck interstate and unable to get home in time to avoid a fortnight of hotel quarantine, despite often never being closer than 100km from known cases of COVID-19… but on the whole I think Australia’s response to the pandemic has been excellent. So unless you’re planning a long trip, I’d stay close to home — or at least within half a day of your home state, and some…