@davidc4430 wrote:
my view is both dan and his govt are failing big time and allowing borders to be open and footy teams to be wandering out into other states makes me very angry.
says the guy who lives in a state that has the luxury of so few border crossings.
Just how many state border crossings does SA have David? (a quick glance shows 1 to WA, 1 into NT, 1 into Qld, 1 into NSW, about 10 into Vic . . . but these are estimates)
There are probably some unsealed roads into SA as well.
The Vic/NSW border alone has about 50 crossings.
david, I live in a border town (actually I live less than 2km from the Murray) and there are two bridge crossings near me, one in Mildura and one at Yelta/Curlwaa. Closing these border crossings near Mildura is just not practical.
Here are some reasons that out-of-towners might not know about:
- there is no major well equipped hospital in NSW here. NSW residents needing hospitalisation generally come into Victoria . . . especially if suspected of having COVID
- the shortest route for Robinvale Vic residents to get to Mildura Vic (and vice versa) is to cross into NSW at Robinvale/Euston and then back into Vic at Buronga/Mildura
- many people live in one state but work in the other. I lived in Vic for over 25 years while working in NSW.
- we don’t have active cases here on either side of the border. Mildura LGA (which is huge) has had only 5 cases (none active for well over a month or more)
- border closures would not prevent people from crossing the border as the Murray River can not be effectively patrolled (when I lived in Dareton NSW in 1988 I once swam to Victoria!)
Bottom line is that it is not as simple as saying “close the border”.
@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:
@davidc4430 wrote:
my view is both dan and his govt are failing big time and allowing borders to be open and footy teams to be wandering out into other states makes me very angry.
says the guy who lives in a state that has the luxury of so few border crossings.
Just how many state border crossings does SA have David? (a quick glance shows 1 to WA, 1 into NT, 1 into Qld, 1 into NSW, about 10 into Vic . . . but these are estimates)
There are probably some unsealed roads into SA as well.
The Vic/NSW border alone has about 50 crossings.
david, I live in a border town (actually I live less than 2km from the Murray) and there are two bridge crossings near me, one in Mildura and one at Yelta/Curlwaa. Closing these border crossings near Mildura is just not practical.
Here are some reasons that out-of-towners might not know about:
- there is no major well equipped hospital in NSW here. NSW residents needing hospitalisation generally come into Victoria . . . especially if suspected of having COVID
- the shortest route for Robinvale Vic residents to get to Mildura Vic (and vice versa) is to cross into NSW at Robinvale/Euston and then back into Vic at Buronga/Mildura
- many people live in one state but work in the other. I lived in Vic for over 25 years while working in NSW.
- we don’t have active cases here on either side of the border. Mildura LGA (which is huge) has had only 5 cases (none active for well over a month or more)
- border closures would not prevent people from crossing the border as the Murray River can not be effectively patrolled (when I lived in Dareton NSW in 1988 I once swam to Victoria!)
Bottom line is that it is not as simple as saying “close the border”.
I live within an hours drive of the Vic/SA border, I can name at least 7 border crossings in my area, not counting the back roads. There are pros and con re the border closures, 1/2 the shoppers in Mount Gambier come over from Vic, so the shop keepers are really suffering there atm
