Yesterday’s fine weather brought out crowds again at beaches across Sydney’s eastern suburbs, even as it was announced that the entire state was being put under lockdown. At Bondi Beach, the promenade was busy, as police patrolled the area by foot and on horse. Hefty fines were meted out to those found outside 5km from their residence but there was little police could do, given the numbers out and about.
Scenes at Bondi Beach were in stark contrast to Sydney’s south-west, where streets were quiet, except at testing stations and vaccination centres, like the one at Lakemba Mosque.
There were 415 cases of the coronavirus recorded yesterday. Today, a new regime of harsher penalties for breaking public health orders will be instituted and 500 additional ADF will be added to support police.
Part of an ongoing series,’COVID-19 Diaries’.
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