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Awesome, thanks for this!

Princess Fiona - have you recently done a trip back to Aus from the UK? As someone based in the UK, planning to head to MEL next month, I wanted to ask you if it was ok on the test on arrival back into Aus. Is it possible to use any RAT/Lateral flow for that (i.e. free NHS tests we get here in...

Mike McGowan is now just taking the mickey. This is beyond ridiculous.

Completely agree. There hasn't been a time when WA looked even remotely close to opening borders before Covid was effectively eradicated. Surely no one is surprised about today's announcement?

I'm not 100% certain, but tourists are not allowed into Australia currently, and that isn't changing with QLD anytime soon. Regarding students, they mean international students who study at Australian universities, because this is a source of significant income for the Australian economy...

So QLD only requires a RAT as a pre-departure test for international arrivals? Surely, with the prevalence of the virus in Australia, the government would switch to pre-departure RAT testing instead of PCR testing? If you stop international travel altogether, you're still going to likely have...

Thanks all for the responses. I guess I just need to be patient haha.

Hi All, Wasn't QF supposed to automatically extend all overseas residents status for 12 months till 2023? I'm a Feb member and my status still shows only valid till Feb 2022.

RAT tests are very good at picking up infectious people (i.e. more dangerous to those around them) and have been shown to be fairly accurate. PCR tests will come back positive even if you have a tiny amount of virus and aren't infectious - something which can stay with people for months. This is...

Hi All - I'm flying from Rome (Italy) to Melbourne with Qatar Airways next month. Being based in the UK however, I plan on flying from London to Rome the night before my flight - on a separate ticket with BA. I need a PCR 72 hrs prior - can I get this done in the UK? Or does it have to be in...

For those planning on using a Day 2 PCR test as the PCR test for Australia, I don't see any issues with that, although I haven't done that so I can't say for sure that it'll be ok. One thing you need to take note of however is that you need to make sure the company will issue a fit-to-fly...

I've seen them but haven't tried, I may try them for my next trip.

Pushka, you only need a Day 2 Lateral Flow test. You need to purchase this prior to your trip however, and you need to fill out your passenger locator form (PLF). A section of the PLF will require you to put in a reference number from your purchase of the Day 2 test, which you will get when you...

Wow that was quick.

I hope its the other way around. A test pre-departure, plus a test on arrival for fully jabbed people should be enough. We need to shift to a system where we are looking at hospital admissions and deaths. Logging case numbers and then using this as a metric is not really useful once you have...

Wow...two tests on top of a pre-departure and a lot of venues you can't go to for at least 7 - 8 days after arrival...

Yeh I'm with others here re Sth East Asia. I'd say end of 2022 is a small possibility at best as they're still very COVID-0 focused.

To me this makes complete sense. Especially from a passenger perspective from those that are not medically compromised at all. As it stands, travel will come with multiple PCR tests - if you're on a plane with only vaccinated people, your chances of getting Covid is less, therefore, less risk...

Great to hear! I'm also astounded - in a very good way how we have gone from 2 weeks hotel quarantine to no quarantine at all in MEL/SYD. Great news.

The testing requirements can be a bit of a minefield - particularly if you're travelling to or transiting multiple countries, but honestly its great to see that travel is possible back home and I for one am planning to be back in Melbourne in early Feb. I found some really good J fares out of...