Coronavirus Australia: New Zealand travel bubble used as back door to travel ban
Advertisement Australians desperate to return to lives and loved ones overseas are using the New Zealand travel bubble to defy the outward travel ban, despite threats of hefty fines or even jail time. Art teacher Tim Byrnes is one of the first Australians to make it out via this route, flying to Auckland last week and then to Istanbul on Friday night. He is travelling on to Russia, where he had been living since 2016 and is eligible for residency. âIâve escaped!â he said. âI get to go back to my life.â Australian Tim Byrnes at Auckland Airport before travelling on to ...