Easter lockdown: ALL Queenslanders will need a border pass to come back into the state from NSW as the government ramps up social distancing rules
Queenslanders will need a border pass to get back into their state if they leave this weekend,
The new rules to deter Easter holiday travel come into force at 11.59pm on Friday.
Border passes will be granted to people who have a valid reason for leaving the state, such as giving care to a relative.
Queenslanders will need a border pass to be allowed back into their state if they leave
Anyone without a valid reasons risks being turned around at the border.
Those who visit a coronavirus hotspot such as Sydney will have to go into 14 days of isolation when they return home.
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It comes after the state's most popular beaches on the Gold Coast were closed when sunbathers flocked to the sand last weekend.
In the past two weeks three hundred people changed their address to North Stradbroke Island so they can dodge a travel ban and visit at Easter.
The island said it refused entry to anyone not a permanent resident from 24 March.
The local mayor said people's determination to dodge the restrictions 'blows my mind'.
A 'beach closed' sign is seen at Coolangatta beach on April 8
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