Gallery: New rules at the QLD - NSW border

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Changing rules at state borders have left travellers and workers battling to navigate new permits and isolation requirements. Photos by Elise Derwin

July 11, 2020 — 6.18pm

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Michael has been staying at The River Road Motel in Tweed Heads waiting for his Covid-19 results to clear him and allow him to enter into Queensland after he recently spent time in Melbourne.Credit:Elise Derwin

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Lisa with her daughter Nevaeh have been waiting in NSW for the border to open to pick up her eldest daughter from Gold Coast airport.Credit:Elise Derwin

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SMH NEWS: Traffic banked up along Wharf St Coolangatta as the border between NSW and QLD is re-opened for the second day.Picture: Elise Derwin SHD NEWS. Scenes from the NSW Queensland border on July 11, 2020. Photo: Elise DerwinCredit:Elise Derwin

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Glenn and Hayden at the Calico Court Mote, they plan on will be crossing the border numerous times. Credit:Elise Derwin

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Lisa and Tammy, both from Queensland, are staying at the Las Vegas Motel in Tweed Heads waiting for the traffic to be less congested.Credit:Elise Derwin

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Commuters are stopped by police at the border checkpoint in the Gold Coast hinterland at Nerang Murwillumbah Road.Credit:Elise Derwin

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SMH NEWS: Commuters are stopped by police at the Queensland - NSW border checkpoint in the Gold Coast hinterland at Nerang Murwillumbah Road, near Natural bridge. Picture: Elise Derwin SHD NEWS. Photo: Elise DerwinCredit:Elise Derwin

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Police checkpoint in Coolangatta as the border between NSW and QLD is re-opened for the second day.Credit:Elise Derwin

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SMH NEWS: Cyclists are stopped by police at the Queensland - NSW border checkpoint in the Gold Coast hinterland at Nerang Murwillumbah Road.Credit:Elise Derwin