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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Brigid Delaney

Every aspect of travelling is chaos right now – is this the new normal?

‘While many of us dreamed of travel … in the months of being confined to our 5km radius, that dream is now looking like a nightmare.’
‘While many of us dreamed of travel … in the months of being confined to our 5km radius, that dream is now looking like a nightmare.’ Photograph: Shenqiu Liu/Getty Images

It was midnight on Tuesday when I got a text from the bus company saying my overnight bus service “will be delayed approximately 1.5-2.5 hours, due to an operational issue. Please continue to wait at the pick up location.”

The pick-up location was a dark and empty car park attached to a closed service station smack bang in central Queensland. It was cold. It was the middle of the night. Waiting there felt unsafe.

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