Police hit Sydney's beaches as a harder statewide lockdown comes into effect across NSW
In Sydney’s winter sunshine, there’s every reason to be out and about. From paragliders to surfers, dog walkers to people watchers, fresh air and exercise was the name of the game around the city’s beaches on Saturday.would be tightened, limiting people’s movement for shopping and exercise to within their local government area or five kilometres from home.
Blaine Kupris and his fiancee Emma Raper were on a bicycle with six Corona beers heading to the beach for exercise. Mr Kupris said the rules had not affected him too much, but his mother was suffering. “She’s a single that lives by herself, recently divorced and she ... needs interaction.”Clinical psychologist Angelica Bilibio was packing away her kids’ surfboards and had not yet heard about the statewide lockdown.
The latest round of restrictions are accompanied by large increases in fines for breaking the rules. Anyone who breaches self-isolation rules or lies on a permit faces a $5000 on the spot fine, and anyone who breaches the two-person outdoor exercise or recreation rule can be fined $3000.
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