Toowoomba residents ready to travel abroad again after Australian border reopens

After booking her flights and other matters through Globetrotters Travel, Caitlin Nass said she was excited to be getting on a plane again to head overseas.

With the borders reopening Caitlin Nass is looking forward to her first trip to Italy. Picture: Nev Madsen.

After her original travel plans were scuttled two years ago due to Covid-19, Toowoomba’s Caitlin Nass has her passport in hand, ready to cross the globe again.

The health worker will be jetting off to Italy in the coming months, after Australia officially reopened its border to international travel this week.

After booking her flights and other matters through Globetrotters Travel, Ms Nass said she was excited to be getting on a plane again.

“I decided to go a couple of months ago. It was at the point where I was getting over Covid and everyone was fatigued, so I thought it’s time to go (once borders reopened),” she said.

“As long as you’re taking the right steps and doing everything you can to keep yourself safe, you can go out and have fun.

“It’s pretty exciting, there was a gamble as to whether we could go – you’ve got to take everything with a grain of salt.”

With the borders reopening Caitlin Nass is looking forward to her first trip to Italy. Picture: Nev Madsen.

Ian Craig touched back in Toowoomba just last week after getting the first chance to visit his parents in England in years.

“Everything went really well — the best move I ever made was to go to Globetrotters who found us a flight in November, and then I arrived back last Friday,” he said.

“I’ve felt so lucky to have been able to pull this off.”