Illawarra families turn to backyard camping amid coronavirus 'don't travel' mandate

Kate McIlwain
Updated April 8 2020 - 8:12pm, first published 6:30pm
Mount Ousley residents Tija and Jay Hurry and their daughters Amber, 8, and Imogen, 6 have set up camp in their yard for the Easter long-weekend. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Mount Ousley residents Tija and Jay Hurry and their daughters Amber, 8, and Imogen, 6 have set up camp in their yard for the Easter long-weekend. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Normally this long weekend is marked by long lines of traffic, large family gatherings, egg hunts with lots of small children running around and churches full of worshippers for the Christian faith's most auspicious holiday.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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