COVID-19 FISHING & BOATING UPDATE

I live in Melbourne. Can I undertake recreational activities like fishing/boating?

Yes. From 11:59pm on 8 July, if you live in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, you can leave home for permitted exercise and recreation activities that are outdoors and can be done by yourself, members of your household, or with one other person.

You must be able to maintain a 1.5 metre distance and no equipment should be shared.

This includes, fishing, boating, surfing, recreational diving, learning to drive, or reading in a park. However, you cannot drive a long way from your home to do these activities, if they can be done closer to home.

You cannot leave the metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire for sporting or recreational activities. This is an important step to help us slow the spread of the virus.

While you can do these activities in metropolitan Melbourne or Mitchell Shire, you should stay close to home and use common sense and consideration when it comes to these activities.

Read Full DHHS Covid-19 Update for Sports and Exercise

General DHHS Advice

The state government has altered its general advice on the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) website, stating Victorians must not stray from their suburb of principal residence.

See Nine News Coronavirus Victoria New Restrictions for Exercise, Recreational Activity and Shopping

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