well, I can't recall ever being stopped prior to covid travelling between Qld, NSW and Vic
the old border posts have been gone for decades
only tomato phobic tassie and WA sparrowphobes seem to have issues
but, we have the odd blip - like the Melbourne searches and those WA roadblocks
there's always this continual reminder of the loss of freedom - locked national parks and foresty
of course - travelling the highways in WA now compared to previous decades - we have hundreds of kilometres of fenced roads ------
which is great for not hitting skippy and ernie the emu - but, what came with it was locked gates in fences
whereas one could just pull off the road almost anywhere and go on one's own land - Aussie land - held in trust by the crown - now - people who have a single use lease - they don't own the land - have the right to put padlocks on gates
that's a very visible loss of freedom
Ozzies let it happen
they also let national parks get locked up - their own parks
the only time they woke up is when some chinese fellas stopped them from walking on a beach in NQ somewhere
but, the writing has been on the wall for decades I'm afraid
