Stylish way to isolate

AFTER spending more than a year studying in Taiwan, a Hobart student has made a mad dash home and into isolation.

Anne-Petra Green said after arriving in Hobart late Thursday, her daughter Bethany would now have to quarantine herself after the strict new border security measures put into place by the State Government. Ms Green said it had been a challenge.

“It caused a lot of anxiety for all of us because we really didn’t know what to do,” she said.

Bethany had planned to be overseas for a further six months.

“She got the first flight out of Taiwan that she could get. She literally had two hours to pack up and get to the airport.”

She said they considered getting a hotel room for a few weeks but a friend came to the rescue with a free Airbnb.

“We were fortunate, but a lot of people don’t have that kind of opportunity.”

As a primary school teacher with another daughter in college, Ms Green said it would have been very difficult to have Bethany in the house with them. “It’s putting a lot of people at risk,” she said.

An award-winning Hobart accommodation provider has also offered up its accommodation for free to others who may need a safe space to self-isolate.

Hobart Hideaway Pods owner Clare Corrigan said the most important thing at the moment to consider was everyone’s health and safety.

“Considering we had a few pods that were going to be empty for a couple of months, we thought it would be good to use it for something rather than have them go empty,” she said. At this stage four self-isolators would be staying in the pods.

Ms Corrigan encouraged anyone with accommodation going unused to consider doing something similar.