Horsham couple Duncan and Teresa Bottoms are stranded in the Northern Territory

Alex Blain
Updated July 4 2021 - 1:19pm, first published July 2 2021 - 8:00pm
STUCK: Horsham couple Duncan and Teresa Bottom left Victoria to escape a lockdown, instead they've been left stranded in Katherine as the borders shut around them. Picture: CONTRIBUTED
STUCK: Horsham couple Duncan and Teresa Bottom left Victoria to escape a lockdown, instead they've been left stranded in Katherine as the borders shut around them. Picture: CONTRIBUTED

As states and territories across Australia slide into lockdown, the Katherine Showgrounds has become a makeshift camp for stranded travellers, with a thousand vans and buses tightly packing the space.

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Alex Blain

Alex Blain

Journalist

I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.

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