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Circuit Breaker Perth and Peel Four-day Lockdown



Dear member,

In accordance with the State Government restrictions announced last night, the Perth and Peel regions are locked down until 12:01 am on Saturday 3rd July, 2021. Hopefully, it won’t be extended and food and beverage trading, power boat time trialling and weekend sailing can start up from Saturday.

Club Access

The gates will be closed for the duration of the lockdown. Access will only be via fob keys. The club buildings will be closed also. Staff will be working from home and contactable via email. Should you need to speak to a staff member please email a request for a phone call. Email addresses are to be found on the web site under the heading of 'Contact Us'.

The weather forecast for the next few days is bleak so please be aware of the safety of your vessel. A bosun will be checking the premises daily and security services will continue as normal.

Vouchers and Food & Beverage Trading

These are due to expire at close of business on Wednesday 30th June. On the presumption the lockdown is not extended, the final quarter’s vouchers will be available to members for seven (7) days from the club opening for food and beverage service. Vouchers will expire at close of business on Friday 9th July, 2021.

Food and Beverage outlets are closed for the duration of the lockdown. We expect that we will be open for Saturday lunch.

Community Sport

Sporting activities are prohibited during the lockdown so Wednesday afternoon sailing is cancelled as is sail training during the lockdown.

Boat Maintenance – Travel Lift

The travel lift will not be operating for the duration. Boats that can not be worked on during the four days will have the fees for the period refunded.

Club Meetings

As the clubhouse is closed no committee meetings can take place on the premises. Would committees arrange to communicate via Zoom or another convenient platform for meetings that cannot be rescheduled after the lockdown.

Telephone installation

Work on this essential service is continuing to minimise delays on reinstating the system in readiness for reopening.

Detailed Information

People will be required to stay at home unless they need to:
· work because it is not possible to work from home or remotely;
· purchase or provide essentials such as food, groceries, medicine and necessary supplies;
· attend medical or healthcare needs including a COVID-19 vaccination, and looking after the vulnerable; and
· exercise with a maximum of two adults from the same household (children under 18 years are not counted), limited to one hour per day within a five kilometre radius from home, and masks must be worn (except for vigorous exercise).

The following restrictions apply for the lockdown period:
· people can enter the Perth and Peel areas only to access or deliver essential health and emergency services and other essential requirements;
· restaurants, cafés, pubs and bars to provide takeaway service only;
· casinos, nightclubs, entertainment venues and public venues to close;
· beauty, nail and hair services to close;
· retail permitted but only for essential health services and essential goods such as supermarkets, pharmacies, hardware, petrol and others;
· public venues such as swimming pools and recreation centres to close;
· fitness venues including gyms, Pilates, yoga, dance studios to close;
· places of worship to close;
· community sport is not permitted;
· private outdoor gatherings are not permitted and events and functions are not permitted;
· weddings are restricted to five people - for compassionate reasons only;
· funerals are restricted to 10 people;
· no visitors will be allowed in homes unless it is for essential services, critical maintenance, caregiving and compassionate reasons or in an emergency;
· no visitors to residential aged care and/or disability facilities except for exceptional circumstances such as essential care, compassionate reasons, end of life and advocacy;
· no visitors to hospitals except for compassionate reasons, end of life, accompanying a child, supporting a partner giving birth;
· category 2 and 3 elective surgeries will be postponed until Friday July 9. People are urged not to contact hospitals directly as they will be contacted to reschedule their appointments;
· travel outside the Perth and Peel region is not permitted unless you are exempt to obtain or provide essential goods or services, or other compassionate and medical reasons; and
· travel remains prohibited to remote Aboriginal communities.

Schools, boarding schools and childcare centres in the Perth and Peel regions will remain open except for the three schools that have been directly impacted as they are a listed exposure site. Mask wearing rules apply.

Universities, TAFEs and training colleges will be closed unless for critical activities.

Unless exempt, people in Perth and Peel are required to wear masks outside of the home, at all indoor settings, on public transport, and outdoors at all times unless for vigorous exercise or you are travelling in your private vehicle with members of your household.

Anyone who has travelled outside of the Perth metropolitan area and Peel region since Sunday, June 27, 2021 must continue to wear face masks in public.

Anyone who has been to one of the potential exposure locations will need to get tested and quarantine as per the instructions they are given.

If people are deemed a close contact by public health officials, they will be tested and required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

People are encouraged to get tested if they have symptoms and if people have been to an exposure site, they must go and get tested.

WA COVID clinic operating hours and private clinics will be extended as part of a testing surge. Testing locations and times can be viewed at
http://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/COVID-clinics

All these measures will be reviewed regularly and the Chief Health Officer will continue to monitor the serious situation and provide more ongoing advice.

Kind regards,
David Harries
General Manager