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Freedom Day in Sydney
The wait is over. Sydney has emerged from 106 days in lockdown, with pubs, shops and hairdressers bracing for a frantic return to normality.
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Surry Hills locals, Stuart Gregor, Jen Bailey, Oliver Thomas, Wesley Baimbridge and James Irvine, enjoy a drink at the Dolphin Hotel as the Covid-19 lockdown ends for greater Sydney. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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People shopping in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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People shopping in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Pauline Pinete, left, waits to enter a nail salon in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Racqel Garwood, 2nd from left, queues to enter Lulu Lemon store in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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People dining at Pattison's in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A security guard at the entrance of Myer in the same area of the Myer store that had a historical fleeting transmission early on in the outbreak in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre. Today is the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Emma Davaa, right, checks in to enter the Sephora store in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Pattison's franchisee Sera Ozbey, centre, serves customers in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Mancave Barbershop barber Hardi Zahr, right, cuts a customers hair in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre on the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for fully vaccinated people.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Assyrian singer Gaggi Atoraya, right, reconnects with friends over a coffee, in Fairfield, after the Covid-19 stay at home lockdown orders are lifted. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Salah Marbin from Coffee Stop cafe after the Covid-19 stay at home lockdown orders are lifted.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Wafa Rabeie from Paradise Bridal Boutique in Fairfield after the Covid-19 stay at home lockdown orders are lifted.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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City Gym has reopened after months of closure due to lockdown. Credit:Nick Moir
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City Gym has reopened after months of closure due to lockdown. Credit:Nick Moir
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City Gym has reopened after months of closure due to lockdown. Credit:Nick Moir
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Elizabeth Newman and her mother Renata Kotur reunited after lockdown at Dudley Ford House at The Ponds.Credit:Nick Moir
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Judy Christian and her mother Barbara Olliff who haven't seen each other since June at Castle Hill Anglicare.Credit:Nick Moir
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Hair dresser Tony Boutsalis from Salt hair in Coogee with customer Helen Appleton. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Hair dresser Tony Boutsalis from Salt hair in Coogee. Credit:Edwina Pickles