From the UK to Sri Lanka: the Australians stranded around the world

Cancelled flights, airport shutdowns and soaring ticket prices all preventing people returning home

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Australians stranded around the world by cancelled flights, airport shutdowns or soaring ticket prices say they want to heed their government's advice to return home during the pandemic - but don't know how.

From the UK to Sri Lanka, Latin America to Los Angeles, people of all ages and professions are considering everything from abandoning holidays to uprooting studies, and months-long separations from loved ones.