A reenactment of Prison Break and daily polls of what to eat are two things helping to keep a Wagga man sane in isolation away from friends and family.
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Just three months in to his year-long stay in Dallas, Texas, 24-year-old Hamish Dunbar had to return back to home soil early as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened.
"I was living in Dallas on a 12-month visa playing rugby over there and working too, then about halfway through the season [the coronavirus restrictions] happened and everything was cancelled, pubs and restaurants closed, so I had no reason to stay," he said.
The latest isolation regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that as of midnight into Sunday, April 5, all people returning from overseas would have to self isolate for 14 days. Mr Dunbar's flight landed in Sydney the same Sunday morning at 8am.
"As soon as we got off the plane, there were medical officers waiting and we all had to stand two metres apart," he said.
"They took everyone's temperatures, and if it wasn't high you moved on to the next officer who asked how you were feeling, and then when you passed that if you had no signs of being sick, you were allowed to pick up your luggage, hop on a bus and go straight to the hotel we have to stay at."
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Co0ped up in his hotel room since Sunday with no open windows, no human interaction and no option to leave, Mr Dunbar has turned to comedy to get him through the two weeks in isolation.
"I basically taught myself how to use that iMovie app and started putting myself into all sorts of movie scenes like The Shawshank Redemption, Prison Break, or that scene in The Great Escape where he's throwing a ball against the wall," he said.
"Then I do polls of what I should eat that day because we get two options at the hotel for lunch and dinner, I get people to vote."
Mr Dunbar has been posting his creations to social media, proving to be entertaining for not just himself, but his followers.
As an active individual, Mr Dunbar said the first of his top three tips to staying sane in isolation was to maintain a routine.
"Number one would definitely be trying to keep a routine as much as possible and try to exercise, which is obviously limited but you can adapt," he said.
"I am allowed deliveries so my brother dropped me off a skipping rope and some workout bands and stuff so I try and get up and use those in the morning then do some other strength training in the afternoon."
The second tip to staying sane, according to Mr Dunbar, is keeping a sense of humour.
"We all need a laugh otherwise we'll go crazy," he said.
"And number three would be to have a good Netflix series to watch."
Mr Dunbar said he's most looking forward to fresh air when he gets to leave isolation.
"We have windows, but they don't open so I just want to breathe real air again," he said.
"I'll be heading back to Wagga straight away too to my parents farm which will be the best place to be for more isolation, and I also haven't seen them in three months since I moved to Dallas, so I have that to look forward to."