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Bunnings and other hardware stores are welcoming back home improvement hobbyists from Monday after many were shut to the public for months.
Plant nurseries and hardware stores, up until now shut to everyone but tradies in NSW hotspot areas, will be allowed to open their doors again to all customers.
The rules for retail businesses have been made consistent across all areas in lockdown, resulting in an easing of the rules in the 12 local government areas of concern in Sydney.
Bunnings stores in NSW Covid hotspot areas can open their doors to the general public again from Monday
Residents in the 12 LGAs of concern have been stuck at home for weeks but unable to go to Bunnings to get around to all those household jobs that need doing
Under the previous rules for those regions only professionals were allowed to visit hardware stores, timber yards, and garden centres.
While some other rules were eased for the 12 hotspot councils last week, the restriction preventing non-tradespeople from shopping at Bunnings remained.
The loophole in the public health order was amended on Saturday night to allow the public in Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood,
