The novelty of being the only person on a flight from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast quickly turned into a nightmare for 61-year-old Maureen Ellis when she discovered she would have to self isolate for two weeks at her own expense.

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When she stepped off her Jetstar flight on Monday after a 10-day trip to Melbourne, she was greeted by an entourage of police, media and Queensland Health officials that left her feeling 'overwhelmed' and 'like a prisoner'.

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Queensland has turned away hundreds of Victorian travellers since its border restrictions came into force on Friday and Jetstar has advised no more flights would be coming in from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast.

The rules are clear: anyone who has travelled from Victoria and enters Queensland — including Queenslanders — have to quarantine at their own expense for 14 days.

Ms Ellis said she called Queensland Health on the Sunday before her hastily-booked flight and she understood she could go home to self isolate for two weeks.

'I wanted to be sure everything was OK to come back in,' she said.

She said the reception she received when she disembarked had been a shock.

Sunshine Coast police superintendent Craig Hawkins held a press conference at the airport prior to Ms Ellis's plane landing.

He said police and Queensland Health officials would ensure all the passengers would be forced into 14-day quarantine at a hotel at their own expense.

The one passenger stepped off the plane — Ms Ellis.

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Ms Ellis said she was stunned when she the size of the entourage gathered to greet her and thought, 'Oh my God, are you serious?'

'I was overwhelmed, I was overcome. My emotions just went whack. I felt like a prisoner, actually,' Ms Ellis said.

Planning to call her sister-in-law to pick her up to take her on the short journey to her home, just five minutes away, Ms Ellis found herself being escorted by police to a van with people wearing hospital masks and then transported to a hotel in the suburb of Kawana.

Ms Ellis tried to argue that she should be allowed to go home as she lived in a granny flat and would be isolated anyway, but was told this would not be possible.

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'They stuck me in a hotel room at my own expense and they haven't even tested me,' she said.

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She was worried she might only be tested in a few days' time and then would have to stay in the hotel longer and face an even bigger hotel bill.

Two police officers are stationed in a corridor outside her hotel room for 24 hours a day and she is not allowed to leave the room except for a short stroll down the corridor to a balcony for a smoke.

$200 a day for quarantine

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The hotel will cost her $200 a day, including food, which she cannot afford because she is on WorkCover.

Ms Ellis said she had travelled to Melbourne 10 days earlier to for an 'important appointment' and to catch up with family.

As the pandemic began to spread throughout Melbourne, Ms Ellis thought she had better try to get home and found a Jetstar flight online and 'just booked it' using her vouchers from a cancelled trip to Bali.

Ms Ellis said her decision had been pretty 'rush, rush', but she had no idea she would end up 'isolated under police guard' at her own expense.

Ms Ellis has spent the past few days in the hotel 'watching TV, listening to music — bored basically'.

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There were four other passengers who arrived on the next Jetstar flight from Melbourne into the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday who are also in quarantine in the hotel.