DFAT has increased its advice for Northland Shopping Centre from “Reconsider your need to shop” to “Do not travel” after the centre was shut down for the second time in a month.
The Smart Traveller website advised that “conflicts, tensions and the chance of random cars inexplicably driving through the centre remain high. Also, the Myer is a bit rundown and the food court could do with a spruce up, but that’s a separate issue”.
The shopping centre in Melbourne’s north was locked down last month after a machete attack.
Police say the LandCruiser entered the shopping centre after finding it absolutely fucking impossible to find a park. “It’s driven around and around for two hours trying to find a park and then entered the shopping centre in desperation. Once inside, it tried to find an exit, but due to the complete lack of signage couldn’t find its way out”.
