Four men have been fined after allegedly trying to sneak into Queensland from New South Wales on a sailboat.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads said Maritime Safety Vessels officers intercepted the men off the Gold Coast on Friday afternoon.
The group were allegedly on their way to Cairns.
They were fined an estimated $4,000 each for contravening orders by the Chief Health Officer and are now in hotel quarantine at their own expense.
People from the whole of NSW, apart from the border town of Tweed Heads, were last Saturday banned from entering the state.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk praised the quick actions of police.
"They are watching all of our borders, not just the airports, the train stations, the roads," she said.
"They're also monitoring the waters.
"We can't have people flouting the laws."
Meanwhile, two crew members who tested positive for coronavirus on board a cargo ship off the north Queensland coast were brought ashore overnight.
They were taken to the Townsville University Hospital.
All remaining crew had returned negative results.
"The ship is absolutely being monitored," Ms Palaszczuk said.
The state recorded no new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, with more than 5,600 people tested.
"It's the news we want to hear when families are out and about this weekend," Ms Palaszczuk said.
There are nine active cases in the state and 1,091 total since the outbreak began.
