Boredom of being at home has cost a man in his 20s $1000 after he was fined under the new coronavirus rules.
More fines have been issued across the Hunter Region after people have failed to adhere to the COVID-19 restrictions.
A 24-year-old man was fined $1000 after he told police he was aware of the stay-at-home rules but was out because he was sick of being at home.
Police found him at Broadmeadow train station about 1.30pm on Tuesday.
Two men - aged 40 and 47 - were fined at Raymond Terrace after they ignored a warning from police to go home on Sunday, according to the latest list of statewide fines issued on Wednesday.
Police said the pair were in a car and did not have a reasonable excuse for being out in public.
Police have issued 66 Court Attendance Notices and 560 on-the-spot fines across NSW for breaches of the Public Health Act since March 17.
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