Victoria will move sooner, NSW will go further, but residents on both sides of the border will be able to enjoy some long-awaited freedom from coronavirus restrictions this week.
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The tricky part will be the details of different rules in different states.
Albury residents could already welcome two visitors at a time to their home, but those in Wodonga will this week also be able to visit family and friends.
People in either state will be able to have five others in their home and 10 meeting up outside - allowed in Victoria from Wednesday ahead of NSW on Friday.
Premier Daniel Andrews said he would not put a kilometre limit on making trips in Victoria or over into NSW, but overnight stays are not allowed and he wanted visits to be contained to close family and friends.
"We've never had limits of how far a person can travel, we've not closed our borders - we've not had internal borders and we're not changing that. The fact that people cannot stay overnight I think will limit how far they travel," he said.
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"It's not about having a rotating roster of acquaintances and associates, or your third best friend from primary school, over for a visit.
"This is about seeing those you need to, if you need to."
After weeks of pressure, the discrepancies between states will be removed from Wednesday when Victorians can again take part in golf and fishing, with social distancing.
The states were in agreeance on some subjects: camping remains banned, but national parks will open for fishing, hiking and hunting with a maximum of 10 people, and community sport training sessions can resume with up to 10 people.
Professional sport teams can resume full training, meaning the Storm will end their controversial week in Albury and go back to Melbourne, but the club said week-long camp injected tens of thousands of dollars into the region's economy.
The Storm stated more than 30 businesses had received benefits from their stay and they would continue working with Albury Northside Chamber of Commerce with its with its post-coronavirus recovery.
Mr Andrews said professional sport had different rules to community clubs because it was a job for the players.
"This is mainly about training and social activity. It's not about a return to a full Auskick program, it's not amatuer footy coming back at pace - it is cautious, it is the appropriate step for us to take," Mr Andrews said.
"Assume that these rules don't change anytime in the next three weeks and we will have more to say in full detail at the point where we have to make decisions for June."
But NSW has gone a step further by allowing restaurants and cafes to have up to 10 patrons at a time from Friday, while ensuring they maintain social distancing of 1.5 metres between people and four square metres space per person.
"The last thing we want is to have the virus spread amongst those we care about the most," NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
She said a backyard did not count as "outdoor" when it came to gatherings of 10 people.
Both states will allow a total of 10 guests at weddings, up to 20 people at indoor funerals and up to 30 at outdoor funerals, religious gatherings of up to 10 worshippers.
The premiers have asked people to continue to working from home where possible.
