Booty, if you're around give us the latest in Queensland.
Any relaxation of jab & boost for job policies?
Are people resisting boosters?
What's the public sentiment about passports?
King McGowan demands a booster every 3 months or you're fired.
I’m at a large resort here now. Been here for close to 2 weeks.
First off the tourism economy here is utterly wrecked. It’s a different place compared to the norm for us. Normally filled with people from NSW (Sydney) and VIC (Melbourne), we haven’t met anyone in the resort who wasn’t a local. Weekdays it has been a ghost town, never seen anything like it.
I don’t see how half of these resort are going to survive let alone the shops. The Gold Coast is built and supported by people travelling in. En masse and there is simply no volume of people here.
The hotel cafe needed to view our vaccine passport but strangely enough not reception. Masks inside here but not outside. Am yet to see anyone pulled up for not wearing a mask. I don’t think staff really care, more afraid of losing their job due to lack of patrons.
We spent maybe $90/day when generally we spend around $500/day. The pool bar was closed due to lack of people so we brought in our own drink and we didn’t order food. Still had a great time though.