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ell here we are again, Lockdown Part 2 for us here in Regional NSW. As I write this, I have no idea what is around the corner. As NSW waits with mostly resigned resignation at this stage, watching daily case stats with mounting concern as we bide our time as best we can, continuing on with our, for the most part, radically modified daily lives. Many of us cannot attend our workplaces, or perhaps have been thrust into being a makeshift version of their child’s teacher. What were once busy schedules are suddenly empty with days stretching out endlessly in front, somehow still hectic and exhausting yet without fixed parameters of time. Once again businesses all over have had to evolve and adapt to the strict rules and regulations of our current society. Somehow, going into this again for the second time (luckily only the second time for us here on the Mid North Coast) has felt eerily like riding some sort of cosmic bike. There’s less adrenalin, panic and fear – although most likely there should be, given the already strained governing safety nets. Stoic
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resignation is more the cold. businesses all calling card as now, we Somehow the last two over have had to evolve accept our fates and years has brought with and adapt to the strict trudge with one foot them a revolution in rules and regulations in front of the other to dining that so many have of our current society. get to what lays on the told us, that they hope Somehow, going into other side (who even sticks. this again for the knows what?). It has brought us great second time (luckily Ok, starting to get a joy to hear so much only the second time little apocalyptic here. wonderful feedback for us here on the Mid No point going there about our customers’ North Coast) has felt at all, but rather it is ‘at-home Mullet dining eerily like riding some much better for the soul experiences’ . More sort of cosmic bike. to focus on the ‘glass importantly, it is your half full’ in that the ongoing and unfailing boundless creativity and survival instinct of support that keeps our team together and humankind will of course prevail and we will afloat throughout this tumultuous era. find our way through this maze. Know I’ve said it many times before but And for us in the land of empty tables in there’s no more amazing community than the restaurants, that remains once again in the art one right here. of filling up the humble box. We’ve proven time and and time again that We would have never thought it possible – we can beat all kinds of adversity…We’ve got the infinite variety of ways there are to present this too. and deliver restaurant quality offerings in We’ll see you with our plastic packets plastic packets and cardboard boxes. But turns and boxes soon, or possibly we’ll get the out the sky’s the limit of possibility. absolute pleasure of having you seated in our Feels like a long time ago already that restaurant again one day soon. takeaway was only that, hot food in a plastic Till then stay safe and keep well. container to race home with before it got From our team to yours.
