COVID-19 has cut six weeks off the usual tourism seasonOperators are hopeful it is the start of a domestic travel boomSouth Australian Government encouraged travel to regional areas from this week.
However, tyre tracks may soon return to the distinctive red dirt of outback South Australian roads as drivers and caravans begin travelling again."We have been absolutely inundated with people emailing and phoning and contacting us through our website to book in from later this month onwards," Ms Henery said.
"Obviously we can't make up those six weeks of business that we've lost, but if the winter bookings are busier than usual — which at this stage, it's looking like it will be — then that might make up a bit for some of that loss and get us back on track." "We just built our accommodation here on the farm in the last 12 months and they were really starting to get going, but of course the virus put a stop to that," Ms Crozier said.
Barry and Veronica Crozier in the Macedon Ranges have noticed a rise in interest for their farm stay accommodation. Ms Crozier's farm stay accommodation was built to help support her retirement after decades spent as a nurse, wool classer and a stint as a viticulturalist.