Greater Brisbane COVID-19 lockdown leaves residents in limbo as wedding dates moved, travel plans changed

Weddings are cancelled and travel plans are in disarray as Greater Brisbane is plunged into a three-day lockdown after a hotel quarantine cleaner who had been out in the community for days was confirmed as having the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19.

Jarred Rayward and Annick Myburgh were set to be married on Saturday in front of 86 friends and family.

Ms Myburgh said she was heartbroken when she heard Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s announcement on Friday morning and decided to quickly bring the wedding forward before new restrictions came into action.

“It was pretty frantic,” Ms Myburgh said.

“I was pretty disappointed but I mean nothing is going to stop us.

“We had four different options we were working through, but…