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Queensland tourism operators hopeful for better school holidays after wet Easter weekend
Queensland tourism operators say they’ve had “doubly bad luck” this Easter weekend, with last week’s lockdown and poor weather prompting waves of cancellations across the state.
Key points:
- Despite a severe weather warning being cancelled, wet weather impacted outdoor activities
- Many tourism operators had cancellations, on top of those from Queensland’s snap lockdown
- The industry is hopeful the weather will improve for the rest of the school holidays
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted a broad area of the state, ranging from the central coast to the NSW border, could be inundated with rain from a trough off the Coral Sea.
It saw beaches on the Sunshine Coast close, with a hazardous surf warning still in place and marine wind warnings from…
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