Maryann Langiano keeps the doors open at Manni’s Clothing and Handbags in Lakes Entrance, but she is one of the few retailers on The Esplanade to do so.“Here at Manni’s, we are just surviving. It’s very, very bad and it would be a shame if we have to close our doors.”
“It’s been very quiet at the café today. We do have a few locals that come in, but we rely on the out-of-towners," she said. The 57-year-old, originally from China, moved to Lakes Entrance four years ago from Melbourne to run the motel. His troubles began earlier this year during Australia’s ‘Black Summer’ when the town was ringed by bushfires.
“I mean, 2020 we just wipe it off, and then we will be happy to see 2021 when hopefully more tourists return to Lakes Entrance.” Non-profit organisation East Gippsland Marketing says this year the region has missed out on most of its 1.4 million annual visitors.East Gippsland council estimates those losses to be $180 million so far in 2020.
With DictatorDan driving his bus they'll probably end up with cramps in their fingers they'll be crossed that long.
Open it up. Stop fucking around.