John Nayler from Deja vu Magazine speaks with Mary Howarth from BlazeAid in Moruya NSW.
BlazeAid started back in 2009 with Kevin and Rhonda Butler, who were farmers, became victims of the Black Saturday fires. The Black Saturday fires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across Victoria in February 2009, and are among Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. 173 people were killed, 120 in the Kinglake area alone. Another 414 people were injured. More than 450,000 hectares had burned and 3500 buildings including more than 2000 houses destroyed. The RSPCA estimated that up to one million wild and domesticated animals died in the disaster.
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31 May 2020
Where are the grey nomads this year? Greg McKinnon
Today Deja.vu speaks with Greg McKinnon from Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Resort about the dramatic implications for the lack of grey nomads. Airlie Beach and the Queensland tourism economy is without essential cash-flow bought by interstate and intrastate grey nomads and travelling families. It's time to #openqld.
30 May 2020
What's the flow-on effect of lack of tourists in the Whitsundays? - Woody, Whitsunday Ocean Services
John Nayler from Deja.vu Magazine asks Woody from Whitsunday Ocean Services, "What is the flow-on effect from the lack of tourists visiting the Whitsundays?".
Whitsunday Ocean Services is a life raft and life jacket service centre and an inflatable repair and service centre. In essence, they sell and repair Marine equipment and predominantly work with Charter companies, Commercial operators and Workboats.
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29 May 2020
What is the future of restauranting and cafes in Airlie Beach? Kevin Collins, Fish D'Vine
John Nayler from Deja.vu Magazine talks to Kevin Collins, the owner of Fish D'Vine Restaurant, about the future of restaurants and cafes in Airlie Beach.
Kevin explains that ultimately that restaurants and cafes in a tourist town like Airlie Beach are a service industry to the wider Tourism Industry. The population of Airlie Beach is around 7,000, with 77 restaurants operating prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more (https://deja.vu/display.asp?niid=11255)
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28 May 2020
What's the state of the Whitsunday bareboat industry? Interview with Trevor Rees
Trevor Rees from Whitsunday Escape is representing the Whitsunday Bareboat Industry and talks to John Nayler from Deja.vu Magazine, about the current state of the Whitsunday Bareboat industry.
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27 May 2020
How is business in Airlie Beach? Interview with Lyn Gregson
John Nayler from Deju.vu Magazine, talks to Lyn Gregson about how the Retail business in Airlie Beach is coping with the lack of visitors to the region.
Lyn has been in the Retail business for 34 years and owns 7 retail outlets across the Whitsundays employing 38 staff. She said there has certainly been many challenges over the past 30 years such as pilot strikes, cyclones, flooding and shark attacks that have kept holidaymakers away, however she has never experienced anything like this before.
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26 May 2020
Why are tourism operators in Airlie Beach so devastated right now? - Sharon Smallwood
Sharon Smallwood from the Charter Boat Industry Association talks to John Nayler about the impact that the current COVID-19 travel restrictions is having on the Tourism Operators in Airlie Beach.
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