The 9.30pm text message that destroyed the beaches hopes of a big summer
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The 9.30pm text message that destroyed the beaches hopes of a big summer
By Lucy Cormack, Lanie Tindale and Danielle Mahe
December 31, 2020 12.59pm
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The timing could not have been worse. The locally brewed beers were stocked, the festoon lights strung and more than 50 musicians booked for the seven-week food and music festival that was to be Manly’s awakening from the COVID-19 slumber of 2020.
Business owners had spent the better part of three months planning the outdoor Market Lane Live event and the evening’s soft launch - one week before Christmas - had been a roaring success.