Residents on Sydney’s northern beaches have welcomed the end of a tough three-week lockdown and praised the “amazing” community solidarity that helped avert a disastrous outbreak.
The past three weeks proved an immense challenge for the northern beaches, particularly the northernmost zone. The lockdown ruined Christmas holiday plans and robbed local businesses of revenue during their busiest trading period.
“It’s the sense of time, it slips away – you’re just one day to the next,” Libby Armstrong, the owner of Beachside Bookshop in Avalon told the Guardian on Sunday.