As the border to New South Wales remains closed, and fears of Sydney's COVID outbreak spreading north rise, many Gold Coast businesses are facing the COVID fatigue.
Gold Coast hotel and laundry service operators are among those struggling to remain open and profitable despite the federal and Queensland government business support package.
Karen Shaw, manager of Rainbow Commodore Holiday Apartments, says the stress is ongoing.
She says, “You get up every morning and think, ‘It has to get better tomorrow’, and then you get another two or three cancellations and you have to refund their money.”