Oz Fest 17 BNE 2020 is postponed
Due to the Covid-19 ~ Coronavirus pandemic, travel and gathering restrictions we have decided to postpone Oz Fest 17 BNE 2020.
Currently we have 45 who are Platinum. 20 are from Australia, 12 from USA, 3 from Canada, 6 from New Zealand and 4 from EU.
Australian government policy is 14 days self isolation on entry into the country. Current restrictions last for 30 days from when they were announced a few days ago. Very likely will be extended, possibly for ~ 6 months, and may be harder or more restrictions to come. So many would need to do 14 days self isolation on entry to Australia and those from New Zealand/Canada 14 days on return to New Zealand/Canada.
Enquires with restaurants in Brisbane for group bookings for our dates have not been encouraging.
Airlines have been reducing capacity significantly. Qantas by 100% internationally from end of March until end of May. Virgin Australia to cease international flights 30 March to 14 June, with some VA international flights before that. Other airlines into Australia have similar or greater reductions.
Oz Fest 17 BNE 2021
Oz Fest 17 2021 will be held in Brisbane from Friday 28th May to Sunday 30th May 2021 (US Memorial day weekend).
The new thread for Oz Fest 17 BNE 2021 will be posted towards the end of July September October November 2020. In part due the QF announcement of 25 June 2020 that it is not expecting international flights until mid 2021, other than possibly AU-NZ.
Keep safe and hopefully next year will be better for travel.
Last edited by Oz Fest; Oct 28, 2020 at 1:48 pm
Reason: Oz Fest 17 2021 thread start