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Tourism business faces eight months with no revenue

After canning his plans to restart walks, Tasmanian Walking Company's Brett Godfrey is turning his mind to 2021.

Fiona Carruthers
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When it comes to border wars, Brett Godfrey's business is on the frontline more than most given his Tasmanian Walking Company's luxury wilderness walks operate only in Victoria and Tasmania.

"Victoria is one-third of our market, and it's hard enough to make a profit when you can access 100 per cent of the market," Godfrey says from his Brisbane home, where he has been marooned since March.

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Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com

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