Coronavirus Gold Coast: Coolangatta’s Pink Hotel operator Tara Diklich wants borders to reopen

‘Ms Palaszczuk, bring down the wall’ - that’s the message from a popular southern Gold Coast hotel which straddles the NSW border.

MS PALASZCZUK, bring down the wall - That’s the message from a popular southern Gold Coast hotel which straddles the NSW border.

The Pink Hotel’s Tara Diklich has looked out the window at the orange and white plastic barriers between the two states for nearly three months since the border was closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Tara Diklich from the Pink hotel ready to cut through the crap and chop down the border walls at the QLD/NSW border at Coolangatta.Picture: Glenn Hampson

An announcement on the border is due this morning and Ms Diklich said it was time to bring tourists back to the region.

“We are really keen to have it the borders open,” she said.

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“We have seen it rise up around us and it has made things really hard to take bookings and even now people do not know if they can come and visit given the border is right on our doorstop.

“As long as it is safe then yes please we would like the barriers to come down. Having a hard barrier through our twin towns has made things hard and all the locals are unhappy.”