Covid exposure sites: Mt Dandenong’s SkyHigh restaurant in Yarra Ranges case listed

A major Dandenong Ranges tourist destination has closed after hosting a Covid infected diner. The news comes after the venue held a 160-wedding the same night.

SkyHigh in Mt Dandenong has been listed as a Tier 2 site.

A major Mt Dandenong tourist destination has been listed as a Covid exposure site on the fourth day of Victoria’s lockdown.

SkyHigh appeared on the Department of Health’s Tier 2 list on Monday, May 31, two weeks after a person with Covid visited the Observatory Rd restaurant.

According to the government website, a diner ate at the venue’s restaurant between 6 and 7.50pm on May 15.

Anyone who visited the venue is being urged to get tested immediately and isolate until they have a negative result.

SkyHigh general manager Richard Pitt said he has closed the venue – which had been open for takeaway – until further notice.

Mr Pitt said all the staff on during the exposure period were getting tested and isolating until they received a negative Covid result.

“We won’t reopen until all negative test results come back,” he said.

“I’m not expecting anyone to come back with a positive (Covid) result.”

He said the restaurant had strict Covid procedures in place including making sure everyone who attended the venue register with the QR codes, hand sanitiser and a regular cleaning regime including tables, door handles, bathrooms and toilets.

Mr Pitt said a 160-guest wedding was hosted the same night at the venue but the event was hosted in a different area to the dining room.

“We get half a million visitors a year here so it was only a matter of time before we had someone who has been exposed or is a close contact,” he said.

Mr Pitt said he’d been waiting all morning to hear from the Department of Health about the case.

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