It was the longest long weekend in Australia last week – a total of 5 days holiday – it’s a combination of Good Friday, the weekend, Anzac Day and Easter Monday. There won’t be another 5 day long weekend in Australia until 2038. I had spent the long weekend in the Central Coast of New South Wales with my partner and made some very interesting observations.
We had left the house at about 8 a.m on Friday, to try to beat the traffic jam to the Central Coast. Feeling a little peckish, we decided to have some yum cha for brekkie. Alas, there were no shops within a 7 km radius that was open for yum cha. I live in a suburb with a fairly high concentration of Chinese food places, and none of the shops were open. That perhaps, would have been indicator of what was to come next.
We arrived at our destination at about 11 a.m, and feeling extremely hungry, decided to look for brunch. The whole town had only one eating place open. Like the yum cha places, most shops had decided to close for the long weekend. As I munched on my $40 lunch (yes, it was a case of supply and demand – but that’s not the point of this article), I began to ponder upon the shops being closed.
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