25 NOVEMBER 2020 | ISSUE 463 | FREE
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Go Dine is set to launch in High Street Nagambie this coming weekend. The Victorian Government’s Outdoor Eating and Entertainment Package is providing $87.5 million to Councils and businesses outside of Melbourne’s CBD to make widespread outdoor dining safe, practical and a reality this summer. $250,000 has been provided to the Strathbogie Shire to help ensure swift and streamlined permit, enforcement and monitoring processes to support expanded outdoor dining across the shire. With dining outlets in Nagambie already at covid-safe capacity the Go Dine, outdoor dining experience will allow Nagambie hospitality operators to safely increase their patron numbers whilst maintaining Covid-19 health protocols and practices. The innovative proposal has seen the
central median precinct on High Street transformed into an outdoor dining hub. Festoon lighting and picket fencing will complete the look and define the dining area. The three large marquees will allow patrons to relax and enjoy a taste of Nagambie while others may prefer the pop up activation space at Jacobsons Outlook.
at Jacobsons Outlook with views across the waterways as diners enjoy hampers of local produce and matching wines.
The Royal Mail Hotel, Zephyrz, Eighteen Sixty and the Nagambie Brewery and Distillery will all participate in Go Dine. Thai by the Lake have added extra outdoor dining to their venue to add to the vibrancy along the High Street strip.
Restaurant quality food is what the team at Zephryz will be focusing on. “Lunches will be a variety of light summer dishes and a dinner menu will be created with an emphasis on a magical outdoor dining experience in the Go Dine precinct,” said head chef Carol.
“It's all about providing space for people to sit down, enjoy a meal and adhere to COVID-normal rules,” said Go Nagambie’s John Beresford. The newly opened wine bar of Eighteen Sixty will set up a pop up dining space
Each business will be responsible for maintaining COVID-19 cleaning requirements and recording contact details of patrons within their allocated space.
The marquees will each add up to 50 additional diners, supporting the hospitality providers along the journey to recovery. A traffic management plan developed by Strathbogie Shire in consultation with VicRoads will ensure the safety of patrons by reducing the speed limit to
20km/hr and creating shared pedestrian and vehicle access. “We want visitors to enjoy their time in Nagambie during the holiday period, and we want to be as welcoming to as many as we possibly can,” said John Beresford. “The need to transform into a COVID Normal and create safe, practical and realistic outdoor dining experiences for summer is the driving force behind the Go Dine precinct,” said John. Go Dine will operate on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, throughout December and January.