When Bonnie Sargood moved from her tiny Brisbane flat back to her family station in western Queensland to ride out COVID-19, she did not expect running her medical supplies business would become easier.
But for city slickers considering a post-coronavirus move to the bush, the advice is to do plenty of research first.Experts say there are still infrastructure gaps that mean country life cannot always sustain a modern online business. "Moving out there for the purpose of looking for work, you need to take some time to consider, especially in the COVID era, that the job market is not big," he said.Blackall-Tambo Mayor Andrew Martin says his phone is running hot with enquiries from as far afield as Adelaide and Sydney.Mayor of the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council Andrew Martin says his phone has been running hot, with people from as far afield as Adelaide enquiring about moving to his western Queensland shire.