Hundreds of visitors were spotted in The City today for the New Year’s Day bank holiday.
They were spotted strolling up Broad Street or in groups riding through Town in maxi taxis; they were walking along Princess Alice Highway as well as crossing the Chamberlain Lift Bridge and taking pictures of themselves in Heroes Square with the Parliament clock in the background.
Some decided to stop in and browse some of the open stores in town, mostly jewellery stores such as Colombian Emeralds International, Milano Diamond Gallery, Little Switzerland, Jeweller’s Warehouse and Cave Shepherd, which only opened its ground floor.
Cave Shepherd assistant manager Gail Ifill said most of their customers for the day were tourists and were mostly perusing the beachwear section.
Management at Little Switzerland said they too were almost exclusively seeing a visitor clientele, who were most interested in their Tiffany & Co. line of jewellery.
However, while the large taxis appeared to be doing brisk business, smaller operators were often left in the cold. One was even heard saying he was hearing “not yet” so often, it could be a song. (CA)
