I was tempted to put up the POSTPONED sign for the Weekend Wrap but there are a number of new closures due to the coronavirus that need to be reinforced.

National Parks are closed so all bush walks are out. There is the short Birdwing Butterfly Walk in Goonellabah, the Back Alley Gallery walk in the CBD, the Historic Interest Walk, the Wilson River Experience Walk or the Lismore Lake walk (Walks).

The Lismore City Council is advising us to stay away from playgrounds and park equipment.

To some good news!

The Lismore Farmers Markets are on tomorrow morning from 8am. They are considered an essential service.

This statement was taken from their facebook page.

"We have fresh produce sold in the open fresh air with a short or direct supply chain. So come support your local Farmers & your health. We will be operating in the new 'shop 'n' go' style, we really appreciate your assistance with these changes.

This week we encourage respectful social distancing of at least 1.5m in line ups. Market start time is 8am. Looking forward to seeing you there & feeling grateful for such wonderful community".

The Blue Knob Community Markets are on this weekend too.

"We will be open again this Saturday to bring you all some fresh food, delicious apples, eggs, coffee beans, honey, mushrooms, bread, focaccia’s and something sweet or savoury to take home to have with your takeaway coffee, tea or chai from the cafe". Taken from facebook.

Please remember the 1.5m social distancing rules when you attend the markets and practice good hygiene.

While on shopping, I am pleased to share some good news to you, our Lismore App readers about our new Takeaway/Home Delivery button.

Upon launching the button we saw just under 1,100 views over the next 18 hours! This will make small business owners in our community smile and feel more optimistic about the next few weeks ahead.

Please don't just look but actually buy from the business, this is how we can keep their doors open and keep people employed.

You can call and pre-order your food or drink with many businesses bringing it out to your car or home delivering your meal.

This is not just food and beverage businesses but other retail outlets such as entertainment, gardening, bedding, toys, books and more.

As you would understand we have a lot of businesses to include in our list. This will be done over the course of today and the weekend so please keep checking regularly.

To illustrate how grave the situation is, we had another temporary closure today due to lack of customers.

The Garden Plate on Magellan Street put up this sign.

When Vanessa and her team do finalise home delivery, they will be back on the Takeway/Home Delivery button looking for your support.

We have been experience high usage of the Lismore App and have been receiving messages from people, thank you for letting us know. If the app freezes on a page for a while, be patient. A lot of users means a slow down in our systems occasionally but rest assured we are working in the background to improve your experience.

The recommendation is to continue to stay home as much as we can. Go out buy what you need and go home.

There will be more news over the weekend about the third tranche of government financial help that will support those businesses that need to close their doors or have been forced to close their doors because of government restrictions. We will let you know the details as soon as they become available.

As I write, the Northern NSW count of confirmed coronavirus cases is 25. This is an increase of three cases in the last 24 hours. There will be more details this afternoon.

That is the Weekend Wrap. Stay safe and stay healthy.

The Lismore App wants to remind you to support local businesses at this time. Your patronage keeps the doors open and protects the livelihoods of people in our community.