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Milky Lane's Christian Avant slams Burleigh Heads bongo bash on Gold Coast

2020-09-14 173 Dailymotion

The founder of a popular burger chain has slammed a video showing partygoers dancing shoulder to shoulder while his restaurants are crippled by COVID-19 social distancing rules. <br /><br />Milky Lane's Christian Avant shared footage showing revellers dancing at a Burleigh Heads park, on the Gold Coast, on Sunday night.<br /><br />Hundreds of people are seen stomping their feet and waving their arms into the air to the beat of bongos as fire twirlers perform just metres away.<br /><br />Mr Avant, who has a store at Surfers Paradise, accused authorities of double standards as he claimed a restaurant owner would have been fined thousands of dollars if they allowed as many people into their venue. <br /><br />'I'm all for people having fun but there seems to be different sets of rules for different scenarios,' he posted on Facebook. <br /><br />'I have friends that own bars, clubs and venues where if one single person dances or stands up, you get a heavy fine.'

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