Life is slowly starting to get back to something like normal - but there's still a long way to go.
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And there was probably no better example of that than this week when Qantas announced that it would scrap overseas flights until late October. The one exception would possibly be to New Zealand if the planned 'travel bubble' can get off the ground.
On top of that federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has gone a step further saying international travel probably won't resume until next year.
So, any suggestion of a 'snapback' are long gone.
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With all that in place, how is the overall situation in Maitland?
We went to Judy Brown, Maitland Business Chamber president, to get her feedback on what she's hearing from members.
"The overarching feeling is that confidence is starting to come back," she said. "It took a while because everything was closed, or totally new, but there's finally a sense of what? ... cautious confidence, I guess you would describe it," she said.
"But it's hard to draw a line through it because some businesses are harder hit than others.
"Part of the reason for that sense of confidence is the people of Maitland.
"They are really supporting locally business and heeding the call to shop locally. I've heard that from quite a few people.
"And the fact that we have a number of shopping centres, all with a different feel ... Green Hills, Morpeth, The Levee, East Maitland, that's helped too."
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Ms Brown said the businesses hardest hit were the travel businesses.
"We have a couple of members who are travel agents and things are very tough for them right now," she said. "I think that announcement from Qantas says it all.
"Whereas once people would go to Bali for their holiday and book it up through a travel agent, now they're going to Byron and organising it themselves.
"A lot of the travel agents aren't open now and it could stay that way for a while yet by the look of things."
She said the social distancing was having an impact on the smaller cafes.
"Takeaway is helping support them, but they also say people will come along, see the tables are full and walk away.
"These are people who want to sit down and eat or have their coffee . .. so they're losing that side of the business. But it's good that they've adapted. The businesses that have adapted have done better than others overall, although that's not always easy, especially for some types of business."
One of the disappointments she said was ongoing vandalism at Rutherford Shopping Centre.
Members had been in contact and were very disappointed.
"Business is already slow and people are trying to get on their feet and then the vandals strike. It's like adding insult to injury."
She said the Business Chamber had been in contact with police to try to work out the best way forward.
"It's not new, we all know it has been going on for a while. But for business owners who desperately need a break, it's shattering."
