1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:00,440 Speaker 1: Peter. 2 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 2: Hello, Peter, GOODO Matthew, how are you going? 3 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: I'm good? How are you good? 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 2: Come on. We're normally in Adelaide, obviously, but we've come 5 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 2: over to do a bit of snow skiing over in Bright, Victoria, 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: which is sort of very close to a mountain called 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: Port Mount to Buffalo, and at the base of that 8 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 2: is poor A Punker where we've got a bit tied 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: up in the police activity today. 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Are you allowed? Are they saying don't go out? What's 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: what's the story with? 12 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: They certainly are stay in your home, stay locked up. 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 2: So we were up on Mount Buffalo today, which is 14 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: from poor A Punker as a one way in, one 15 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: way out National Park area. So we we sort of 16 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: heard what was going on when we're up there from 17 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 2: relatives nieces who are worried about us and knowing we 18 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: were in that area, and when we saw helicopters flying 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: around down the base of the mountain in this area 20 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: of say forest or base the National Park, and we 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: hung up there as long as we could, but we 22 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 2: had to come down. So we come down and in 23 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 2: a bit of a little bit of a convoy the 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 2: people that were still there, three cars were so quiet, 25 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 2: so quiet up there in a normal National Park situation 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 2: and confronted by a police at a blockade, like put 27 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 2: your hands up and show us your hands as you're 28 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: driving towards them. And they held us there in a 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: little blockade stock a side car park area there for 30 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 2: an hour and a half, two hours, I think it 31 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 2: was that we were therefore until they seemed it safe 32 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 2: for us to get out all out as quickly as 33 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: we could in a convoy with police front and back. 34 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 2: They managed to get some sandwiches and some water in 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: forests to have a bit of a snack. They looked 36 00:01:55,440 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: after as well, the Victorian police. But that's the confronting situation, 37 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 2: because the gunman was on the on the top of 38 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: the hill just across the road was somewhere in that forest. 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: Wow. 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: And we drove back out. 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: In this. 42 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 2: In a little convoy of probably twenty cars at the time. 43 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 2: The National Parks Ice came back down and past collection 44 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: of probably thirty police cars at the base of this hill, 45 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: which there's a track that goes off up the hill 46 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: into the forest and then come through that into another 47 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 2: area where they had their staging points of another thirty 48 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: police vehicles ambulances. The prime mover police truck turned up 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: as well. Obviously they're making that their staging point. And 50 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: then they stopped you there and make sure you're all okay, 51 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 2: check the vehicles, make sure there was known in the vehicles, 52 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: and then you drive one out once in a hit 53 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 2: aria and all the news cruiser out there on the 54 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 2: on the side of the road photographing everything that's going on. 55 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 2: The helicopter still garden flying around. What traumatic, Matthew, It's 56 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: not a normal day. 57 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: You'd have no certainly, Peter, what went through your mind? 58 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: What were you thinking during all of this? 59 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 2: Well, there's a guy up in the forest across the 60 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 2: there's a farming property across the road from from where 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 2: we were, and we were sort of out of sight 62 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: to a certain degree in a little reserve where we were. 63 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 2: But he told us he had high power rifles and 64 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: all the rest automatic weapons, and you just don't know 65 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: if he's going to bob out of the tree somewhere. 66 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 2: It was quite Yeah, I'm still still shaken by the experience, 67 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: I must must say, I can't adding a few things 68 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: in now. Yeah, No, there was quite quite traumatic to 69 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 2: be involved in that. Then they had to you had 70 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 2: to rush out as quick as you could, and they 71 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 2: obviously deemed to be safe. But I don't know whether 72 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: it was safe or not, but they just took us out, 73 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: which was good. We got out. 74 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: Well, that's right. So your belongings. You're not up at 75 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: Mount Buffalo, presumably you've got your suitcases and everything else. Yeah. 76 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 2: No, we're based down in the Saying then in Bright, Okay, 77 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: which is about seven six or seven k's away from 78 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 2: poor a Punker. So the notifications were fantastic from all 79 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: the services. The police senis one obviously through there the 80 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: mobile network of all the phones in the area and 81 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 2: their caravan park senis one as well, just to say hey, 82 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: stay away from poor a Punker. 83 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: Wow. 84 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: So it was there's plenty of notifications too as well 85 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 2: controlled us both. 86 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know. I mean, this bloke calls himself 87 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 1: a sovereign citizen, which means Diddley squad at the end 88 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:52,040 Speaker 1: of the day. But I don't imagine, I mean, who 89 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 1: would know, But I don't imagine he would be dumb 90 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: enough to go on a one way road press the shooting. Well, no, yeah, 91 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: go on a one way road where. 92 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 2: We can't get out, Yeah, No, that's right. 93 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I imagine he's gone somewhere where he's got options. 94 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I reckon, you're well, they don't know if 95 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 2: he's got a bunk or not. They want to get 96 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 2: they want to get out of the area before dark. 97 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: Obviously a better controlled situation. So we just got out 98 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: on basically on sun set. 99 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: What about people living in that, Like you talk about 100 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: the farmhouse, So those people still in their home, have 101 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: they been evacuated? What's what's the go do you know? 102 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 2: Well, I believe they've been evacuated, but we don't. We 103 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 2: don't really know. They didn't give us a lot of 104 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 2: a lot of details. 105 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: Just I don't think i'd want to stay in an 106 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: isolated farmhouse out in the middle of nowhere. 107 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 2: No, with him running around and there was a bit 108 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: of a mix of the police officers were noticeably upset. 109 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 2: Obviously there be some companions that have been probably in 110 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 2: the firing line, but they did a great job of 111 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 2: trying to control everybody people. 112 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: Peter, thank you for calling stay safe. I don't know 113 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: what the rest of your your break looks like, but 114 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: hopefully you know Hanway. 115 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 2: We'll probably stay away from four Pink, probably wise, Yeah, 116 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: wait for the news. 117 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: You all right, thank you for calling. Good on you. 118 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 2: Yeah. 119 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 1: Terrible, isn't it. Well, there you go. Peter's caught up 120 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: in the middle of it.