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Speaker 1: Together with the crew from Property Brokers for our annual

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Speaker 1: Christmas lights cruise, so we had something a little larger

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Speaker 1: to accommodate us all. And it was a late one,

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Speaker 1: gathered at the office about nine to thirty, which is

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Speaker 1: an hour behind my usual bed time. But of course

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Speaker 1: that's the catch this time of the year, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: It's okay. I got my dad nap in so I

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Speaker 1: was first ready to roll, and all I can say

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Speaker 1: is wow, the effort that some locals have gone to

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Speaker 1: this year just incredible. I know I shouldn't really pick favorites.

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Speaker 1: I'm not, but I did want to touch on a

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Speaker 1: few that stand out for me. The inflatable mecha which

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Speaker 1: is back down Jeff gearing drive, thank goodness, the wind

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Speaker 1: to die down. I can't imagine those things fare so

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Speaker 1: well in the stiff northwester. The bright and rather unassuming

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Speaker 1: entry at the end of Trevor's Road is neat You

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Speaker 1: can walk around the side of the house through like

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Speaker 1: a fairy tunnel of sorts. They've got the string lights

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Speaker 1: running from the spouting to the fence over your head,

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Speaker 1: so that's pretty cool. Neatly laid out too. There's a

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Speaker 1: festive surprise to we had down walking and wey roads

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Speaker 1: will streets around by the Devon they've stepped up again.

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Speaker 1: They've got a big Merry Christmas on the roof. They

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Speaker 1: run all the lights on the roof and also the

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Speaker 1: lawn as well, which I know many others do, but

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Speaker 1: that takes a heap of effort. They probably also take

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Speaker 1: the award for the brightest Lights. I wonder to hear

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Speaker 1: the neighbors get any sleep. The Harvey's on Belt Road

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Speaker 1: another strong contender, getting in on the helicopter theme, which

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Speaker 1: seems to be a bit of a thing this year.

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Speaker 1: And of course Frank Sandy's Wonderland on Phillip Street. We

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Speaker 1: saw it all fellow judges blowing away absolutely amazing. I

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Speaker 1: saw a couple of kiwis with like moving heads all

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Speaker 1: this up. I thought they were quite special. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: know what. They remind me of that tear dector from

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Speaker 1: Jurassic Park when the camera's doing that pan and you

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Speaker 1: think it's a stone and all of a sudden it's

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Speaker 1: a moving bird. Okay, well, now you've made them scary.

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Speaker 1: They weren't scary when I was looking at them. Really

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Speaker 1: good yep, definitely make the effort to go and have

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Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah. No, a lot of people put a

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Speaker 1: lot of work in. Absolutely stay up, get a hot chocolate,

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Speaker 1: get out there. So we'll be seeing all three of

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Speaker 1: you at the eight am t meeting tomorrow nine, thinking

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Speaker 1: of my weary eyed battler's Yeah, I think it was

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Speaker 1: about in the night by the time we got in.

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Speaker 1: Totally worth it though, So now we let the judges decide.

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Speaker 1: Look forward to sharing the results on Friday, remembering that

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Speaker 1: you two can have you say for the people's choice.

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