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Speaker 1: And well hundreds turned out to SkyCity overnight. Oh sorry,

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Speaker 1: the Mindle Beach Casino and Resort, I should say, goodness me,

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Speaker 1: that's buddy wrong of me to get the name wrong

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Speaker 1: Mindle Beach Casino Resort overnight for the Hospitality Awards. And

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Speaker 1: it was a fantastic evening, so wonderful to see so

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Speaker 1: many of our venues recognized and also the wonderful workers

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Speaker 1: that are at those venues. I know that it's been

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Speaker 1: a tough tough year, certainly when you look at the

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Speaker 1: workforce shortage around the place, but more than four hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty people were there overnight for the Hospitality into

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Speaker 1: Awards for excellence. And joining me on the line right

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Speaker 1: now is one of the winners. It is Tim Carter,

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Speaker 1: who won the winner of the Best Wayside in from

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Speaker 1: the Daily Waters Wayside In. Good morning to you, Tim, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm very well. Did you have a big night, Tim?

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Speaker 1: After the big win?

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Speaker 2: I we got notification because we actually couldn't get up

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Speaker 2: here from the pub where oh it's our busiest time,

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Speaker 2: but we didn't get it. Once about picked up the award,

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Speaker 2: which was a bit a bit of a speech for him,

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Speaker 2: and yeah, look it was great. I mean and it

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Speaker 2: it all gets back to the start, you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And Tim, you must have been happy to

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Speaker 1: hear that the Daily Water's Waysideing was recognized. What makes

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Speaker 1: you guys different out there at the Daily Water's Wayside in.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we took over a look at it's always been

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Speaker 2: a bit of an icon, right, Yeah, we've probably taken

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Speaker 2: it to the next level where we get a lot

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Speaker 2: of people staying rather than just one night. Now we've spent, well,

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Speaker 2: not spent as the word invested, Yeah, a lot of

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Speaker 2: a lot of money. We only had fourteen rooms when

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Speaker 2: we took over five years ago, and I think we've

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Speaker 2: got sixty six now.

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Speaker 1: Awesome. That's a massive that's massive growth.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Look we've we haven't stopped building in five years.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, and the same with the caravan Perk. We've

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Speaker 2: gone over a hundred sites now and you know it's there,

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Speaker 2: but it's our home, that's the sleept. It's not just

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Speaker 2: a pub, it's not just something that's our home.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and and what's it you know, what's it like

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Speaker 1: then when you don't win an award like you did

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Speaker 1: last night. I know you weren't there for it, but

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Speaker 1: what is it like when you when you find out

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Speaker 1: that that hard work has been recognized at that level

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Speaker 1: where well you've obviously won an award for excellence.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, a pub may be today, but we'll get

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Speaker 2: together with the staff and get a photo shot and

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Speaker 2: get everything and they'll have a few beverages and you know,

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Speaker 2: just just just you know, suck it all in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. Now what's it been like at Daily Waters

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Speaker 1: as well? When you talk about about attracting staff retaining staff.

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Speaker 1: I know that it's been a tough battle for a

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Speaker 1: lot of businesses around the Northern Territory of late.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, and I don't want people to think I'm

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Speaker 2: a big head or whatever, but we don't actually have

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Speaker 2: too much trouble because a lot of our staff have

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Speaker 2: come from our aunties, uncles that have worked ten years ago,

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Speaker 2: fifteen years ago. But one thing we have got this year,

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Speaker 2: you know, we employ probably about what we'll be forty

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Speaker 2: forty two, forty three backpackers and whatever, and then we

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Speaker 2: have about seven in the kitchen. So we're going to

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Speaker 2: staff this of nearly fifty people, and we do get

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Speaker 2: a lot of vacancy and a lot of people in

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Speaker 2: court all the time, but one thing is we've given

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Speaker 2: them good accombination with good food and a couple of

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Speaker 2: women poor you know, as how you want to be treated.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Now, Tim, you said you said at the start

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Speaker 1: of the interview that the Daily Waters wayside in is

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Speaker 1: a bit of an icon. What makes it an icon?

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Speaker 2: I think I think it's Look, it's always been an icon.

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Speaker 2: We we bought it five years ago. And but what

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Speaker 2: we've done, what we've done, and I can only talk

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Speaker 2: of what we have we're What I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Is we seem to have lost you there, Tim, Hopefully

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Speaker 1: we've got you again.

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Speaker 2: Okay. So what I was saying is because we've added

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Speaker 2: so much to the place, everyone can stay now where

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Speaker 2: before a lot of people used to get turned away. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: But as an icon, right, I mean I've got animals

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Speaker 2: now that just wander the streets and crocodiles and buffalo

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Speaker 2: so people get a bit of that tire feeling. Yeah

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Speaker 2: to them. You know, I love it.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think it's absolutely fabulous. A big congratulations to

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Speaker 1: you and the team out of The Daily Water's Waysideing

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Speaker 1: on winning the Best Waysiding last night with the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Awards for Excellence the Hospitality Awards for excellence. A

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Speaker 1: big congratulations to you and your team, Tim okay.

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Speaker 2: And i'd lot to thank everyone that was involved on

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Speaker 2: behalf of the Daily waters Cub. Yeah, get out of

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Speaker 2: you and have a look and you'll be presently surprised.

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Speaker 2: We've got a beautiful little junk yard here that blows

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Speaker 2: people away when they come and see it. All right, Oh,

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Speaker 2: good on you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having a chat this morning, Tim oh,

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Speaker 1: I love a little bit you two.