1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Now just in regards to so, I'm just trying. I'm 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: just waiting for Crystal. She's just getting somebody on the 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: line for me. We've spoken a little earlier about an 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: incident at the stairs. Now, now this person had text 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: through and had told us that something had happened throughout 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:20,959 Speaker 1: the daytime when they were out for a run, and 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 1: I believe I've got Heidi on the line. Get a Heidi. 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 2: Hello. 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having a chat to me this morning. 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: I understand you were out for a run at the 11 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: deck chair stairs at lunchtime. That's somewhere I've gone myself 12 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: throughout the middle of the day. What happened? 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 2: Ah, Yeah, So I just went out for a run 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 2: by myself yesterday. I do that regularly. I work in 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: the city. Yeah, and I run the stairs regularly as well. 16 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 2: I've been hearing that one for fifteen years and I 17 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: feel usually feel pretty relatively safe around that area. Yea, Yeah, 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: I went there yesterday and I was sort of running 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 2: up and down the stairs. I hadn't noticed that there 20 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: was like a gentleman at the bottom of the stairs 21 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 2: sort of laying on a concrete wall. And then after 22 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: about three or four times of running up the stairs, 23 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: I sort of looked over and out of the corner 24 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: of my eye I saw him and he was laying there, 25 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: and I thought, oh, he's making me feel little bit uncomfortable. 26 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 2: My head phones out and I was like, okay, I'll 27 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: just keep running up and down. I was sort of 28 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 2: keeping an eye on him because it was kind of 29 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 2: making me feel a bit uncomfortable, but I didn't want 30 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: to engage with him make eye contacts. Could not really 31 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 2: see what he was doing. I just knew he was 32 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: laying there. And then as I was coming down the stairs, 33 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: he was coming up the stairs about halfway up, and 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 2: he exposed himself to me halfway up the stairs on purpose, 35 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: because he kind of lifted his shirt to show me. 36 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: And then I was by myself at that stage and 37 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: felt quite threatened. So I ran down the stairs. And 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: then a lady had come around the corner and she 39 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: was on the phone, and I wanted to warn her 40 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 2: and say that the gentleman there is just exposed himself 41 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 2: to me, and she said that no, he had actually 42 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 2: been says the whole time that I was running, and 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: she was on the phone to the police, and he 44 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: was he was watching me. 45 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: I am that makes that That makes me feel quite 46 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: emotional thinking that you've gone through that, because I think, 47 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: to myself, you should be able to go for a 48 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: bloody run at lunchtime and not have to worry about 49 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: that shit happening. 50 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: For exactly And that was my thought too. And you know, 51 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 2: I'm older, so it's sort of cave like, you know, 52 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: not okay, but I'm sure of myself and I'm you know, 53 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: it was threatening me. I couldn't imagine if it was 54 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: like a child or my child or someone else's child. 55 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: And he was looking There was men going up and down, 56 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 2: just walking on their lunch break, and he didn't do 57 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,959 Speaker 2: it to them, so he was looking for a female 58 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 2: to do it too. And he's obviously found an opportune 59 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 2: moment to do it when I'm alone, and he's done that, 60 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,519 Speaker 2: but then he's also in the sort of shade off 61 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: to the corner, touching himself. 62 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: I know what you mean. It's like, I know exactly 63 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 1: where you mean. And anyone who has done like who 64 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: walks up and down those stairs, I've run those stairs 65 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: so many times. Like I'm just thinking, I cannot believe 66 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: you've had to deal with that now look, we've already 67 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: the Waterfront's been in contact with us because they manage 68 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: those stairs as well, and they've said that you know 69 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: that they're going to make sure that you know, like 70 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly what they're planning to do, but 71 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: I would assume that they're maybe going to, you know, 72 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,839 Speaker 1: make sure that this kind of thing doesn't happen. They 73 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: I'm hoping. 74 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 2: No cameras down there, not of a blind spot. Yeap. 75 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: The Waterfront security where they were fantastic. They came around 76 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: and we had a big chat for about ten fifteen minutes, 77 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: and I wasn't going to make a report because I 78 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 2: was sort of brushing it off. You know, it's not 79 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 2: that bad. It's sort of not something that you know, 80 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: in that moment, I just didn't think it was. But 81 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 2: it hit me that, you know, he could escalate this behavior. 82 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 2: So I went and made a police report and they've 83 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 2: taken statements. Good on you, fantastic about it. But I 84 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 2: just sort of wanted to warn people that this sort 85 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: of stuff is happening in that area and there's no 86 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: there's no visibility down there, so it's appreciate it there. Yeah, yeah, 87 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: in the morning or at lunchtime. 88 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:28,559 Speaker 1: Yep. 89 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, just be vigilant. 90 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: So I really appreciate you sending that message and also 91 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: having a chat to me because you are spot on. 92 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 1: There's so many people that do exercise around that area. 93 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,360 Speaker 1: In fact, I would say that I've got friends who 94 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: actually go there in the mornings because they feel like 95 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: it's a safer spot to go because there's people around. 96 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 2: You know. 97 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: Look on a Sunday, my children trained down there. They've 98 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: usually got their coach, but young girls trained down there, 99 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes throughout the week. So I am really 100 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: grateful that you've actually made other people aware. I know 101 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: it's not easy sometimes to speak about this this stuff, 102 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,679 Speaker 1: but I'm like, I'm actually horrified on your behalf. 103 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: That's some Yeah, well, you know, persons, I love this 104 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: place and I exercise a lot, and I see you 105 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: out exercising and see you at park run, and yeah, 106 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: I thought you you you know your child probably goes 107 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: and uses those stairs. We do. Yeah, I know a 108 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: lot of people that use the stairs. So I'm like, 109 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: I just it's apparently there's the person around there that 110 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 2: they've reported and trespassed. I don't know if it's the 111 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 2: same person, yep, but yeah, I just want people to 112 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 2: be vigilant because these type of people, they are opportunistic 113 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: and they escalate in behavior. 114 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: So you spot on. I hope you're okay. That's such 115 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: a shitty thing to have happened to you. I know. 116 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 2: I think I'm the most upset because I feel like 117 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: I do everything in my power to be safe. Ye, 118 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 2: And you know I would think that one point thirty 119 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: on a Tuesday, on my lunch break, I shouldn't need 120 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,159 Speaker 2: a chaperone, a male or from a friend to be 121 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 2: there with me to not have to experience someone doing 122 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 2: this to me. 123 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: You are absolutely spot on. And isn't it appalling that 124 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: you know that you've even got to worry about that. 125 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: It is like it's something I think about quite often actually, 126 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: as a woman going out for a run. And I'm 127 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: sure you're the same, and I often think, what, we're 128 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: really lucky we can go for a run somewhere and 129 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: feel safe. But it makes you think twice about it. 130 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: And and I'm really glad that you have told me 131 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: and told our listeners, because it is important that we 132 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: are vigilant when we're out there exercising. 133 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I agree. 134 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 1: Oh, Heidi, look after yourself. I'm yeah, and mate, if 135 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: you need a if you need a running buddy at lunchtime, 136 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: I'll go with you. We might have to start a 137 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: girl's running group at lunchtime or boys. 138 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 2: I don't mind. 139 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: Whoever, but just so we can keep an eye each other. 140 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: I think it's a nice thing to do. Thank you, Heidi. 141 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thanks so much.