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Speaker 1: Well, one of the Northern territories most iconic businesses, A

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Speaker 1: voice a name that you will most certainly know and love,

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Speaker 1: is set to shut shop this weekend on Sunday. A

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Speaker 1: Laura Gardens Nursery as we know it is closing down.

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Speaker 1: They're set to have their final day of trade on

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Speaker 1: Sunday and s Delle Cornell as we know, has done

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Speaker 1: such a phenomenal job over the years, so many of

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Speaker 1: you going out to a Laura Garden's nursery and she's

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Speaker 1: been involved in different charity work as well over the years,

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Speaker 1: one some huge accolades in recent years when it comes

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Speaker 1: to business, and it's I think it's really the end

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Speaker 1: of an era, is how it feels. But I know

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Speaker 1: that she does have other businesses that will continue to operate.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, the end of an era for a Laura

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Speaker 1: Garden's Nursery as we know it. And joining us on

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Speaker 1: the line right now, as I understand, we have got

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Speaker 1: well on the line right now. Stelle, Good morning to you, Estelle, Good.

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Speaker 2: Morning for everything flour come doing it.

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Speaker 1: I love a Chestell. We are How are you feeling

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Speaker 1: as you're sept for that final day of trade with

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Speaker 1: the business as we know it on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Oh Katie, many many different emotions. You know, the Cornell

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Speaker 2: family started this little garden center and thirty years ago,

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Speaker 2: that's why we're going out with a bang. Literally, yeah,

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Speaker 2: thirty thirty years. I remember the times with the three

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Speaker 2: and five year old children helping me pop plants in

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Speaker 2: the dark at night. And yeah, it's been quite a

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Speaker 2: journey and so excited. My son's flying in from Sydney

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Speaker 2: midnight Saturday night and we're going to have a little

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Speaker 2: get together at four pm on Sunday with the family.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, there's going to be I'm sure there's going

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Speaker 2: to be lots of tears and lots of laughs, and

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Speaker 2: lots of happiness.

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Speaker 1: Lots of memory shared as well, I would imagine. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure you've had some wonderful memories there.

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Speaker 2: I remember being on a caboda and I had a

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Speaker 2: trailer behind the cabotera and the little one I think

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Speaker 2: might have been about two and a half years old,

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Speaker 2: and no, mommy, I want to sit on your knee.

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Speaker 2: And next minute we went over a bun people with

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Speaker 2: the trailer. My god, what am I doing?

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Speaker 1: It must have been hard like in those early days

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Speaker 1: for you when your children were so little.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it was my daughter Sais another day. Mum, How

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Speaker 2: did you work seven days a weekend raise three little children.

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Speaker 2: I guess it's like our ancestors. They did what they

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Speaker 2: had to do. And I remember going into something I

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Speaker 2: knew nothing about, which was a huge learning curve, and

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Speaker 2: I guess all the mistakes I made were pretty costly ones.

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Speaker 2: But I gave myself two years and I thought, two years,

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Speaker 2: I'll turn it round and make a dollar. Well guess

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Speaker 2: what it took five?

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's I mean, it's a long time to

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Speaker 1: be operating without having, you know, a lot of money

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Speaker 1: coming here.

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Speaker 2: Oh, thirty thirty years. And you know, I remember sitting

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Speaker 2: next to somebody a few years ago and why do

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Speaker 2: you keep doing it? And I guess I've always kept

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Speaker 2: doing it because of the love and the passion. I've

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Speaker 2: loved mentoring and being a great leader for my team

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Speaker 2: and being involved with community. I love having the groups

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Speaker 2: out and we sing songs and chew the fad, have

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Speaker 2: a hot scorn and a cup of tea, and there's

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Speaker 2: just so much a Laura I have to be grateful for.

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Speaker 2: She's been wonderful to me and has given me opportunities

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Speaker 2: to fly literally all over the world, speaking in you know,

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Speaker 2: in Ireland and Germany and being on boards and so

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Speaker 2: much to be grateful for Laura Gardens. So I've had

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Speaker 2: a few tears, but you know it's my time now, Katie,

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Speaker 2: and I'm looking forward to another, you know, another good

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Speaker 2: ten years for a new chapter in my life. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: whatever that may be. Well, yes, and can open.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right. And so you've done a lot as

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Speaker 1: well for charity over the years, and you know you've

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Speaker 1: donated to charity. I know I've been out there at

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Speaker 1: different occasions, Pete Davies out there for some of the

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Speaker 1: work that you've done for Beyond Blue for example. You know,

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Speaker 1: you haven't just run a business. You've been a huge

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Speaker 1: part of the community. And I feel like that's what's

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Speaker 1: probably made you so successful and meant that you've had

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Speaker 1: that longevity because you are truly part of the Northern

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Speaker 2: Well, I've had so many people coming in. Why are

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Speaker 2: you closing? I know you can't close. You know, this

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Speaker 2: is our local and and it's so wonderful being involved

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Speaker 2: in the people you meet, you know, the mighta foundation

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Speaker 2: the Beyond Blue, the variety of NT, the Dementia Group

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Speaker 2: and you know Probus Club. I mean, as you know, Katie,

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Speaker 2: you only get that what you give out, and truly

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Speaker 2: you might give out two hundred percent, by gosh, it's

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Speaker 2: immeasurable what you get back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh still, it's it's been, you know, wonderful You've like, honestly,

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Speaker 1: when I first started at the radio station, I those

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Speaker 1: your ads, They've been something that sparks everybody's attention over

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Speaker 1: the years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. It's amazing the people that see me

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Speaker 2: and they don't know me as Estelle. They call me

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Speaker 2: a Laura and I just go along with it. But

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Speaker 2: I don't know what they'll call me now.

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Speaker 1: Oh Stelle, how like it's your family pretty excited. You

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Speaker 1: must be excited about having a bit of time to

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Speaker 1: yourself as well.

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Speaker 2: Oh for sure. You know, people say what are you

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Speaker 2: retiring for? And I'm lugging a big fifty liter bag

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Speaker 2: or something, I'll saying, well, I won't be nicking this exactly.

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Speaker 2: On a serious note, it is quite emotional for me, Katie,

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Speaker 2: and it's like creating a baby, like we have children,

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Speaker 2: and that I'll be enjoying more time with my family

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Speaker 2: and my grandchildren, and we've got other businesses in the

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Speaker 2: family group. So you know, I'm not going anywhere, Darance

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Speaker 2: my home and I'll be here forever.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and still on behalf of the whole Northern Territory community.

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Speaker 1: You a big congratulations on a long and successful career.

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Speaker 1: And as I said, you've been you've truly been part

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Speaker 1: of the community, and you continue to be part of

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Speaker 1: the community. As you've just said, you're not going anywhere.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sure you're very proud of your children as well.

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Speaker 2: I know that.

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Speaker 1: Well, at least one of them I think runs another

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Speaker 1: beautiful business in the territory too, correct me if I'm wrong.

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Speaker 2: Look, yeah, well my daughter runs the flower shops, my

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Speaker 2: son runs all the transport logistics. My oldest sons of

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Speaker 2: professional dancer, he travels the world. Wow, you know what

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Speaker 2: a blessing I have. And three children of either the

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Speaker 2: grown pop plants, scrubbed and driven road trains and look, Dave,

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Speaker 2: look what they've turned out. So I'm real I.

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Speaker 1: Bet you are well. Estelle Cornell, Can you give us

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Speaker 1: the line, that beautiful line one last time?

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Speaker 2: Go to an alright, the good right George Highway. Today's

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Speaker 2: last day, bour PM. It's all over, Oh.

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Speaker 1: Stelle, thank you so much, all the very best. We

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Speaker 1: will no doubt talk to you again soon. Thank you, Katie,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, thanks sir Stelle