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Speaker 1: Look a real change of pace right now, because what

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Speaker 1: we do know is that school holidays kickoff well from

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Speaker 1: this afternoon. Plenty of very excited young people right around

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory and there's plenty happening as a result

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Speaker 1: of school holidays beginning. And if you like me and

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Speaker 1: you're wondering how are you going to entertain the kids

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Speaker 1: over the school holidays, well, youth festivals, splash parties, disco nights,

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Speaker 1: sport and fitness programs are just a taste of what

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Speaker 1: is on for the upcoming school holidays. With those events

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Speaker 1: kicking off today, four hundred and fifty school holiday event

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Speaker 1: programs taking place around Darwin, Palveston, Catherine, Alice Springs and

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Speaker 1: the Barkley as well as the West, Sorry, the East

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Speaker 1: Arnham regions. Now joining me on the line to tell

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Speaker 1: us a little bit more about what he's planned in

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Speaker 1: his Kobe javior now. Kobe is involved in the Palmeston

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Speaker 1: Youth Festival through his role as the vice chair and

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Speaker 1: co founder of Good Games Social Club. Good morning to you, Kobe.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Cody. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks so much much for joining us this morning. Kobe.

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Speaker 1: The school holidays, there are plenty of fun for students,

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Speaker 1: but they can be a bit boring if there's not

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Speaker 1: much going on. But by the sounds of things, there

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Speaker 1: is plenty on in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: Definitely, right. You name it, Like what you just said,

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Speaker 2: We've got a lot of things happening over the school holidays,

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Speaker 2: youth festivals, flash parties, yesterday night, you name it. So

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Speaker 2: what we have arranged that we've got through, not just

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Speaker 2: like as you said Darwin and Palmsten, but also out

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Speaker 2: over in Catherine our Springs in the Barkley, we've got

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Speaker 2: a lot of events happening and planned out. Yeah, and

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Speaker 2: we've got a calendar of all these amazing events that

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Speaker 2: we have running up on the NTG website. If all

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Speaker 2: your parents want to have a look at what we've

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Speaker 2: gotten saw for the kid and everything.

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Speaker 1: Kobe break it down for us for what's happening in Darwin.

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Speaker 1: I know you probably can't tell us everything, but what

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Speaker 1: are some of the events some of the highlights.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I can give you a brief description of what

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Speaker 2: we've got. So what we have running and do, and

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Speaker 2: we've got a certain sail program and Lake Alexandre happening.

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Speaker 2: We've got some activities happening at Leonia Recreation Parks, some

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Speaker 2: upskin and workshops as well too, including like cafe skills,

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Speaker 2: Hospitality skills of launch. And we've also got some theater

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Speaker 2: and arts and stuff like that or Done Theater Company

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Speaker 2: as well. Over in Palmerston we've got gig FA's happening

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Speaker 2: as well. We've got the also covering sports and arts, culture,

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Speaker 2: everything you can name it. Yep, just on top of

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Speaker 2: my mind, but all of that is covered in the

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Speaker 2: calendars over there. If you guys want to have a

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Speaker 2: bit more of a ganda and that sue what has

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Speaker 2: installed and what might your kids might be interested in doing.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty amazing, like even you know, in Palmerston more

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Speaker 1: than one hundred events Catherine seventy five activities, including things

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Speaker 1: like the three by three basket, all art and craft workshops,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's it is really great to you know,

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Speaker 1: to keep the kids busy, to keep you know, even

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Speaker 1: if they're not little ones, but you know our teenagers

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Speaker 1: as well, to give them plenty of activities to be

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. So it's not just limited to just

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Speaker 2: younger kids, but also to young kids, to even possibly

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Speaker 2: young adults as well too if they're also interested as well.

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Speaker 2: So a range of activities happening throughout the territory is

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Speaker 2: such an achievement happening. And we have one hundred and

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Speaker 2: twenty actually happening in our springs, more than what we

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Speaker 2: have over at Palmerston, which we only have one hundred

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Speaker 2: event scheduled.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. No, it is really good to hear. And I

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Speaker 1: know that you're the co founder of Good Game Social Club.

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Speaker 1: What's that exactly, Kobe?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So the GG Social Club we've started off as

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Speaker 2: a TV student group, I've kind of branched out more

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Speaker 2: for the greater community. So GG we're all about board game,

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Speaker 2: video games, card games, anything like that, and also we

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Speaker 2: do social aspects as well. So for the Palmerston Youth

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Speaker 2: Festival we have going on for Giekfest, GG will be

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Speaker 2: set up at two events, so we have our chess

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Speaker 2: tournament and also our very famous escape room.

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Speaker 3: Happening, all good stuff, good stuff in the works, and

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Speaker 3: we will also be there for the Rookies Cooks Workshop

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Speaker 3: activity happening as well along that week, So keep an

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Speaker 3: eye out for GG there as well.

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Speaker 1: And you're also on the Youth round Table as well.

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Speaker 1: Is that right, Tobe.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right. You're busy, Yeah, busy, but I mean,

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Speaker 4: and I'm passionate about everything youth oriented and it's.

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Speaker 2: Just such a great things seeing all the youth activities

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Speaker 2: have running up in the next couple of weeks during

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Speaker 2: the break. So really glad to see the church is

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Speaker 2: going to be buzzing and vibing around with young going

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Speaker 2: into that activity.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Oh, good on you, Kobe. I really appreciate your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. Mate. Thank you so much for talking us

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Speaker 1: through you know, all those activities that are happening and

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Speaker 1: and no doubt we'll talk to you again at some

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Speaker 1: point down the track.

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Speaker 2: No worries, thanks for having me again and just listening. Sorry,

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Speaker 2: just any any information that you guys want to have more,

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Speaker 2: so look online calendars can just be found on the

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Speaker 2: MTG website.

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Speaker 1: Yeah awesome, So MTG dot gov, dot AU, forward Slash,

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Speaker 1: school Dash, Holiday dash events. Kobe, thank you, thanks for

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Speaker 1: your time.

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Speaker 2: No worries, my pleasure. Thank you,