1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Travel guys are back this. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: I mean, this is the best job in the world, 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: isn't it the back tonight? It's seven point thirty on 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,120 Speaker 2: Channel nine and nine now been there from the beginning. 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 2: The Friend family Mark Friends joining us. Now, Hello, Hello. 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 3: I apologize for Victoria and Kathy. They've been held up hairdressers, nail. 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: It's not the first time you apologize for the Mark. 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: I don't it to be the love you know? 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 3: Two words time maintenance. 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: That's not you. 11 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 3: Friend. 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: Where do we see you travel to this season? 13 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 3: Oh? Wow? So this episode has to be one of 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 3: the all time favorites about Africa. Now, yeah, it is 15 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 3: going to be an amazing episode. One of the actual segments. 16 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 3: We're involved in an activity that only a handful of 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 3: people in the world have actually experienced it, Okay, and 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: it's going to be not only breathtaking, but it's actually 19 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 3: quite moving and we feel quite honored to be doing 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: what we do. It's all I can say. I'm not 21 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 3: going to give away have you been to South Africa? 22 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 2: Not no other than I will be doing it vicariously 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: as I do so many places through you, which is 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: what is so great about this show. Being able to 25 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: travel around vicariously through people that are enjoying it just 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: like the rest of us people. 27 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: Look, we feel so lucky. We're filming again at the 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 3: moment now and we've just finished out sixty first holiday 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 3: is impress. 30 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 4: This exactly what I was going to ask you. How 31 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 4: many Wow? 32 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 3: I think we're up to our third past at the moment. Yeah, 33 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 3: pretty good. But look, we need to kind of go 34 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 3: to people. We love to go to Germany and we 35 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: love to go to the States, but there are so 36 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 3: many fantastic places around the world and to do it 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 3: as a family and we still love doing it. Victoria 38 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 3: got married this year, and we just feel so lucky 39 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: and we you know, we just rock up Channel nine 40 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 3: organize all these fantastic activities that we do. We just 41 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 3: have to react. We're just ourselves and the laughs will 42 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 3: keep on coming and coming and coming. Because we're all 43 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 3: so different, we're all unpredictable, and we never know where 44 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 3: we're going until we get to the airport going to 45 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: South Africa, how to pack or anything. 46 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, pack for to have a packing live, okay. 47 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 3: But we don't know where in the world we're going to. 48 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 4: That's even been like a mystery tour every time it is. 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 3: And that's the beautiful thing. You know, We've seen some 50 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 3: amazing places, and you know who gets to do what 51 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 3: we do. We're doing our retirement traveling. Now we reckon. 52 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. 53 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 4: I mean I've seen everyone a couple of years ago. 54 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 4: You think you did Greece and Cambodi. You're in the 55 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 4: same the same year and the same series in that. 56 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 4: But do you have absolute favorites made and there been 57 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 4: a couple that stick out, You've had to pick your favorite. 58 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 3: Look, I think last year Finland was absolutely amazing. We're 59 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 3: a real family that love Christmas. It was just like 60 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 3: stepping into an old movie in America or Europe, whether 61 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 3: you know it's knowing. That was certainly one of the highlights. 62 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 3: There's so many highlights that were but I think that 63 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 3: was one of Victoria absolutely idolizes Greece. Victoria, she just 64 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 3: thought it was amazing. Jonathan loves Texas, he loves America. Yeah, 65 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 3: Cas loves everything as long as she's with me. 66 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: Oh one, you know there's one thing that really said. 67 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 3: Very her bag. 68 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, yeah, one thing that stands out about 69 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: you guys, And I guess the reason why you're still 70 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: there's you're really good sports. 71 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: But has there ever been. 72 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: An activity during a trip that producers have asked you 73 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 2: to do that you've just flat out refused. 74 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I can't do this. 75 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 3: One on Tuesday night, but we still did it. 76 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: This isn't really believes victorious swinging? 77 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 3: Is it? At the Giants swing like that? We don't 78 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: see it. I know when Victoria was up blubbering before 79 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 3: she actually jumped backwards, somebody yelled out, Sally to Jesus 80 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 3: for me no more. That was the end. 81 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 2: He really is a good sport, though there's not much 82 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 2: she won't do crack. 83 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 3: Look, we might be fat, but we can give everything 84 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 3: a go. 85 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 4: Do you ever stop them before of you? Do you 86 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 4: ever stop to think how life would have been, how 87 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 4: different it would have been? 88 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,119 Speaker 3: Was it Kathy? 89 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 4: Originally audition? So it was going to be a cooking 90 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 4: show or something and you ended up on this. 91 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 3: It was the Hot Plate. There was a show on 92 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: Channel nine and they didn't do a second series. So 93 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 3: they said we've met the kids. We had a fantastic 94 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 3: German restaurant here in Newcastle. Yeah, Hay family German. Yeah, 95 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 3: And they said, look we've met the kids, we'd want 96 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 3: you to apply. We didn't know anything about the show 97 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 3: because the same person that wrote goggle Box also came 98 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: up with the travel guides concept. 99 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: Yes, so that was really good. 100 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 3: So we thought after our first series with seven Holidays, 101 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,599 Speaker 3: we thought, oh, how lucky we are. But we keep 102 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 3: on being invited back, so you know. And the thing 103 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 3: that one of the great stories that we love is 104 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 3: that when we had the restaurant in particular, we had 105 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: so many people that would contact us, people going through 106 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 3: some kind of sickness, chemo, mental health problems, saying that 107 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 3: you know, it brought their families together. They could sit 108 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 3: down for an hour and just forget about everything and 109 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 3: have a good belly laugh. 110 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 2: Isn't it amazing Because sometimes you go along thinking I'm 111 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 2: just having you know, a hoot, and it's sort of 112 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: and then you realize that actually you really do have 113 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 2: an effect on some people. 114 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, which is really good. I remember one lady coming 115 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 3: in and saying, you know, she was going through a 116 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 3: chemo and the highlight was she could sit down with 117 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 3: the herbal tea and just forget about what was happening 118 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 3: in a life for an hour. And we kind of 119 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 3: think that. That's really quite amazing that we've had that 120 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 3: impact and you know, nothing scripted. I mean some of 121 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 3: the things that happened to us, you couldn't even write 122 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 3: it in this new series coming up too. It's absolutely amazing. 123 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 3: But South Africa, I remember has had a tear in 124 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 3: her eye saying I never thought my family would be 125 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 3: here to see these animals in the wild. Yeah. Wow, 126 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: you know you need to do that. And we're so 127 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: grateful to Channel nine and we're so happy with the 128 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 3: success of the show that will be a partner as 129 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 3: long as they want it. 130 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 2: All right, Well, I'm looking forward to seeing whatever it 131 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 2: is that you said. Not too many people have had 132 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: the chance to do that you get to do in 133 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: this episode. I'm wondering if it's got something to do 134 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 2: with the rhinoceros, only because I've seen ads, I think. 135 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 3: You might be on the money right. Well, so it'll 136 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 3: be really good, a little bit sad and a little 137 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 3: bit touching, but absolutely an amazing episode. So please enjoy it. 138 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 3: And to all the listeners out there, you know, if 139 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 3: you ever think about going to South Africa, or should 140 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 3: I go, you need to watch this. 141 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 4: I think the horns out of the bag now. 142 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: Before the episode on me. 143 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: All right, it's all back tonight. Thank you, make friends, 144 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: say hello to the rest of the family. 145 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: I will love that light to the gang and all 146 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 3: the best, and we might run into you overseas somewhere 147 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 3: that nice. 148 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 4: Please right on your coattails. 149 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: Thanks Mark, all right, I have. 150 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 3: A great day guy. 151 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: Bye.