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Speaker 2: Nick O'Reilly. Good morning to you, Nick.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Katie, greetings from downtown Bridge Road in Richmond, Victoria.

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Speaker 1: I was wondering where you were, whether you were still

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Speaker 3: No, I'm coming back. I'm actually jumping on the flights right.

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you what thirds of Australia pulling my leg.

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Speaker 3: I jumped on to book a flight at home.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: At the stage I looked at it, it was five hundred

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Speaker 4: bucks and then I was going, oh, well I come

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Speaker 4: on this day and blah blah blah, and then I

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Speaker 4: went back on later, Katie.

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Speaker 1: That isn't that the worst when that happens and you're

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Speaker 1: trying to book something and it goes up and flights

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Speaker 1: at the moment, and well, since COVID have just become

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Speaker 1: so difficult to book, you know, there's not as many

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Speaker 2: Well they've ever been. So it's a difficult time to travel,

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Speaker 3: No, that's right, Katie, I speaking. So I was actually

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Speaker 3: down here for a bit of a family funeral, and

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Speaker 3: I was speaking to my mother's cousin at at the

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Speaker 3: wake half of the funeral, and her kids are in

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Speaker 3: she's got to be vaccinated and all that stuff. But

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Speaker 3: she's looking at fifteen grant to get over.

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Speaker 4: There and back.

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Speaker 2: Wow, that's insane.

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Speaker 1: And that's the thing, you know, it's such It is

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Speaker 1: even for people in lockdown as well. And Nick, you

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Speaker 2: Has it been an interesting time for you?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's really strange.

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Speaker 3: It's because I mean it's it's winter obviously down here,

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Speaker 2: Hey, Nick, Obviously, like you said, you are on your

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Speaker 2: be back for the weekend for a big show, no doubt.

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Speaker 2: What's on the agenda.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's heaps happening this weekend, Katie. The chamber Ant

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Speaker 3: But the three match series it kicks off this someday.

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Speaker 3: It gard's over and it's got my name written all

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Speaker 3: over it. No middle beach, get some food, then pop

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Speaker 2: You're ready to be there in the warms.

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Speaker 1: Is my producer Max playing in that in the cricket

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Speaker 1: But yeah, he's he plays down his sporting abilities and

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Speaker 1: Well, it sounds like it's going to be great on

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Speaker 2: What else is happening?

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Speaker 3: Well, I was sort of watching the AFL draw like

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Speaker 1: Well, I I did have I did have Stuke Totham

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Speaker 1: But hey, how about that wonderful news about Ashanty Bush

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Speaker 1: Well, Nicko Riley, it's always good to catch up mate,

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Speaker 1: and you'll be.

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Speaker 2: Back again this weekend. Sounds like it's going to be

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Speaker 4: I'll be back.

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Speaker 3: It's quickly, Katie, You going to the races.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to the ball, but I don't know that

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Speaker 2: You going.

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Speaker 4: That's why I don't have children so I can go

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Speaker 2: Not an uber drop for your children.

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Speaker 4: You're a mover.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right. Ah, You going to the races, mate?

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Speaker 1: You're looking forward to the darw And Cup.

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Speaker 3: really looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: Have yourself a good time. Yeah, absolutely, don't do a

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Speaker 2: Dean boxing.

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Speaker 4: Come up and ask Abby for a signay chess, you'll

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Speaker 4: all love it.

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Speaker 1: I'm more interested in someone seeing whether anyone asks you

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Speaker 1: to do a Dean boxel at the races.

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Speaker 4: In the morning.

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Speaker 1: Nick O'Riley, we better leave it there. Max, my producer said,

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Speaker 1: he'll see you there. He'll see you at the races.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. I'll be telling him to stay away from

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Speaker 2: Good on your nick. We'll talk to you again soon.

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Speaker 2: That is Nick o'reiley there.

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Speaker 1: The sideline view is Nick O'Reilly and you can catch

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Speaker 1: the sideline view. It's broadly sponsored by Darwin Mazda from

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Speaker 1: one to five on Saturdays