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Speaker 1: It's live in the studio is the City of dew

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Speaker 1: And CEO Samon and Saunders. Good morning to you, Morning Katie,

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Speaker 1: good to see you. Now. I'm keen to get a

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Speaker 1: bit of an update on Bundilla and we know that

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Speaker 1: work on Stage one of Bundilla Beach, the master plan

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Speaker 1: is progressing. Well. Where's it all that?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, the Stage one works for Bundla's progressing really well.

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Speaker 2: The actual infrastructures being put in at the moment, so

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Speaker 2: it's all a construction a construction side. There's going to

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Speaker 2: be there, there's going to be skateable surfaces, a lot

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Speaker 2: more greening, new toilets and everything, and weather permitting. We're

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Speaker 2: expecting those works to be completed mid January, but their

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Speaker 2: works around the kinetic sculpture will be done in time

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Speaker 2: for the yeah, for the thirtieth and the event over

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Speaker 2: that time for cyclone Tracy. But everything's progressing really well,

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Speaker 2: and it's always that early rain that sometimes can be

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Speaker 2: long gat time time.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, but from what I can understand, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: happening in terms of you know, concrete at the footpath

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Speaker 1: for the car park area I'm assuming or around that

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Speaker 1: foot path area.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, one of the things that came back out

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Speaker 2: of the master plan was that people really want to

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Speaker 2: have the foreshore for the public, some nice wide paths

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Speaker 2: to be able to walk along, cycle long jog along,

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Speaker 2: and green space that they can sit and you see

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Speaker 2: the ocean. They'll also be provisioning though, for food trucks

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Speaker 2: there as well and other facilities, So yeah.

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Speaker 1: How quickly could we see food trucks and things operating

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Speaker 1: down there.

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Speaker 2: Look, generally it'll be a dry season event, so once

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Speaker 2: it's completed, we'll put an expressions of interest out for

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Speaker 2: food trucks. So I'd love to see next dry season

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Speaker 2: we can have that outdoor dining there as well, similar

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Speaker 2: to Columbay, East Porn or Nightcliff, to really give people

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Speaker 2: another another choice over that period of time.

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Speaker 1: Because it is such a beautiful area, and I reckon

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Speaker 1: it's an area that's sort of largely maybe not as

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Speaker 1: busy as some of our other areas along the foreshore,

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Speaker 1: and it probably has been over the years as a

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Speaker 1: result of some of the anti social behavior. But when

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Speaker 1: you actually think about it, you know, with the lake there,

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Speaker 1: you see kids fishing down there from time to time.

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Speaker 1: It's such a beautiful big open space and if we

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Speaker 1: are able to activate it, it surely is going to be

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Speaker 1: a good thing.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think that is one of the things that

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Speaker 2: we know. Activation of space. People there in enjoying spaces

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Speaker 2: does reduce any social behavior and it is a problem

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Speaker 2: area and it has been for a while. So it's

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Speaker 2: great to see that master plan moving along. And you

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Speaker 2: can go and get a bite to eat there, wander down,

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Speaker 2: kids can use the skateable surfaces, or you can come

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Speaker 2: down there and have a barbecue.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, we know for Halloween, Well Thursday is Halloween

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Speaker 1: and there's a bit going on, the City of Darwin

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Speaker 1: is organized or you've got an event with well the

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Speaker 1: Halloween Haunted House Disco.

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Speaker 2: That's right. So our Water's word elected members councilor Sylvia

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Speaker 2: Clenaris and Kim Farrah. They're hosting the first Halloween event

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Speaker 2: at the Malac Community Center. So it's going to be

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Speaker 2: a haunted disco. There's going to be a slimy sensory lab,

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Speaker 2: some spooky time stories with the library teams. We'll be

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Speaker 2: doing face painting and a barbecue and food trucks and

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Speaker 2: that's going to go from four point thirty pm to

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Speaker 2: seven thirty, So I really encourage anybody in the area

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Speaker 2: ride down, walk down, drive down to come and see

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Speaker 2: the Haunted Haunted Disco. Yeah, Nightcliffe Library is also hosting

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Speaker 2: a movie event, but that's an eighteen plus event because

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Speaker 2: the movie they are showing from six pm is the host.

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Speaker 1: So it is a scary one of course, as you'd expect.

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Speaker 1: In terms of the Christmas Pageant, we know it's not

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Speaker 1: too far away now, any sort of updates on that.

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Speaker 2: No, Look, there's been a great response to the Christmas pageant,

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Speaker 2: over fifty floats registered and over eleven schools getting involved.

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Speaker 2: So that's on Saturday the sixteenth, and I guess the

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Speaker 2: prelim activity start from four thirty pm, so get in early.

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Speaker 2: The city will get a bit congested, streets will be

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Speaker 2: blocked off. Get your position along the street, and the

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Speaker 2: actual parade starts from five point thirty and then the

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Speaker 2: Lord Mayor's lighting of the Christmas trees at seven. But

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Speaker 2: the floats, if you're wanting to sort of work out,

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Speaker 2: we and to enter town. So the float will travel

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Speaker 2: from Knuckee Street in the Esplanade, It will go down

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Speaker 2: Knucky Street, will then go down Kavanagh Street to Bennett

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Speaker 2: and then go back along Bennett Street and finish at

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Speaker 2: Herbert Street. So that'll be the route for the Christmas pageant.

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Speaker 2: But lots of activity and hopefully you know, it was

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Speaker 2: tended by over thirteen thousand people last year, so let's hope, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we get that great attendance because it was just fantastic.

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Speaker 1: I reckon you will people love like everybody loves getting

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Speaker 1: into the spirit of Christmas. Well I do, even you know,

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Speaker 1: even the biggest grinches out there still enjoy getting out.

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Speaker 1: Now before I let you go, I understand the Lord

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Speaker 1: Mayor Awards they close on Friday.

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Speaker 2: That's right. So our Lord Meryl Awards, and these rewards

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Speaker 2: recognize individuals with a disability who've made an outstanding contribution

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Speaker 2: in our community to awards Rising Star for a person

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Speaker 2: under twenty five years and somebody who's been advocating for

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Speaker 2: rights and the well being of people with the disability.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, if you've got anybody, please nominate for those

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Speaker 2: Lord Meryl Awards and the winners will be presented at

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Speaker 2: the Diverseility Fun Day which will be held in December.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff, well, Simone Saunders, CEO of City of Darwin,

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Speaker 1: Good to catch up with you. Thank you so very

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Speaker 1: much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie,