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Speaker 1: This is Australia, Yes, and it's it can be. It

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Speaker 1: can be a lot of things can get place. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's not just the wildlife. It's also just going out

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Speaker 1: for a paddle, as a young Austin Appleby found and

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Speaker 1: his family.

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Speaker 2: We can't let the day pass without a shout out

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Speaker 2: to Austin Appleby, absolutely thirteen year old who swam from

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Speaker 2: four K's four our endeavor to get help for his

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Speaker 2: family after they got washed out to see it.

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Speaker 1: It's yeah, So it was down there. They were staying

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Speaker 1: in Dunsboro. They were about to because they're from gidg

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Speaker 1: Gan Up. They were about to head home and they thought,

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Speaker 1: Mom thought, look we've got a bit of time. We'll

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Speaker 1: just hire one of those paddle boards and we're just going.

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Speaker 1: You've got an hour to kill before we get in.

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Speaker 2: The weather was long drive still.

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Speaker 1: Everything was nice and and then things turned.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're West Australians. We've all heard the words

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Speaker 2: howling offshore wind and that's what got them. And they

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Speaker 2: got was out and then all sorts of things went wrong.

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Speaker 2: The paddleboard flipped, Mum lost an ow. Then the younger

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Speaker 2: kid was trying to drag them in with the kayak,

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Speaker 2: and she realized that she would have to ask Austin,

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Speaker 2: who's thirteen, to head for sure and get help for everyone.

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Speaker 2: And you can imagine a mum making that decision.

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Speaker 1: Just what a tough decision. But someone had to go

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Speaker 1: and Mum had to stay with the other, with the

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Speaker 1: other two kids. He just completed his vaxwim, big tick

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Speaker 1: for vaswim, please do do it, I think, but he failed. Well,

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Speaker 1: I know, I think he is going to get an

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Speaker 1: honorary certificate. I've got because Mum said I was a

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Speaker 1: bit worried about him being able to swim three hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty meters. He went for four k's he did,

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Speaker 1: and he ran another couple.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because his little legs went out from under him

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Speaker 2: when he hit the shore. But he managed to get

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Speaker 2: it together and he ran up to the pub as help,

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Speaker 2: got help, got help, and it all ended well.

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Speaker 1: And another good thing about it was too is because

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Speaker 1: they I guess they hired the paddle board, so they were.

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Speaker 1: They put on lots of sunscreen, but they were also

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Speaker 1: given a life vest, yes, and they kept the life

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Speaker 1: vests on.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what without the life vest, I don't

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Speaker 2: know if they could have lasted that long in a

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Speaker 2: howling offshore wind, clinging to one paddle board. But wow,

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Speaker 2: I mean, well done and unbelievable what must have been

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Speaker 2: going through.

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Speaker 1: Months Amazing for bravery such a and for mum and

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Speaker 1: the other kids. It felt like four days for Austin

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Speaker 1: to swim all that way and go and get help

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Speaker 1: and thankfully it all ended well. But yes, a big

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Speaker 1: shout out to Austin this morning. That is a huge effort,

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Speaker 1: national story. It's become an international story.

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Speaker 2: As well it should, and it'll be a movie. I'm

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Speaker 2: sure who's going to play you, Austin.

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Speaker 1: Oh all right, I got to start shortlisting. Once you've recovered, mate,

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Speaker 1: once you've recovered.