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Speaker 1: So of course able to send us an email three

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Speaker 2: Dot com dot au.

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Speaker 1: Now, a couple of people have actually emailed us throughout

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Speaker 1: Pacific Marine because they've had to close. And one email

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Speaker 1: here that said, Katie, please talk to Indo Pacific Marine.

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Speaker 1: I'm shattered that it's been shut down. Another bit of

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Speaker 1: territory history removed. And I'm sure that there are plenty

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Speaker 1: of you that are feeling the same. Now. Joining us

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Speaker 1: on the line right now is John Oust, the manager

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Speaker 1: of Indo Pacific Marine.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you. John. Are you there?

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Speaker 3: Yes, I am Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really well, Thank you so much for your time, John,

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Speaker 1: No trouble now. I've got to say I was pretty

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Speaker 1: nine News that you had to make that.

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Speaker 2: Really well, you're in a situation where where it had

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Speaker 2: to close.

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Speaker 1: Talk us through where you're at right now. Have you closed?

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Speaker 2: At this point?

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Speaker 3: We've had to close the door to the public, because

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Speaker 3: there's a huge amount of work and decommissioning the whole exhibition.

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Speaker 3: So it's not just the exhibits, it's all your artwork,

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Speaker 3: all your information around the walls and everything associated with

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Speaker 3: cpiece by piece, So that requires a lot of expertise

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Speaker 1: And John, why why have you ended up in this

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Speaker 3: Well, this is the result of not having a lease

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Speaker 3: because the lease expired and unfortunately they wouldn't renew it

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Speaker 3: if you haven't got a lease. Well that's it. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so this is the second time that they forced closure. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they did it at the old hospital. So with the

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Speaker 3: rubbish that the that the so called university in those

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Speaker 3: days wanted the space for the students they have when

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Speaker 3: we moved out, they never used it, so that was

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Speaker 2: John, how long have you? How long have you had

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Speaker 3: Helene pretty started this nearly nearly fifty years ago.

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Speaker 2: Oh wow, went to it.

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Speaker 3: She wasn't done for tourism, Katie. It was done purely

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Speaker 3: for the beauty of it and to be able to

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Speaker 3: Broad Awards, a National Tourist Award, plus lots of other accolades. Wow,

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Speaker 3: it's a terrible loss to the people of no one

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Speaker 3: because when it's gone, it's gone. It's never been done again,

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Speaker 1: How long then have you been managing it?

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Speaker 2: And what's been like for you? Now? Sorry?

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Speaker 3: What was that? An amazing experience because you get to

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Speaker 3: meet all sorts of people from sinus to you cleaners

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Speaker 3: whole lot. It is enriching to be able to show

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Speaker 3: going to see they're they're going to go diving. Most

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Speaker 2: So where to from here, John, is you know is

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, Katie, this is it at the end of the road.

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Speaker 3: It's just you've got such a big thing to tap

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Speaker 3: They get a personal experience with Katie. You know.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, it sounds like we're losing a real part

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Speaker 3: That's that's a fact, you know, because it's been around

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Speaker 3: is highly respected and loved. Yes, but this is what's

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Speaker 2: Well, John, I mean, look, I'm not. It's probably a

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Speaker 1: But we've had a lot of messages come through this week,

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Speaker 1: a lot of emails in fact, come through throughout the week.

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Speaker 1: I was a while last week, but I've come through

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, it was evident with all the people that

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Speaker 3: you know, and they really do. I appreciate what's been

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Speaker 3: one fellow said, oh, he said, the answer is, he said,

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Speaker 3: put one hundred seahorses in the main tank. He said,

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Speaker 3: and then you'll get a grand prison, a grand stand.

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Speaker 2: That's a good one. I was not expecting you to

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Speaker 2: say that, John, that was a good one.

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Speaker 1: Oh, dear, Well, like I say, I'm you know, I

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Speaker 1: you've done. They love Indo Pacific Marine. So, like I said,

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Speaker 1: I know that that's bittersweet, but I think that it's

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Speaker 3: We might be able to open just one last weekend.

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Speaker 3: Next weekends we are going with all right divers and

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning,

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Speaker 1: and thank you for all that you've done over the years.

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Speaker 3: Well, thank you very much for your support, Cheaty.

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Speaker 2: No worries. Thanks John,