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Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio this morning because I know well,

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Speaker 1: I know the territories of their fishing right and we

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Speaker 1: had the winner already from the million dollar fish competition,

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Speaker 1: but there is another competition underway in Palmerston. And joining

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Speaker 1: me in the studio is the Palmeston mayor, Athena Pasco Bell.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you. Good morning Athena. You don't have

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Speaker 2: another million bucks to give away, do you?

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately not, We're not that rich.

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Speaker 2: That'd be all right, wouldn't it. Now?

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Speaker 1: You do, though, have an awesome comp which is which

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Speaker 1: is getting underway. Hooked on Palmerston. Tell us a little

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Speaker 1: bit more about what this is all about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So hooked on Palmeston is our own City of

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Speaker 3: Palmerston catch and release fishing competition. It's now open and

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Speaker 3: registration's free for all ages. We have monthly prizes, so

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Speaker 3: there will be four lots of two hundred and fifty

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Speaker 3: dollars vouchers for the fish, just random draw of people

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Speaker 3: who catch a fish. Yeah right, and take a photo

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Speaker 3: of it. We've just released a whole lot of juvenile

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Speaker 3: fish into our lakes well, so it's part of a

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Speaker 3: restocking program that fisheries also you know, they basically run

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Speaker 3: it for us restocking, so there should be plenty of

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Speaker 3: barramundy in our Palmerston Lake, So that's Marlow Lagoon, Sanctuary

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Speaker 3: Lakes in Gun and also any of the Jurak lakes.

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Speaker 2: And it's not the first time is it for this competition.

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Speaker 3: This is the fourth season of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And have you found like, is it pretty is

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Speaker 1: it usually pretty successful?

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Speaker 2: Lots of people wanting to get involved.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, we do have quite a few people registering

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Speaker 3: to do this and it's a very easy access and

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Speaker 3: family friendly way to go fishing. It's all land based

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Speaker 3: and the lakes around Marlow Lagoon, Sanctuary Lakes and Durak

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Speaker 3: are relatively safe because they're not directly connected to the harbor,

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Speaker 3: so there's less chance of crocodile, but obviously take care

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Speaker 3: anyway around those water and it's.

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Speaker 1: A good thing, right for the young ones to be

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Speaker 1: able to get out and go and have a fish

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Speaker 1: as well, and for them to be able to do

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Speaker 1: it on that land based well, in a land based way,

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Speaker 1: so they're not sort of worried about your kids going

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Speaker 1: off on the boat or whatever if they don't have

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Speaker 1: an adult to go with them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And not fishing on any of the rivers as well,

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Speaker 3: So it's much safer to be fishing on the lakes.

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Speaker 2: And so can anybody take part?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, anybody. Just jump onto council's website and make

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Speaker 3: sure that you're registered. There's tag bars, so if you

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Speaker 3: see one that's got a little City of Palmerston tag

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Speaker 3: on it, take a photo of the fish and the

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Speaker 3: tag and it enter the photo into the competition for

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Speaker 3: the monthly prize.

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Speaker 2: Draw good stuff.

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Speaker 1: Now, I also understand that the council is looking to

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Speaker 1: install some air raiders in the lakes.

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Speaker 2: What's that for.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so we've been installing air raiders across a few

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Speaker 3: of the lakes over a few years and this is

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Speaker 3: part of a grant that we've received with anti recreational fishing.

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Speaker 3: So there'll be two new air raiders going in. One

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Speaker 3: will be at Sanctuary Lakes and the other one will

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Speaker 3: be Lake five at Durak, but a few of the

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Speaker 3: other lakes have had them in as well. It just

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Speaker 3: helps to circulate the water. Really long scientific explanation as

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Speaker 3: to what happens. The water separates into an anaerobic layer

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Speaker 3: and then an aerobic layer. Help the air raiders help

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Speaker 3: to serve that water around, just making a bit healthier

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Speaker 3: environment for the fish.

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Speaker 1: Right, sounds like my running training, aerobic and aerobic training.

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Speaker 1: There no good stuff, And it does sound as though

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Speaker 1: it's something that I'm assuming makes the lakes a bit more,

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Speaker 1: bit healthier and a bit sort of nicer, does ash.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And it also then hopefully avoids any fish kills. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: are a natural process, but it's a bit unpleasant when

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Speaker 3: they happen. So by circulating that water, it means that

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Speaker 3: making sure that there's less anaerobic water in the bottom

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Speaker 3: get as many fish kills, and it just makes the

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Speaker 3: good environment in that lake a lot healthier.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good stuff, Hey, I understand as well. The Palmeston

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Speaker 1: Street Festival kicks off on Monday. When's the first lot

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Speaker 1: of paint set to start getting sprayed.

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Speaker 3: So the first spray will be on the seventeenth of June,

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Speaker 3: which is that Monday, and then we'll see some of

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Speaker 3: the walls coming up rapidly over the next two weeks.

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Speaker 3: There will also be a nice wrap up party at

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Speaker 3: the end, so that'll be a lot of fun. We've

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Speaker 3: announced the artist and five out of the nine artists

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Speaker 3: Izzy Craven and Rus and we also have interstate artists Softles,

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Speaker 3: who's I guess a famous Australian street artist. He'll be

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Speaker 3: there alongside Darwin local Caleb Dude and Larakia artist Trent

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Speaker 3: Lee and Jason Lee.

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Speaker 1: Okay, now I have been told as well, just on

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Speaker 1: a different note, back to the lakes. Deep has called

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Speaker 1: through or has messaged through in uh and she has

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Speaker 1: said she's asking what's being done to stop people killing.

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Speaker 2: Turtles in Jurak Lake? Are they killing turtles out there?

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Speaker 3: They haven't been killing them for about four weeks now.

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Speaker 3: We have a good issue there for a little while.

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Speaker 3: But these people have moved on.

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Speaker 1: Now, okay, good's that would have been a bit of

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Speaker 1: a worry.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a bit, but you know, we did

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Speaker 3: a number of things to get those people to move on,

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Speaker 3: and I understand that some of the local residents also

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Speaker 3: asked them to move along as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, was there many turtles killed?

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Speaker 3: Look, we're not really sure, but they are artificial lakes

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Speaker 3: and the turtles weren't introduced, they just found their way

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Speaker 3: in there. Yeah, and there are still quite a few

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Speaker 3: of them in there, so if you go for a walk,

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Speaker 3: they just pop up and they're used to being fed.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it does.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't make for them good for escaping, but there

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Speaker 3: are definitely still plenty of turtles in the lakes.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad that those people have been moved along

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Speaker 1: and hopefully don't have that issue again. Now Athena school

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Speaker 1: holidays are approaching fast. I know that there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of us wondering how we're going to entertain the kids.

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Speaker 1: What's the Palmeston Council got going on for the school holidays.

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Speaker 3: We have three weeks of programs happening in the library.

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Speaker 3: They start at ten am on weekdays from the twenty

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Speaker 3: fourth of June through to the twelfth of July. There's

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Speaker 3: a science magic show with Donald Vaughan and a juggling show.

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Speaker 3: There are nate OC week activities including a cultural wildlife

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Speaker 3: encounter and storytelling. There'll be visual arts, leaf expression arts

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Speaker 3: and sand art, and also some movies I believe as well.

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Speaker 3: So it's a lot of fun for kids' age between

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Speaker 3: six and twelve. Good stuff and you don't need any bookings,

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Speaker 3: but you can check the program out on council's website and.

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Speaker 1: So where can people go, So just go on to

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Speaker 1: that website if they want to find out a bit more.

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Speaker 3: Detail, Palmerstondent dot gov DOTU and just have a look

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Speaker 3: at our events and activities and it should be up there.

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Speaker 1: Awesome stuff, Lasina Pasco Bell. Always good to catch up

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Speaker 1: with you. Thank you so much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 3: Thank you