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Speaker 1: Mix one of four point nine dot com for all

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Speaker 1: the latest news and information Now three sixty with Katie Wolf.

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Speaker 1: Everyone is listening Mix one O four point nine one.

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Speaker 2: You are listening to Mix one O four point nine

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Speaker 2: and I know plenty of you heading out on the

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Speaker 2: weekend to enjoy the spectacular Northern Territory. Some of our

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Speaker 2: wonderful territory run parks and reserves and joining us on

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Speaker 2: the line to tell us, well, what's opened and what

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Speaker 2: even might be a great spot to visit. Northern Australia

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Speaker 2: Parks Director Lincoln Wilson, Good morning.

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Speaker 3: Lincoln, Good morning Katie Lincoln. What's opened on the weekend

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Speaker 3: h dependens where.

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Speaker 4: You want to go, As we discussed early. If you

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Speaker 4: want to get down to Lichfield, you've got swimming at

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Speaker 4: Florence and Beully in the Upper Cascades or Green Ant.

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Speaker 4: If you want to get into a bit of fishing,

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Speaker 4: you get down the Mountain Dam. We're out to the

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Speaker 4: Mary River. If you're looking for a quiet fishing experience,

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Speaker 4: I probably wouldn't go in your shady camp at the moment,

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Speaker 4: but yeah, it's just that change in the season. Some

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Speaker 4: things are still closed slowly will open up now.

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Speaker 3: What is still close that we need to sort of

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Speaker 3: be aware of.

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Speaker 4: I guess it depends how far down the road you

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Speaker 4: want to go. Like with Mary River, some of the

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Speaker 4: main sites are open, like just around the bird Billabong

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Speaker 4: or May River rock Hole area, but the Wilburn Rock

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Speaker 4: Hole is still closed. Most tracks out that way forward

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Speaker 4: drive tracks are all closed and the same as Lichfield,

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Speaker 4: the forward drive tracks are closed. Well, yes, sorry, you

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Speaker 4: go if you want to get down the road. Mumber

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Speaker 4: Warriors open, Edith Falls is open. Nit, Look, the park's

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Speaker 4: open there the short walks and that I think the

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Speaker 4: Southern Rock Hole is open for swimming as well. Down there?

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Speaker 2: Are you anticipating some of these places are going to

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Speaker 2: be quite busy and I would imagine you know, quite

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Speaker 2: a few people are going to hit out camping.

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Speaker 4: Yes, look, I think the fishing groups are out and

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Speaker 4: about definitely this weekend, and as the where they've improved,

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Speaker 4: we'll see some campers out this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Is there a bit of advice I suppose for people

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Speaker 2: if they are looking to you to head out camping

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Speaker 2: in terms of I know that booking system isn't in

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Speaker 2: play shit, but you know there is there sort of

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Speaker 2: a way that we can maybe check out where are

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Speaker 2: good sites to go or maybe where is best to

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Speaker 2: avoid at this point in time.

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Speaker 4: Look, if you just go to the ourw dot entity

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Speaker 4: dot dot au leisure parks page, it tells you what's

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Speaker 4: open and what's closed. Still there a lot of information there.

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Speaker 4: Please check there. But look, it's not our peak time

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Speaker 4: a season. It's a busy time normally, but we don't

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Speaker 4: have that natural visitation. So it's still going to be

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Speaker 4: quite enjoyable out now parks and reserve. It's not going

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Speaker 4: to be too overcrowded.

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Speaker 2: Have we seen quite a dip in numbers I guess

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Speaker 2: to people visiting our parks and reserves are given the

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Speaker 2: fact that we don't have the same volume of international

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Speaker 2: visitors and also I guess not as many interstate.

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Speaker 4: But that's correct. The vacancy rates are much more available

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Speaker 4: higher on our parks and other areas at the moment.

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Speaker 3: Now, where's your topic to go?

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Speaker 2: Do you reckon this weekend's Lincoln anywhere that you are

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Speaker 2: like heading out too?

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Speaker 4: I've I've got a bit of family time, but I'm

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Speaker 4: going to sneak out to a couple of their favorite

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Speaker 4: fishing spots out at Mary there the land based fishing

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Speaker 4: for me, Yeah, probably a couple of weeks more before

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Speaker 4: I go camping yet.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I know it's still slightly warm, isn't it, But some

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Speaker 2: of the die hard campers are still keen to get

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Speaker 2: out there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, just take a tarp. You never know if it's

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Speaker 4: going to rain at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Good advice mate sounds like somebody spoken by somebody who

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Speaker 2: has maybe made that mistake in the past.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yes, definitely, And I just thought they just want

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Speaker 4: to remind listeners that if there's no sign, don't swim,

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Speaker 4: please be crock wise and croc safe. No one wants

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Speaker 4: to have a bad weekend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah on that night.

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Speaker 2: I mean, is there any are there any good little

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Speaker 2: swimming spots which which are safe to swim that are

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Speaker 2: maybe a little closer to town, you know, for someone like

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Speaker 2: me maybe who doesn't doesn't go out camping all too often,

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Speaker 2: or would like to head out and about, but maybe

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Speaker 2: not go too far afield.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it looks very springs are still close to swimming

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Speaker 4: at the moment, but how it's rock pools. Those areas

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Speaker 4: are open for swimming. Unfortunately, there's not much else close

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Speaker 4: to day on at the moment.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's all right.

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Speaker 2: I always think, you know, it's good to get out

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Speaker 2: and about. I know there'll probably be plenty of people

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Speaker 2: heading out to the Wildlife Park as well.

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Speaker 3: That's always nice spot to visit.

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Speaker 4: That's always a great place to get out with the

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Speaker 4: family there and enjoy the animals and the sort of

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Speaker 4: information that you learn out there about them. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, well, I tell you what, Lincoln, good to catch

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Speaker 2: up with you this morning. And that website again, if

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Speaker 2: people are keen to get a little bit more information,

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Speaker 2: where can they head to just.

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Speaker 4: The ww dot etty dot gov dot au leisure Parks page.

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Speaker 3: Good on your Lincoln.

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Speaker 2: Lincoln Will's there, of course, the director of the Northern

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Speaker 2: Australia Parks.

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Speaker 3: I really appreciate your time today.

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Speaker 4: Thanks you, Katie, have a good day you too, are.

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Speaker 3: Lincoln Wilson there.

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Speaker 2: Sorry I only read out half the half his surname

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Speaker 2: Northern Australia Parks Director. And I know plenty of you

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Speaker 2: heading out this weekend fore so let us know what

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Speaker 2: you are planning for the for the Easter long weekend.

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Speaker 2: Maybe you're working all weekend. I know plenty of our

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Speaker 2: hospitality businesses are. Although I've spoken to a couple over

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Speaker 2: the last few days and some of them are taking

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Speaker 2: a bit of time off as well, which is nice.