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Speaker 1: A bit of a change of pace because as we

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Speaker 1: is acting in that role as I understand it, just

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Speaker 1: for a couple of days. But yeah, as we heard

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Speaker 1: just a couple of minutes ago, the Daily was expected

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Speaker 1: to peak. Well, it's expected to peak today and it's

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Speaker 1: going to take a bit of time of course before

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Speaker 1: and assess the damage. But no strangers to flooding at

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Speaker 1: the Daily River as it happens every few years. The

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Speaker 1: owner of the Banyon Farm, Kerry Draper, Good morning, Kerry.

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Speaker 2: Hi Katie here going.

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Speaker 1: I'm really good. How are you going this morning? Yes?

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Speaker 2: Good, thank you. I've mean little island here, Yeah, pretty

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Speaker 2: much normal yet talk me.

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Speaker 1: Through Kerry, if you can please paint us a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a picture for those not familiar with the area.

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Speaker 1: Where is the Banyon Farm and how you know? Like

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Speaker 1: how far like how where's the.

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Speaker 2: Water currently currently the water is If anybody knows Willianna

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Speaker 2: Road and my front gate, it's just inside the gate

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Speaker 2: of the front it's flowing over the boat ramp. Anybody

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Speaker 2: who knows my Mango camping area it's just trickling through there,

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Speaker 2: but the rest of the park is dry.

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Speaker 1: Kerry, how do you feel as that water sort of

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Speaker 1: it's expected to peak this morning or today, isn't it?

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Speaker 2: Yes, it is yet we're watching it. It's just slowly, slowly,

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Speaker 2: it's nearly there. So this is a height that we

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Speaker 2: can manage. So pretty happy. There were some pretty crazy

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Speaker 2: predictions a while back. So I'm happy with this height.

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Speaker 1: And Kerry, I know it's not something it's not the

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Speaker 1: first time that this is that you know that you've

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Speaker 1: lived through the area flooding, is it? This is something

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Speaker 1: that happens pretty regularly.

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Speaker 2: Most years you'll get a reasonable river height, which is

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Speaker 2: what we call this. Yeah, your bigger rivers we've had

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Speaker 2: in twenty eighteen, fifteen, eleven, and of course then there

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Speaker 2: was the ultra big one in ninety eight, the Casin floods.

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Speaker 2: So I wouldn't like to see that height again. But no,

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Speaker 2: those levels where we can deal with.

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Speaker 1: And Carrie, how many people are still sort of you know,

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Speaker 1: still there in the area at the moment, do you

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Speaker 1: have any idea? I mean, like you said, at the

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Speaker 1: get go, you're sort of sitting there in you're little

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Speaker 1: on your little island.

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Speaker 2: Well, everybody on Willianna Roads pretty much. Well, you got

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Speaker 2: up above our causeway and life's normal for them. They're

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Speaker 2: in the hills. But from us down, everybody's got their

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Speaker 2: own little island. But yeah, they all have all got

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Speaker 2: their heights that they can deal with. Everybody just does

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Speaker 2: their things, so yeah, deal with it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, is it weird like as everyone sort of

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Speaker 1: gets evacuated, but you guys are still there and others

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Speaker 1: just again something that you get a bit used to.

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, we're happy with this, we've got our plan,

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Speaker 2: we know what we can deal with. Communities a bit

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Speaker 2: when that river's coming up and you haven't got a

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Speaker 2: going to go this year? So what do you do

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Speaker 2: with a few hundred people. You've been hard to leave

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Speaker 2: them all there. We've had years where it's rising fast.

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Speaker 2: This has been a slower rise, so you've been able

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Speaker 2: to watch. We've had fine weather, you know, since last week.

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Speaker 2: But when it comes up fast and it's raining and

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Speaker 2: you're trying to move out that scary stuff. So you

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Speaker 2: can see see why the community may have been moved

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Speaker 1: Yeah, do you reckon it was a good move by

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Speaker 1: the authorities this time around, because I know some years

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Speaker 1: it sort of feels as though then they're getting out

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Speaker 2: Well, this is the thing. Damned if you do. Damned

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Speaker 2: if you do. Two years ago we had we were

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Speaker 2: when there was a lot of water upstream. There have

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Speaker 2: they were left in there and then it was helicopters,

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Speaker 2: more expense, praise your EBAC. So I don't know, findsight.

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Speaker 1: It's a wonderful thing exactly, but it's you know, you

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Speaker 1: always think goring on the side of caution's probably the

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Speaker 2: Look how easy drive the buses in, pick everybody up

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Speaker 2: when the road's fine. Apart from that, you'd be bussing,

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Speaker 1: So now Kerry you know, are you expecting pardon the pun,

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Speaker 1: but are you expecting the fishows to begin flooding in

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Speaker 1: once those rivers drop.

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, they're going to be keen to hit that water.

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Speaker 2: The bottom of the river's open now, but it will

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Speaker 2: take a little bit before the public boat ramps open.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: But yes they'll be keen.

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Speaker 1: I reckon, they will be. They'll all be watching the

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Speaker 2: Now, won't they. Oh for sure? And anyway, it makes

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Speaker 2: a bit of excitement for the season. So let's hope

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Speaker 2: we've got a good fishing season. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, and does it mean as well, I mean, once

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Speaker 1: you get over all of these does it mean that

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Speaker 1: you guys get pretty busy then, like around the area?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Sure, yeah, for sure. We don't open again till

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Speaker 2: about the middle of March, so I'll stick with that plan. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: because you never know what other wedding you get to.

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Speaker 2: But so true. Anyway, Yeah, that's what I usually do.

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Speaker 1: And it's been a pretty busy sort of wet season

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Speaker 1: for us. So it seems to have been a little

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Speaker 1: bit more active than what we've seen, you know, the

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Speaker 1: last couple of wet seasons, a little bit more maybe

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Speaker 1: like what we're used to, I suppose.

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Speaker 2: I think.

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Speaker 1: So.

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Speaker 2: We had more regular early rain, not huge, but we

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Speaker 2: had some good rains, you know, really from September, so

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Speaker 2: it's it's been a good wet season I think so far.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree. Well, Kerrie, lovely to speak with you

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Speaker 1: this morning. I hope you guys stay safe and stay

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Speaker 1: dry and uh and yeah, good luck, good luck for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the week. Lovely to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for having a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, thank you.

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