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Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf thanks to Joyce main dowin

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Speaker 1: homes own Stuart Highway, Beromar.

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Speaker 2: There are some wonderful events that come up most years,

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Speaker 2: and one of those that unfortunately wasn't able to happen

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Speaker 2: last year was Walking Off the War Within. But I'm

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Speaker 2: very pleased to say that it is back and it's

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Speaker 2: going to be an absolutely fantastic event this year. And

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Speaker 2: joining us in the studio to tell us a little

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Speaker 2: bit more is Danny Evely, good morning to you.

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Speaker 1: Good morning Katie, and we've also got Mark Spain how

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Speaker 1: are you, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: Now, before I get into it, I just want to

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Speaker 2: say on the weekend I was out for a run.

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Speaker 2: I was running along East Point and I saw these

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Speaker 2: two blokes walking towards me with what appeared to be

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Speaker 2: these massive backpacks. And as I got closer Spainy, I

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Speaker 2: realized it was you and Rob Cross.

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Speaker 3: Ah, that's right, Katie. We've been doing a couple of

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Speaker 3: days a week training for this event. As you said,

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Speaker 3: we couldn't do it last year, which both Rob and

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Speaker 3: I did did do that, but yeah, no, we're looking

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Speaker 3: forward to a big community event this time.

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Speaker 2: Don't he tell us a little bit more about what

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Speaker 2: walking off the War Within is for those out there

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Speaker 2: listening who maybe haven't been involved and not heard about it.

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Speaker 1: Sure, so walking off the War Within actually came about

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Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen from an old friend of mine and

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Speaker 1: a colleague of spain Is Nathan Shanahan, who was in

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Speaker 1: the Defense Forces and then was a firing Nathan was

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Speaker 1: the face of Soldier on in twenty fourteen, walking four

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Speaker 1: hundred kilometers between mill Dura and Adelaide, arriving in Adelaide

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Speaker 1: on Anzac morning. Unfortunately, Nathan did lose his battle a

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Speaker 1: couple of years later in twenty sixteen, and Spainy, along

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Speaker 1: with the family of Shenna's who we like to call him,

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Speaker 1: sort of thought well, let's not let what he started

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Speaker 1: be a once off, and so in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: and in Mildura, where Shanner's family is, we had a

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Speaker 1: couple of events and it was amazing the amount of

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Speaker 1: people that came out and the recognition of what walking

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Speaker 1: off the Wall within means to people, and the connection

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Speaker 1: that people can have with that term just in itself,

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Speaker 1: and the understanding that mental illness has such a big

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Speaker 1: impact on the community as a whole. So after the

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Speaker 1: i'll use the term success of twenty and seventeen our

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Speaker 1: first events, we came back together and said all right,

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Speaker 1: it's not a once off, let's keep going and let's

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Speaker 1: make this an annual event.

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Speaker 4: And we now refer to it as a movement.

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Speaker 1: So each event that we hold around Australia is not

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Speaker 1: on the same day. We hold it on different days

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Speaker 1: because it is not a singular daily event that mental

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Speaker 1: illness can impact on people.

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Speaker 4: It is an ongoing thing.

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Speaker 1: So having that impact of movement and ensuring that we're

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Speaker 1: encouraging people to get out there, get together and share

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Speaker 1: the burden.

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Speaker 4: March is one so our events.

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Speaker 1: The ultimate challenge and as you saw Spiny and Rob

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Speaker 1: training on the way, you can the ultimate challenge is

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Speaker 1: a twenty kilometer walk with a twenty kilogram pack on

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Speaker 1: your back. But we understand that not everybody is going

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Speaker 1: to want to take on a challenge like that, so

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Speaker 1: we want the whole of community to be involved, which

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Speaker 1: means come down, do a five kilometer walk, a ten

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Speaker 1: point fifteen with or without a pack, or just simply

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Speaker 1: come down and be part of the day, which is

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Speaker 1: really around that sharing information, encouraging people to speak up,

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Speaker 1: and reminding people that you're not alone.

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Speaker 2: I think it's such an important thing to do, and

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Speaker 2: it is so important, I think to really have that

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Speaker 2: conversation about mental health as well and make it as

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Speaker 2: open as possible so that people feel much more okay

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Speaker 2: about speaking about it, particularly mean Spainy and I know

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Speaker 2: it's not just two men, but really, you guys, it's

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Speaker 2: a bit tougher to get blokes talking about these things sometimes.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, Katie, and I couldn't actually say it any better

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Speaker 3: than what Young Danny has said, but absolutely it is.

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Speaker 5: And that's why it's a passion of mine. They have frontline.

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Speaker 3: Services, we deal with a lot of those issues, and

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Speaker 3: we just want to be there to just let it

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Speaker 3: out there. It's all okay to have a conversation.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it is. It's got to be. And I

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Speaker 2: think we've got to talk about mental health in the

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Speaker 2: same way that we talk about any other kind of

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Speaker 2: health issue. Now, when is it happening this year so

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Speaker 2: that people can maybe start doing a bit of training

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Speaker 1: Saturday, the first of May, Katie, so East Point Reserve,

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Speaker 1: and we do have two different time slots, so people

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Speaker 1: fifteen kilometer walk, we're asking them to start at seven am,

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Speaker 1: so be down there ready and to get started at

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Speaker 1: seven And for all other participants wanting to either just

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Speaker 1: that's an eight am start.

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Speaker 4: Okay.

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Speaker 2: Now, is there a fee or is it just a donation?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely free. People are more than welcome to make a donation. However,

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Speaker 1: this is not a fundraising event per se. It is

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Speaker 1: an awareness raising event.

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Speaker 2: I think that's I reckon, that's even better. I love

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Speaker 2: the fact that you're trying to make it as open

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Speaker 2: to as many people as possible and start that conversation,

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Speaker 2: get people talking and really just be there with each

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Speaker 2: other and be there for each other, because sometimes you know,

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Speaker 2: that is all you need, is that opportunity and an

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Speaker 2: opportunity for somebody to sort of listen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the Katie.

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Speaker 1: The other thing that we're really trying to do with

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Speaker 1: this event is encourage the whole family to get out

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Speaker 1: and about because I think that's one of the important

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Speaker 1: messages is that mental illness doesn't impact just an individual,

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Speaker 1: it has a whole you know wide berth, that it

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Speaker 1: hits and that it touches. So it's really important that

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Speaker 1: we are remembering that as a community. And so the

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Speaker 1: day is it's not a morbid event. It's about really

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Speaker 1: trying to encourage people to just get out and seek information,

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Speaker 1: seek support. We'll have a number of services there available

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Speaker 1: for people on the day as well, but we'll also

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Speaker 1: have a heap of activities for kids, so that it

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Speaker 1: really is that whole of community event.

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Speaker 4: Now where can.

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Speaker 2: People go if they're after a little bit more information?

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Speaker 4: All right, So we have a number of avenues for that.

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Speaker 1: There is our web page walkoffww dot com. On Facebook

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Speaker 1: if you search Walking off the Wall within annual event

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Speaker 1: and you'll find the Darwin event links there. And then

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Speaker 1: there's for purchasing or read string I should say for

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Speaker 1: tickets is on event Bryant. And so you can either

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Speaker 1: follow the links on the web page or Facebook or

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Speaker 1: if you go direct to event bright and just type

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Speaker 1: and it'll come straight up.

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Speaker 2: Now, before I let you both leave, Mark Spain, I

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Speaker 2: do want to ask you just very quickly. We know

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Speaker 2: that the fire season is fast approaching. Bit of advice

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Speaker 2: for people just to make sure they're prepared.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, Thanks Katie. Yeah, we have. Look, we've had an

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Speaker 5: extended wet season.

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Speaker 3: We're still getting rain in the top end, so it's

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Speaker 3: just all those rule landowners if they can just commence

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Speaker 3: preparing their properties, like their firebreaks, appropriate fireblakes, and also

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Speaker 3: just review their bushfire escape plans or bushfire plans. You

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Speaker 3: can find those on the Bushfire MTE site and the

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Speaker 3: not the Churtury Police Fight EMERGRIC site.

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Speaker 2: Are people pretty organized at this point or is it

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Speaker 2: a bit early to tell.

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Speaker 5: People should really be considering it.

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Speaker 3: However, given the rain, it's obviously made their blocks bit

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Speaker 3: of wet and difficult to slash at this time of year.

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Speaker 3: So but we are encouraging as soon as they can

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Speaker 3: particularly out in those blocks.

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Speaker 2: Good stuff. Thank you both so very much for joining

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Speaker 2: us this morning. Of course, Mark Spain who is the

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Speaker 2: chief fire officer, and Danny everly lovely to speak to

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Speaker 2: you both, and if there is anybody out there listening

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Speaker 2: after more information, it is all thews dot walkoff ww

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Speaker 2: dot com. Thank you both for your time today.

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Speaker 5: Thanks Cody, Thanks Katy