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Speaker 1: Now we do know that the Palmerston pool is set

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Speaker 1: to close. There is going to be that renovation which

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Speaker 1: is expected to last about fourteen months. Good news once

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Speaker 1: it reopens, but it is going to leave a number

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Speaker 1: of swimmers well without somewhere to swim in the rural area.

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Speaker 1: We know the rural area already doesn't have a pool

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Speaker 1: that's accessible, but then obviously in Palmerston also and so

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Speaker 1: there have been calls over the last last few days

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Speaker 1: for the pool at Howard Springs to be utilized to

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Speaker 1: enable some of those swimmers to be able to access

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Speaker 1: that twenty five meter pool and be able to continue

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Speaker 1: to train. Now joining me on the line to talk

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Speaker 1: a little bit more about this from his perspective is

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Speaker 1: the Palmerston Swimming Pool coach Daniel Gurlac. Good morning to you, Daniel.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katy.

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Speaker 1: Now, Daniel, just talk us through what the situation is

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Speaker 1: at the moment from your perspective as someone who obviously

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Speaker 1: would ordinarily be coaching out at the pool in Palmerston. Yes, so, like.

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Speaker 2: Everybody else, we're pretty excited about the work that the

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Speaker 2: farmer City Council has put in place and excited for

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Speaker 2: the renovations but as you mentioned, it leads us with

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Speaker 2: a challenge over the next fourteen months in what we

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Speaker 2: do to continue to help continue helping our members as

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Speaker 2: there are a few events they've got coming up over

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Speaker 2: the next twelve months particularly, and yeah, we're just looking

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Speaker 2: for an opportunity to hopefully be able to continue providing access.

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Speaker 1: So Daniel, how many swimmers have you have you got

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Speaker 1: at the moment and what events are coming up that

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Speaker 1: they really need to be able to keep training for.

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Speaker 2: But there's a few dozens of individuals and families involved

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Speaker 2: in the club at the moment who were participating in

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Speaker 2: different parts of our programs. The big stuff that we've

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Speaker 2: got coming up, we've got we've got our usual competitions

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Speaker 2: that's happened throughout the year. But the big one that's

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Speaker 2: coming up is we've got a group of individuals selected

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Speaker 2: to anticipate on the in the National Special Olympics, which

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Speaker 2: would be held in lawn Test and later this year.

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Speaker 1: Oh that sounds wonderful. And so Daniel, at this point

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Speaker 1: in time, once the Palmeston Pool closed, what are those

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Speaker 1: what are those athletes going to have to do?

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Speaker 2: We're not sure. Look at a big challenge is the

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Speaker 2: Council has been working hard at this project for some

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Speaker 2: time and these big projects don't happen instantly, and we're

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Speaker 2: not sure what we're going to be able to do.

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Speaker 2: We're just looking for waters to get into and look

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Speaker 2: if if there's any good solutions that anybody can sugg yes,

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Speaker 2: we're more than happy to take advantage well and try

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Speaker 2: to continue on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And one of those solutions that the COLP is

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Speaker 1: looking at the opposition, or that they would like to

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Speaker 1: see happen is is people to be able to utilize

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Speaker 1: the pool out at Howard Springs. Would that be a

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Speaker 1: good option from your perspective.

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Speaker 2: Look, anything that twenty five meters is a great option

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Speaker 2: for us. Obviously, the location is fairly accessible in terms

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Speaker 2: of its position within the Greater Darwin Framework and Parmerstan

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Speaker 2: So yeah, look, if that pool is accessible, it would

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Speaker 2: be it'd be fantastic and the other great if somebody

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Speaker 2: was able to do that. We're not aware of all

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Speaker 2: the intricacies of the issue, but yeah, it sounds like

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Speaker 2: a great suggestion if it could come to fruition.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, you know, I guess at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, if the pool is being maintained and it's

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Speaker 1: maintained at the taxpayer's expense. If it is something that

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Speaker 1: could be a solution, particularly for the kids that are

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Speaker 1: training and you know, kids and adults that are training

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Speaker 1: and those that are going away this for this big

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Speaker 1: of d then it could only be a good thing.

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Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Now the other point I guess that a lot of

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Speaker 1: people listening may not realize, but I had wondered and

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Speaker 1: sort of sort of came to my attention a bit

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Speaker 1: earlier in the week, is it's not just the Palmerston

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Speaker 1: pool that's going to be getting renovated over the next

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Speaker 1: fourteen months, but of course the Casarina pool is going

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Speaker 1: through their upgrade too. So we are talking about quite

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Speaker 1: a few swimmers and whether it's social swimmers or club

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Speaker 1: swimmers or learn to swim swimmers, water polo, all sorts

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Speaker 1: of different sports that aren't going to have access to

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Speaker 1: their usual pools. So we really that demand is going

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Speaker 1: to be quite great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, there's some clubs. Although we're quite organized and

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Speaker 2: quite vocal about our needs, we're just one wheel in

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Speaker 2: the clog. Water is a huge part of our culture,

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Speaker 2: particularly up here. As we get towards the build up

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Speaker 2: and yeah, there's definitely going to be a need for

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Speaker 2: more water.

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Speaker 1: Well, Daniel, we'll continue talking about the issue. Do keep

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Speaker 1: us up to date if you get if you have

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Speaker 1: any update on your swimmers and where they're going to

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Speaker 1: be able to swim. But all the best as well

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Speaker 1: to the swimmers going away for that very special event.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Datie, you'll pass on you're well wishes.

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Speaker 1: Good on you. Thank you, thanks for your time this morning.