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Speaker 1: A massive weekend at the Supercars, and we know that

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Speaker 1: Supercars Championship leader brock Feenie has gone three wins from

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Speaker 1: three starts on pole position in the top end to

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Speaker 1: become just the third driver in history to claim the

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Speaker 1: Darwin triple crown. It was a massive weekend on and

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Speaker 1: off the track. I've had a lot of people contact

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Speaker 1: me as well or talk to me over the last

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Speaker 1: couple of days to tell me how good the pilot was,

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Speaker 1: that we'd interviewed on Friday as well doing those tricks,

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Speaker 1: and that it was just amazing stuff. Now joining us

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Speaker 1: on the line for a wrap up of the Supercars,

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Speaker 1: it is indeed nt major Events Company's executive director, Amy Luxton,

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Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Amy.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Kat, Thank you for having me.

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Speaker 1: Oh Amy, massive weekend. How did the event go?

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Speaker 2: Oh, it was so fantastic and yes, thank you for

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Speaker 2: your comments there. It was such a great vibe from

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Speaker 2: everything that we've seen and heard speaking to people on

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Speaker 2: the ground, they really really enjoyed it. Like you said,

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Speaker 2: from a sports perspective, couldn't be, you know, fairy tale. Really,

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Speaker 2: you know, brock feeni being called King of the Valley

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Speaker 2: after winning the triple crown, the elusive triple crown with

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Speaker 2: a clean, sweet so fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was awesome. Now, in terms of how many

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Speaker 1: people attended, how did those numbers look?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it looked really good. We saw more than thirty

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Speaker 2: six thousand through the gates this year. You know, that's

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Speaker 2: a number we're really happy with. Over half or nearly half,

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Speaker 2: sorry that the attendees were from outside the territory, which

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Speaker 2: is a massive win for local businesses. Yeah, everyone having

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Speaker 2: a really good time.

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Speaker 1: Over half the attendees from outside the territory. Is that

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Speaker 1: fairly like in line with what we've seen in previous

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Speaker 1: years or is that sort of bigger It is?

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Speaker 2: No, nearly half sorry, Kay, that was nearly half, So

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Speaker 2: about forty nine percent from outside the territory, which is fantastic.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, this event really does deliver great economic impact

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Speaker 2: for the territory. You know, talking to lots of people

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Speaker 2: who drive up here with their caravans every year. People

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Speaker 2: love this round and love to visit Darn at this time.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, they're really really strong numbers.

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Speaker 1: And in terms of the thirty six thousand people attending,

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Speaker 1: is that fairly on par with what we've seen in

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Speaker 1: previous years as well.

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Speaker 2: We're happy with the numbers. It is a little bit

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Speaker 2: down about six percent from last year, which you might

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Speaker 2: remember we do. We've had the night Troup North event

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Speaker 2: as part of the Supercars weekend for a little while

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Speaker 2: and for that event to be the absolute best it

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Speaker 2: can be. It's very exciting that we'll be a standalone

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Speaker 2: event now happening in August over two days, so you

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Speaker 2: know that will generate its own crowd. So overall, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we're really happy now.

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Speaker 1: I know that there was so much happen off the

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Speaker 1: track as well. Up in the air, there was so

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Speaker 1: much going on, like what's being the feedback?

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Speaker 2: I think that was such a great addition to the program.

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Speaker 2: People were loving that plane. The wolf hit the plane.

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Speaker 2: It was incredible what they were doing. I was sort

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Speaker 2: of holding my breath most of the time I was watching.

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Speaker 2: It was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: It was very cool. I mean, I interviewed the pilot

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Speaker 1: on Friday and I thought to myself, I reckon, I'd

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Speaker 1: have a heart attack if I even considered being in

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Speaker 1: that play.

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Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, I felt the same way. And everyone

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Speaker 2: was just standing and staring and like is he supposed

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Speaker 2: to be doing this? Like I'm sure he is this. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was so good. We had quite a few things

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Speaker 2: that I was Yeah, it was lots of sort of

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Speaker 2: stunts and cool stuff for people who are into that

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Speaker 2: with the FMX, you know, the big inflatable jump that

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Speaker 2: they were doing, and the things that those guys door

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Speaker 2: is incredible, and the Harley stunt drivers and the drift

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Speaker 2: cars pizzas. Yeah, numble biting stuff.

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Speaker 1: That's something for everybody. I think, like my producer Crystal,

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Speaker 1: you know, she absolutely loved it. Then my son who's

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Speaker 1: not quite a teenager, came home and was you know,

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Speaker 1: I kept talking about everything that he'd seen. So I

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Speaker 1: think you had something for everybody.

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Speaker 2: Amy, I'm so glad to hear that, because we had

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Speaker 2: we had skateboarding for kids this year, which was really popular,

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Speaker 2: and the super Kids Activation, which you know, we've wanted

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Speaker 2: to get up here for ages where the kids can

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Speaker 2: drive the little cars themselves and do all those sorts

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Speaker 2: of things. Yeah, we were hearing really good feedback on

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Speaker 2: that one.

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Speaker 1: And does the planning start now for next year's Supercars.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it absolutely does. I think I've probably had five

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Speaker 2: meetings already just over the weekend talking about the twenty

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Speaker 2: eighth year, So absolutely it does. We look for you know,

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Speaker 2: we do lots of research. We look forward to hearing

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Speaker 2: what everybody thought of the music and all the extra

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Speaker 2: activities when we start to plan all of that sort

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Speaker 2: of fan experience the next year too. So yes, work.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't stop, No, it truly doesn't. And particularly for NT

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Speaker 1: major events. I mean, what's next, what's next on the calendar?

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Speaker 1: Is it Territory Day?

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Speaker 2: It is, which I can't believe is almost is you know,

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Speaker 2: almost a week away now, So yeah, it's a Territory Day,

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Speaker 2: which I I'm super excited about too, So yes, we've

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Speaker 2: got that, and then Red Center that's coming soon after that,

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Speaker 2: and then obviously MXGP so heap for people to get

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Speaker 2: to be part of.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so much happening. Well, wonderful to talk to you

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Speaker 1: this morning, and I hope that everybody there at NT

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Speaker 1: major Events has an extra large coffee this morning to

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Speaker 1: get you through and to get you through the next.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the whole year is busy for major events.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't stop.

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Speaker 2: Really, No, absolutely no, there's a lot of coffee over

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Speaker 2: here today. I can say that.

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Speaker 1: Yet there would be welcome to major events companies executive

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Speaker 1: director Amy Luxton. Good to catch up with you this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your

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Speaker 2: Time, you too, Katie, thank you, thank you,