1 00:00:09,685 --> 00:00:10,805 Speaker 1: I Heeart podcasts. 2 00:00:10,845 --> 00:00:13,605 Speaker 2: You can hear more Gold one I four point three podcasts, 3 00:00:13,685 --> 00:00:17,205 Speaker 2: playlist and listen live on the free iHeart app. So, 4 00:00:17,325 --> 00:00:20,724 Speaker 2: like I was saying, we had these Christmas hams, and 5 00:00:21,285 --> 00:00:22,925 Speaker 2: last week it seemed like this would be a nice 6 00:00:22,965 --> 00:00:25,285 Speaker 2: way to say hello. It feels like, you know, I'm 7 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:27,805 Speaker 2: moving into a new neighborhood and going around all the 8 00:00:27,805 --> 00:00:30,284 Speaker 2: local neighbors saying hello, introducing myself and I've got a 9 00:00:30,325 --> 00:00:32,005 Speaker 2: gift for you before Christmas, okay. 10 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,165 Speaker 1: And so now we had it. 11 00:00:33,445 --> 00:00:35,885 Speaker 2: This week everything changed and it says we're all where 12 00:00:35,965 --> 00:00:38,125 Speaker 2: we can't be doing that, it's not right. But look, 13 00:00:38,125 --> 00:00:40,405 Speaker 2: we've got these Christmas hams. Why do we give them 14 00:00:40,405 --> 00:00:42,885 Speaker 2: to the first responders if they'd like them. So yesterday 15 00:00:43,165 --> 00:00:45,645 Speaker 2: a lovely man on the show called Josh You went 16 00:00:45,725 --> 00:00:48,644 Speaker 2: down to Bondi You went to the first responders to 17 00:00:48,684 --> 00:00:51,165 Speaker 2: see if they wanted these just very small gifts to 18 00:00:51,165 --> 00:00:53,284 Speaker 2: say we see you and thank you for your service. 19 00:00:53,965 --> 00:00:54,805 Speaker 1: So what was that like? 20 00:00:56,085 --> 00:00:59,845 Speaker 3: It was a really special moment and one that I 21 00:00:59,885 --> 00:01:01,764 Speaker 3: didn't know was going to be as special as it was. 22 00:01:01,845 --> 00:01:05,125 Speaker 3: But as I went down to Tema Emma Surf Life 23 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:08,205 Speaker 3: Saving Club, which is now their sort of main meeting 24 00:01:08,205 --> 00:01:12,084 Speaker 3: point to sort of connect, to do debriefs, and so 25 00:01:12,325 --> 00:01:14,325 Speaker 3: I knew I was kind of going to a main 26 00:01:14,405 --> 00:01:17,085 Speaker 3: point for them, and I didn't even know how to 27 00:01:17,325 --> 00:01:18,765 Speaker 3: enter him. Was it the front door, was it the 28 00:01:18,805 --> 00:01:20,965 Speaker 3: back door? How do you enter a stiff life saving club? 29 00:01:21,285 --> 00:01:22,445 Speaker 1: And do you want to get in the way? 30 00:01:22,645 --> 00:01:25,205 Speaker 2: They're also an act of life saving club and he 31 00:01:25,205 --> 00:01:27,445 Speaker 2: don't want to be an inconvenienced. But we wanted to 32 00:01:27,485 --> 00:01:30,285 Speaker 2: go down and say thank you. I'm not just us 33 00:01:30,325 --> 00:01:33,045 Speaker 2: on the team here, but everyone in Sydney absolutely. 34 00:01:33,765 --> 00:01:35,885 Speaker 3: And I met a gentleman by the name of Ben 35 00:01:35,925 --> 00:01:39,805 Speaker 3: there and he was sort of working out already, you know, 36 00:01:40,645 --> 00:01:42,725 Speaker 3: shirt off, ready to go and jump in the water, 37 00:01:43,245 --> 00:01:45,725 Speaker 3: and he met me with so much warmth and straight 38 00:01:45,765 --> 00:01:50,605 Speaker 3: away he was just taken by the gesture and nothing 39 00:01:50,645 --> 00:01:53,565 Speaker 3: more than just a big thank you. And he told 40 00:01:53,605 --> 00:01:55,725 Speaker 3: me straight away that I needed to speak with a 41 00:01:55,725 --> 00:02:00,365 Speaker 3: couple of other people, and one was a man named Rory, 42 00:02:00,445 --> 00:02:04,125 Speaker 3: who actually on Sunday was there when it was all happening, 43 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:07,125 Speaker 3: In all the chaos, his first instinct was to actually 44 00:02:07,245 --> 00:02:10,005 Speaker 3: run towards the water and to save people. 45 00:02:11,245 --> 00:02:12,365 Speaker 1: And it truly and this. 46 00:02:12,285 --> 00:02:14,524 Speaker 2: Is because obviously people were trying to find a safe 47 00:02:14,605 --> 00:02:15,965 Speaker 2: refuge in the water. 48 00:02:16,285 --> 00:02:19,525 Speaker 3: Yeah, people freaking out, not knowing what to do, and 49 00:02:21,005 --> 00:02:23,445 Speaker 3: it just really makes it very very real in that 50 00:02:23,525 --> 00:02:28,005 Speaker 3: moment to hear firsthand just how brave, how incredibly. 51 00:02:27,485 --> 00:02:28,885 Speaker 1: Brave, and the young kids. 52 00:02:29,205 --> 00:02:35,325 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, and to not think of yourself and it's 53 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:37,285 Speaker 3: just a lovely thing to be able to give them something. 54 00:02:37,845 --> 00:02:42,405 Speaker 3: And yeah, I think even now it's it's just to 55 00:02:42,445 --> 00:02:44,525 Speaker 3: your point there, just being able to say a hello 56 00:02:44,645 --> 00:02:48,245 Speaker 3: to people and really almost just that human element that 57 00:02:48,645 --> 00:02:51,845 Speaker 3: people are there and people are being brave. It's quite 58 00:02:51,845 --> 00:02:53,965 Speaker 3: a special thing to actually hear it firsthand. 59 00:02:54,005 --> 00:02:55,285 Speaker 1: What was it like to go down a bond II. 60 00:02:56,965 --> 00:02:59,405 Speaker 3: It's very silent. It's almost like the air and like 61 00:02:59,525 --> 00:03:02,525 Speaker 3: time is like standing still, like everything's slower down. 62 00:03:02,445 --> 00:03:04,565 Speaker 1: There by sacred ground now, isn't it. Yeah? 63 00:03:04,725 --> 00:03:07,045 Speaker 2: Unwittingly it has, you know, when you sent me your 64 00:03:07,045 --> 00:03:09,805 Speaker 2: photo of it yesterday, already felt just want to photo 65 00:03:09,805 --> 00:03:12,045 Speaker 2: the silence of it, because actually going to Bond that 66 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:14,205 Speaker 2: is not a place of silence. Normally, it's a place 67 00:03:14,245 --> 00:03:18,365 Speaker 2: of noise, chaos, laughter, people meeting up, you know, life 68 00:03:18,405 --> 00:03:21,725 Speaker 2: happening there vividly and in all the stuff I've seen. 69 00:03:21,805 --> 00:03:25,445 Speaker 2: It's very very quiet. Obviously, it's just so strikingly different. 70 00:03:25,965 --> 00:03:29,445 Speaker 3: Absolutely, and you know, nobody speaking, but then there is 71 00:03:29,525 --> 00:03:33,204 Speaker 3: sort of communication with the prayers and the loves and 72 00:03:33,245 --> 00:03:33,805 Speaker 3: the foot. 73 00:03:33,805 --> 00:03:35,805 Speaker 2: Is an act of silent respect, isn't it that? Actually 74 00:03:35,845 --> 00:03:38,605 Speaker 2: they don't need the words. The silence is are the words. 75 00:03:39,845 --> 00:03:41,765 Speaker 2: And so you went also to other first responders. You 76 00:03:41,805 --> 00:03:42,445 Speaker 2: went to the police. 77 00:03:42,525 --> 00:03:47,885 Speaker 3: Yeah, went to Bondo police station and I was wondering 78 00:03:47,885 --> 00:03:49,405 Speaker 3: if they can accept it, like is it in their 79 00:03:49,445 --> 00:03:50,085 Speaker 3: company policy? 80 00:03:50,125 --> 00:03:53,925 Speaker 2: Again, you've been told by the ambulance staff couldn't accept them. 81 00:03:54,045 --> 00:03:57,205 Speaker 2: They're not allowed to accept gifts, which I find extraordinary. 82 00:03:58,045 --> 00:03:59,245 Speaker 1: I think that's a real shame. 83 00:03:59,685 --> 00:04:01,325 Speaker 2: So anyway, you went to the police station and how 84 00:04:01,365 --> 00:04:03,645 Speaker 2: are they Yeah, they grabbed those hands off the. 85 00:04:05,965 --> 00:04:07,325 Speaker 1: Fish were the hams. 86 00:04:08,565 --> 00:04:11,045 Speaker 3: They had to get clear and they asked. I spoke 87 00:04:11,085 --> 00:04:13,285 Speaker 3: with a gentleman named Andrew and he goes, I've just 88 00:04:13,285 --> 00:04:16,165 Speaker 3: got to check check with my sergeant. And he went 89 00:04:16,245 --> 00:04:18,685 Speaker 3: away and came back and came back with the biggest smile. 90 00:04:18,485 --> 00:04:19,004 Speaker 1: On his face. 91 00:04:20,565 --> 00:04:23,445 Speaker 2: What else is that sergeant going to say? Standing in 92 00:04:23,485 --> 00:04:25,404 Speaker 2: at ten seconds to make it at the chip? How 93 00:04:25,445 --> 00:04:28,364 Speaker 2: many ams do you reckon, it's gone, follow him, see 94 00:04:28,364 --> 00:04:31,285 Speaker 2: where he goes, go back to his face, get more 95 00:04:31,364 --> 00:04:32,044 Speaker 2: Christmas hands. 96 00:04:32,604 --> 00:04:35,445 Speaker 1: Who doesn't love a Christmas hand? Right, So they chut 97 00:04:35,484 --> 00:04:37,484 Speaker 1: the hams. They did great, they did. 98 00:04:38,005 --> 00:04:41,485 Speaker 3: And then as I was leaving it really it's stopped 99 00:04:41,484 --> 00:04:43,565 Speaker 3: me because I was leaving and there was a whole 100 00:04:43,565 --> 00:04:47,484 Speaker 3: group of girls walking in all holding flowers and they 101 00:04:47,525 --> 00:04:49,404 Speaker 3: were just going to go the desk after me and 102 00:04:49,484 --> 00:04:54,924 Speaker 3: give flowers to the police. Yeah, it's just so lovely 103 00:04:54,924 --> 00:04:57,244 Speaker 3: because it's like those are the kindness and cares that 104 00:04:57,284 --> 00:05:00,564 Speaker 3: you maybe don't see, and to see it in person 105 00:05:01,284 --> 00:05:01,885 Speaker 3: was it was very. 106 00:05:01,804 --> 00:05:03,205 Speaker 1: Special, brilliant, lovely. 107 00:05:03,245 --> 00:05:04,885 Speaker 2: If there's anyone else you think we need to hear 108 00:05:04,924 --> 00:05:07,844 Speaker 2: about or we should be talking to, please let me know.