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Speaker 1: Oh, the Lord Mayor Combat Scarlus.

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Speaker 2: I'm so sorry we're running so light for you this morning,

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Speaker 2: morning collection time.

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Speaker 3: I understand another three weeks and then everything would be

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Speaker 3: all right, normal, be back to normal.

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Speaker 4: That's then.

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Speaker 2: I do want to ask you, though I know I'm

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Speaker 2: saying yours are being celebrated this month, the City of

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Speaker 2: down actually hosting a raft of free activities and events

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Speaker 2: to recognize their contribution to the community.

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Speaker 3: I have to say, Katie, that my mother's ninety three

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Speaker 3: years old, yep. And that made the decision that I'm

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Speaker 3: going to actually go and visit here after three years

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Speaker 3: because I am seen here.

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Speaker 4: We only speak each other on video and messenger.

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Speaker 3: That would be her celebration for the Seniors Week and

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Speaker 3: certainly mine, because I don't want to go to funeral.

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Speaker 3: I want to see you when she's still alive and

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Speaker 3: well and she remembers who aim but for the seniors here.

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Speaker 4: I pay tribute to all of you guys. You came

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Speaker 4: here when you're young and you're stuck in the territory,

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Speaker 4: and you growed the territory.

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Speaker 3: I remember when I was the Minister for Seniors territories,

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Speaker 3: there were only about four percent seniors the territory and

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Speaker 3: now i's going about to eight percent.

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Speaker 4: City of down recognize your contribution.

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Speaker 3: And certainly we provide a lot of opportunities throughout our libraries,

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Speaker 3: throughout our services. We even teach so plenty on Yes,

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Speaker 3: we even teach seniors how to use the iPads to

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Speaker 3: keep in touch with their family. They're interstate like using

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Speaker 3: an iPad to communicate to by video. There's a whole

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Speaker 3: range of activities listed in our website. Now, all the

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Speaker 3: seniors that I use the iPads, they're very savvy and

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Speaker 3: they can actually access whatever we actually present to them via.

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Speaker 2: Websites, and so people will be able to jump online

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Speaker 2: check out all of those things. Events conn You've also

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Speaker 2: got that big plant. Give a why that's this weekend?

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Speaker 4: It's nice is this weekend Jiggly water gardens.

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Speaker 3: If you just want one or two thousand plants, you

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Speaker 3: better line up about eight o'clock in the morning if

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Speaker 3: you are lucky a bit early, because I tell you what,

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Speaker 3: sometimes I go the eight o'clock and have the plants

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Speaker 3: are gone because people are.

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Speaker 1: Killing up family or what.

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Speaker 4: Plans for family. Right, but only if you saw your car,

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Speaker 4: your idea car. Yeah, that actually you live in Darwin.

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Speaker 3: Because I have people from Mandora and from par Amazon

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Speaker 3: in Letzfield.

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Speaker 4: They came to.

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Speaker 3: Get plants and we're sorry, guys, it's only for the

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Speaker 3: local residence.

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Speaker 1: Like, how come there's.

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Speaker 2: Been such a push to do this by the Darwin

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Speaker 2: City Council Because I guess some people might go, oh,

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Speaker 2: is it money well spent?

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Speaker 1: And I think greening the territory is a good thing

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Speaker 1: to do, But why was.

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Speaker 3: This deciber You put a tree, You put a tree,

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Speaker 3: It brings the territory, It crings Darwin.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 3: The other thing, of course, is you have to remember

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Speaker 3: is a cost factor as well. If we plant it,

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Speaker 3: because of the cost and everything, a plant will cost

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Speaker 3: us about thirty forty dollars per plant.

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Speaker 4: If we give it away in the regist planet, it

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Speaker 4: costs much less.

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Speaker 3: And the other thing is if you plant your own

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Speaker 3: tree in your yard, you look after it yourself.

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Speaker 4: You nurture it, you're growing up in your verts.

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Speaker 3: The net outcome is about twenty thousand plants in the

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Speaker 3: last two years we've given out. And these twenty thousand plants,

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Speaker 3: even if sixty percent of five, it's still a lot.

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Speaker 4: Of trees in the ground.

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Speaker 3: But my prediction is and I say that because you

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Speaker 3: don't line up seven o'clock in the morning to get plants,

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Speaker 3: plant them and they let them die.

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Speaker 4: People really love them.

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Speaker 3: And the other thing we do is actually, when you

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Speaker 3: get the plan, will give you liftlets about the plant,

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Speaker 3: where to plant it, how to look after it, and

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Speaker 3: everything else, and a booklet what to plant in your

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Speaker 3: garden to attract flats.

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Speaker 1: Somebody will spend from a perspective.

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Speaker 4: And the response by the people is fantastic. We love it.

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Speaker 1: Can't anything else. We should be aware of a shortain

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Speaker 1: sweet this morning before this election.

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Speaker 4: I wanted to tell you, but there's no other public

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Speaker 4: holidays Christmas.

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Speaker 1: I know that is disappointing, very disappointed.

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Speaker 4: And they and the build up it's come bad.

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Speaker 3: Usually this time of the year we start getting humidity.

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Speaker 3: Today it's absolutely beautiful out there. And if it holds

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Speaker 3: another two weeks or three weeks.

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Speaker 4: I'll be very happy.

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Speaker 1: Yes, I'm here.

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Speaker 2: We'll contact Scarlus. We'll have a proper talk next way.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, we'll get into it.

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Speaker 1: Yes, thank you context so much for your time.