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Speaker 1: Look a real change of pace right now though, because

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Speaker 1: we know that well, our territorian is walking two hundred

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Speaker 1: health and suicide prevention to honor her brother who took

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Speaker 1: his own life. Now, Brie Matthews has put a little

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Speaker 1: fun twist on her challenge. She's turned it into a

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Speaker 1: the show. Good morning to you, Bree. Hopefully I've got her.

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Speaker 1: Good morning to your Brie. We'll just try that again.

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Speaker 1: We're just having a bit of an issue with that

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Speaker 1: phone line, and if you just be with me a moment,

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Speaker 1: we'll see if we can get her back on the line.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully I'm able to now, Good morning to your Brie.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, how are you?

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Speaker 1: You're really good, lovely to talk to you this morning. Now, Brie,

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Speaker 1: are you currently walking or what's the situation?

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Speaker 2: We have hit the footpaths this morning and we are

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Speaker 2: just about to come on to the Stuart Highway.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff, So walking from the cave to to Berry Springs,

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Speaker 1: is that right?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 1: And so you're just about to hit the Stewart Highway.

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Speaker 1: How many of you are there?

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Speaker 2: Bray four walkers and my son.

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Speaker 1: Oh how old your son?

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Speaker 2: He's ten horn?

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Speaker 1: So is he going to walk the whole way with you?

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Speaker 2: Well, he's determined. I think he's as determined as where

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Speaker 2: I am. So let's see how he goes.

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Speaker 1: Aubrey. That's beautiful. And it is to honor your brother,

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Speaker 1: isn't it?

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Speaker 2: Yes? It is, yeah, who we lost last April to suicide.

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Speaker 1: So talk me through this challenge, this journey that you're on.

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Speaker 2: So I am on my journey raising money for are

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Speaker 2: you okay? Team? Doing it for Heat. It started last

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Speaker 2: year just me and my family, and I didn't think

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Speaker 2: decided that I will challenge myself to walk two hundred

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: And why not throw a little bit more of a

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Speaker 2: challenge within a challenge and walk sixty seven k's over

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Speaker 2: three days from Darwin City to Very Springs with some

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Speaker 2: pretty amazing pit stops along the way, and hopefully we

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Speaker 2: can spark some conversations and get people talking around mental health.

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Speaker 1: Oh what a wonderful thing to do, Bree. Tell us

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Speaker 1: where the pit stops are and can people come along?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, we are. So we're walking to the Midway

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Speaker 2: currently now, so we'll be there for lunch around one

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Speaker 2: one thirty today and then on to Flint for musical

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Speaker 2: Wingo Tomorrow. We'll be walking from Palmerston out of the

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Speaker 2: Howard Springs Tavern where we'll finish up at Humpy Do

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Speaker 2: tomorrow night, and then from Humpy Do out to noonmar

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Speaker 1: Oh this is incredible, Brie. And you are doing this

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Speaker 1: all in honor of your brother. Can you tell me

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Speaker 1: what your brother was like? Oh?

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Speaker 2: He was just there's no other words to sum him

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Speaker 1: Oh, Brie, I think it's beautiful what you're doing. I've

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Speaker 1: got two older brothers myself, and you know they mean

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Speaker 1: on this journey for him is a beautiful thing to do.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: How much does it mean to you having a little

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Speaker 2: Ah, here's my rock. I don't think i'd be where

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Speaker 2: I am without him over the last twelve months. He

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Speaker 2: means more to me than what you'll ever know. No,

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Speaker 2: it's pretty special, and I guess I've got to remember

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Speaker 2: that it was his uncle.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he is grieving in a different way, so he's

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Speaker 1: Oh, how nice. What a great thing to do, and

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Speaker 1: how lovely that your little fella's doing that. It makes

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Speaker 1: me feel quite emotional brief thinking about you both doing Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it is. It's pretty special.

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Speaker 1: And thinking about him doing that, you know, and just

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's from something that's started off so small, Like

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Speaker 2: I can't I can't thank the community that it's really

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Speaker 2: given me hope that no one is actually ever alone.

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Speaker 2: I'm just someone so small and to get to wear

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Speaker 2: I am and have the full support of our community

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Speaker 2: behind me. I was expecting to fall on my face

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Speaker 2: and this has just succeeded all expectations that I ever had.

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Speaker 1: Oh Brea, the Northern Territory would never let you fall

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Speaker 1: on your face when you're doing something so wonderful. I

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Speaker 2: It's Yeah, just it's kept my spirits high. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: my friends have been incredible, like they've they've carried me

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Speaker 2: in to have them here walking with me. Yeah, it's amazing.

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Speaker 2: And Bre, what is emotional?

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Speaker 1: It would be? I'm crying listening to you. Bre. How

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Speaker 1: at all the pubs deeer reckon, he'd like.

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Speaker 2: That he did enjoy a drink and he's got the

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Speaker 2: will be at every pit stop. He's cheering me on

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Speaker 2: and he's telling me never give up.

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Speaker 1: All beautiful Bree. How much money are you hoping to raise?

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Speaker 1: And what are you at so far?

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Speaker 2: I'm hoping to reach the ten thousand dollar mark. Six

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Speaker 2: weeks ago when I had this idea, I was aiming

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Speaker 2: for foreign I've suppressed that. I think about four and

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Speaker 2: a half thousand for doing it for heat soly halfway.

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Speaker 1: Oh fantastic stuff. Now where can people go if they

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Speaker 2: We have QR codes at all the venues that we're

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Speaker 2: stopping at, so the Cavna, the Midway, Slims, Farmersten, Howard Springs,

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Speaker 2: Cavern coumty Do, Nunama and Berry Springs. If you see

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Speaker 2: We have QR codes to make a donation. I do

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Speaker 2: have a Facebook page doing it for Heat.

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Speaker 1: Good on you. Well, I'll let people will no doubt

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Speaker 1: jump online and search as well if they go on

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Speaker 1: the Facebook page doing it for Heath Bree Matthews. It

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Speaker 1: is lovely to talk to you this morning. A big congratulations. Hey,

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Speaker 1: watch your son's name, jets Jet. What a little legend.

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Speaker 1: Tell him that you know that we think it is

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Speaker 1: absolutely awesome that he is walking with you and and yeah,

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Speaker 1: what a great thing for him to do as well.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to talk to you. Thank you, bre good on you.

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Speaker 1: We're all cheering for you. And hey, if anybody's out

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Speaker 1: there and sees you walking, make sure you give Bree

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Speaker 1: and her crew a big beep and a cheer along.

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Speaker 1: Good on your bray. Thank you,