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Speaker 1: Real change of page right now, because more than two

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Speaker 1: hundred swimmers gearing up for an ocean swim at Casarina

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Speaker 1: Beach this Sunday. Swimmers can choose to do two different distances.

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Speaker 1: It is a really unique event and it's been organized

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Speaker 1: by Darwin's Surf Life Saving Club. Now joining me on

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Speaker 1: the line to tell us a little bit more is

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Speaker 1: the Darwin Surf Life Saving Club's Director of Education, Sharon Stewart.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Sharon, Good morning Katie. How are you.

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Speaker 1: I'm really good. How are you you all organized for Sunday?

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Speaker 2: I am so pumped. It's so exciting.

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Speaker 1: I love it. I love a good community event and

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Speaker 1: I love one that revolves around sports. So tell us

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Speaker 1: a bit more about you know, how far it is

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Speaker 1: and some of the finer details.

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Speaker 2: Okay, So it's a two point one for the serious swimmers,

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Speaker 2: and then we have a one point two for swimmers

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Speaker 2: who are serious as well, but also fun swimmers. So

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Speaker 2: you can join the one point two can where your flippers,

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Speaker 2: your goggles, your snorkels, you can wear whatever you want

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Speaker 2: as long as you do to one point two. Yes,

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Speaker 2: a bit of fun. Yes, we have got some great

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Speaker 2: water safety out there for you. Like all events run

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Speaker 2: by Surf Life Saving, we've got Life Saver A one

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Speaker 2: and two out on the water. The water police will

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Speaker 2: be there. We've got five IRBs or six obs in

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Speaker 2: the water with jet skis and also paddle crew and

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Speaker 2: board crew all around our swimmers making sure they are

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Speaker 2: totally safe.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's a really good thing to do, because I

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Speaker 1: know that for a lot of us, when you think

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Speaker 1: about swimming out in the open water in the Northern Territory,

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Speaker 1: you get a bit scared.

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Speaker 2: You do, But you know what, it's just like swimming

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Speaker 2: anywhere in any salt water environment. There are always free creatures.

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Speaker 2: So you know, Surf Life Saving takes everybody's safety, you know,

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Speaker 2: totally on board, and that's our primary goal and roll

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Speaker 2: on the beach, but this is a great opportunity for

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Speaker 2: Darwin to just showcase that it is safe to swim

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Speaker 2: in the water. Water is magnificent at the moment and

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Speaker 2: people are going to have a lot of fun. We

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Speaker 2: start from just up at Rapid Creek. We finish at

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Speaker 2: the club. We've got the DJ music going on. We've

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Speaker 2: got a sausage sizzle happening for all the swimmers We've

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Speaker 2: got lots of support from community. Wicked Energy is going

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Speaker 2: to be providing some drinks at the end, so everyone

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Speaker 2: feels totally refreshed, ready to come finish off their Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 1: How good, I reckon? It sounds like it's going to

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Speaker 1: be wonderful. How many people are you expecting to potentially

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Speaker 1: take part?

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Speaker 2: Well with a two hundred where we get up for

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Speaker 2: three hundred pas Darwin. If you're out there and you're

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Speaker 2: thinking about it, get online to the Darlin Surf Club

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Speaker 2: register and see me down on the beach at six

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Speaker 2: point thirty on Sunday morning and you will have the

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Speaker 2: best game.

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Speaker 1: Well, Sharon, I was going to say, I was thinking

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Speaker 1: O hot, no better. I don't think I could make it.

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Speaker 1: But when you said I could wear my flippers, that

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Speaker 1: makes things a bit easier.

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Speaker 2: Katie. I want you in that swim Love. We're going

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Speaker 2: to get a photograph of you. You'll be magnificent.

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Speaker 1: So no, it's only, but it's only the only the

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Speaker 1: one point two that you're allowed to wear your flippers

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Speaker 1: for or can you do that for boss?

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Speaker 2: No? The two point one we have to say for

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Speaker 2: the big serious swimmers. You know that's pretty special for them,

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Speaker 2: it is so, but get in that one point two Katie.

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Speaker 2: I'll be looking for your registration tonight.

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Speaker 1: My kids are too fast for me, Sharon, this is

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Speaker 1: my problem. I'll leave me behind now tell me.

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Speaker 2: I mean you.

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Speaker 1: Touched on this just before, but it sounds like you

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Speaker 1: do have quite a lot of resources there, you know,

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Speaker 1: making sure that everybody's safe. And I'm assuming as well

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Speaker 1: just those additional precautions in terms of crocodiles.

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Speaker 2: Yes, correct, So you know, as as always, the night before,

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Speaker 2: the rangers go out and do a bit of crocodile

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Speaker 2: spotting for us and they report back if there are

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Speaker 2: any sightings. We have a full risk assessment processing place

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Speaker 2: with Surf Life Saving and Tea as well, and we

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Speaker 2: have a team of people who come and review any

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Speaker 2: risks on the day. So there'll be a risk briefing

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Speaker 2: at around seven point thirty and the event will make

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Speaker 2: a decision whether it goes ahead or not based on

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Speaker 2: any sightings, whatever's happening in the water at the time.

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Speaker 2: And then we're expecting a green light, Katie, a light

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I was in the water on the weekend and I've

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Speaker 2: got to tell you, Darwen if you are not swimming

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Speaker 2: at Casarina Beach or a Nightcliff Beach or Mindle Beach

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Speaker 2: where it's patrolled, you are missing out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I love is that it is patrolled.

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Speaker 1: I actually went for a swim at Nightcliff yesterday. It

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Speaker 1: was beautiful, so nice to get out there, you know,

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Speaker 1: And I guess because we sort of can't do it

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Speaker 1: all year round, you know, it's a really nice thing

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Speaker 1: to be able to do.

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Speaker 2: Correct, And if it's on a patrol old beach, you know,

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Speaker 2: you've got the same safety as anybody else who's down,

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Speaker 2: you know, talky with white pointers swimming past.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you spot on your spot on now tell me.

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Speaker 1: I understand as well that this is actually Darwin's Surf

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Speaker 1: Life Saving Club's largest fundraising event of the year as well.

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Speaker 2: Is that right, is it? That's correct? Yes, this is

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Speaker 2: our major event and from this we will buy equipment.

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Speaker 2: We bought a new side by side last year with

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Speaker 2: some extra funding that was provided from the government as well.

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Speaker 2: But this is our major event where we get to

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Speaker 2: Showcasete also to the community all of the resources that

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Speaker 2: are available to them on the beach. If they go

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Speaker 2: down and jump in the water. But yeah, so yeah,

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Speaker 2: this is our biggest event for a fundraiser and I'm

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Speaker 2: very excited to be a part of it.

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Speaker 1: Oh wonderful stuff. It sounds like it's going to be awesome, Sharon.

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Speaker 1: To anybody oun't there listening, where's the best place for

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Speaker 1: them to go if they're keen to register? If they've

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Speaker 1: listened this morning and thought, do you know what I'm

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Speaker 1: keenas go straight.

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Speaker 2: To the Darwin Surf Life Saving Club. If you google it,

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Speaker 2: it'll only take you there and you can jump online

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Speaker 2: and register. And I just wanted to say, you know,

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Speaker 2: this swim is really community. We have so many sponsors

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Speaker 2: who actually make this happen and do contribute to this

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Speaker 2: being our largest fundraiser. And our major sponsor is MacArthur Rivermine,

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Speaker 2: who who had come to the party for another three

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Speaker 2: years after the last event because they thought it was

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Speaker 2: so fantastic on the day. So a big shout out

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Speaker 2: to all of our community members and all of our

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Speaker 2: businesses who help support Darwin's Surf Life Saving Club. We

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Speaker 2: love you.

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Speaker 1: Ah good stuff. Well you guys do a tremendous job.

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Speaker 1: So Sharon Stuart lovely to speak to you this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time and well, if

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Speaker 1: I don't see you Sunday, all the best.

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Speaker 2: Oh, thank you, Katie. But i'll see you. I'll be

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Speaker 2: hunting you now. Come on, Darwen, come on down and

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Speaker 2: have us cool on you Sharon.

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Speaker 1: It sounds awesome. I really appreciate you having a chat

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Speaker 1: with me this morning. All the best, thank you, thank you,