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Speaker 1: But we do know that the Mindle Beach markets were

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Speaker 1: able to go ahead yesterday. And joining us on the

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Speaker 1: line right now is the general manager, Peter Air.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you.

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Speaker 3: Peter, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 2: How are you very well? How are you going? How'd

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Speaker 2: it go last night?

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Speaker 3: We had a very good market actually, lots lots of

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Speaker 3: people and you know, our storeholders did very well. It

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Speaker 3: was a good night.

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Speaker 2: That's fantastic.

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Speaker 1: I mean, any idea of how many people were there

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Speaker 1: or is it a bit too hard to tell.

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Speaker 3: It's a little bit tricky for us because we have

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Speaker 3: so many entry points, exact numbers difficult, but it would

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Speaker 3: have been probably five to seven thousand.

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Speaker 2: Other say, oh fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Are you surprised that many turned out after, you know,

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Speaker 1: after those restrictions had been lifted.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was a little bit unsure of how it

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Speaker 3: would go. But per op markets on Saturday were very,

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Speaker 3: very busy, so that's you know, can be an indicator

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Speaker 3: for us as well.

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Speaker 2: And Peter, how did those stallholders go?

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Speaker 1: Much feedback from them in terms of you know, what

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Speaker 1: people were keen to get back in there and purchase.

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Speaker 3: Well, by all accounts, a very wide variety of things.

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Speaker 3: The craft people indicated to me that they had quite

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Speaker 3: a good night and a lot of our food stores

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Speaker 3: actually sold out of food.

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Speaker 2: Oh, that's fantastic to hear.

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Speaker 1: We were you anticipating that it would sort of be

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Speaker 1: that big to have food stalls running out on that

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Speaker 1: first night back.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think, you know, we were all a little

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Speaker 3: bit surprised, to be honest. You know, we're very lucky.

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Speaker 3: We do attract very good crowds anytime, but you know,

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Speaker 3: due to the circumstances, you know, everything was a bit

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Speaker 3: of an unknown. But you know, and people and the

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Speaker 3: tourists that are in town supported us very well.

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Speaker 2: That's great to hear, Peter.

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Speaker 1: Did you have to do anything a little bit different,

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Speaker 1: you know to what you usually would?

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Speaker 3: Well, we had, you know, we have our COVID safety

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Speaker 3: plan in place and we have had all this year

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Speaker 3: and of course last year, and so you know, we're

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Speaker 3: very used to the following direction from the Health Department,

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Speaker 3: and you know, the indications to us were that you know,

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Speaker 3: we could open with our current safety plan, so you know,

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Speaker 3: we didn't have to really change anything.

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Speaker 2: That's good. That is good to hear.

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Speaker 1: We know as well that the Chief Minister's been out

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Speaker 1: this morning saying that territory check in app is mandatory

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Speaker 1: for all places to collect customers and visited details, no

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Speaker 1: matter how long they're Therefore, is that something that you're

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Speaker 1: finding most patrons are fairly happy with doing and there's

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Speaker 1: you know, most of cooperatives.

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Speaker 3: Yes, you know, people are getting quite used to it

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Speaker 3: and they're quite good. It's a little bit more difficult

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Speaker 3: for us because we have so many entry points, but

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Speaker 3: all our stools have the QR code which covers the

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Speaker 3: whole of mindle on each stool and all the most

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Speaker 3: common entry points. So we're trying to capture as many

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Speaker 3: people as possible.

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Speaker 1: And Peter, do you feel ASO at this point in

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Speaker 1: time the restrictions on that will Sydney being a hotspot,

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Speaker 1: do you feel like that's having much of an impact

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Speaker 1: for us here in the territory when it comes to

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Speaker 1: the markets and the volume of people you've got visiting.

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Speaker 3: Look, I think the next few weeks or will tell

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Speaker 3: you know. I think we're okay with Melbourne at the moment,

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Speaker 3: and you know, we did get lots of visitors from

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Speaker 3: there and there's a lot of people coming by road

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Speaker 3: as well, so you know, our car park last night

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Speaker 3: was very very full with cars with number plates outside

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Speaker 3: of the territory.

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Speaker 2: Well, good on you guys.

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Speaker 1: It's fantastic to hear that it was a you know,

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Speaker 1: that it was a really successful market, and great to

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Speaker 1: hear that everybody's turned up in dry to get there,

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Speaker 1: you know, to get whatever they're after at the markets,

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Speaker 1: whether it's the arts and craft and whether it is

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Speaker 1: the food. I think it's wonderful that everybody's back out

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Speaker 1: and about.

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Speaker 3: Indeed, and we're eternally grateful for the great support that

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Speaker 3: we get.

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Speaker 2: Good on your Peter, thanks so much for your time

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Speaker 2: this morning.

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Speaker 3: We really appreciate it absolutely, Sasure Katie, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 2: That is the mindle Beach Markets general manager.

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Speaker 1: They're Peter Air and how wonderful to hear that, you know,

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Speaker 1: they had a cracking evening, plenty of people between five

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Speaker 1: and seven thousand turning up for the markets to support

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Speaker 1: all of those wonderful stareholders that we've got. I know

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Speaker 1: a lot of them are you know a lot of

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Speaker 1: you that do run those stools are good local people.

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Speaker 1: There are a couple there I think that you know,

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Speaker 1: travel around each year, which is wonderful as well. So fantastic,

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Speaker 1: The variety that we've got at all of our markets