1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: This is a Will and Woody podcast Mini. But when 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: you're in a rush, tell you what the situation up 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: in New South Wales, as you so eloquently put before 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: woods obviously very tragic New South Wales and Coinsland. The 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: amount of damage for the flood victims just enormous, and 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: they're saying it's going to take months, if not years, 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: to start to get themselves back to where they were. 8 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: But with every single one of these tragedies that we 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: talk about on the radio, there are always positive stories 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: that come out of here. Positive human triumph, human resistance 11 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 1: and human aid each other getting around each other. It's 12 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: bloody good stuff to see and to hear. And today 13 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: one of the great stories was a woman called Sky Swift, 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: who is from moor Willembar. I hope I've pronounced that correctly. 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: She couldn't get to her pharmacy. She couldn't get this. 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: She put the call out on social media to see 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: if anyone could help her get into work. She wanted 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: to open the place. She's one of only three pharmacies 19 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: that actually exist in me willim Bar, so she knew 20 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: she had to get their help. Everybody out. Sky joins 21 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: us right now so Sky, you put the you put 22 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: the call out on social media, and I just want 23 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: to tell everybody who picked you. 24 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: Up, the one and only Mick Fanning. 25 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 3: And so Skott, had he responded to your social media 26 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 3: post or was it a complete shock when he rocked up? 27 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 2: And now I was a complete shock. It was a 28 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 2: beautiful community effort. So what happened was I put it 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: on Facebook, see if anyone can get me into town, 30 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: I'll open the pharmacy and people will put phone numbers 31 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: for jet skis that were around. So I rang a 32 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: gentleman called Shannon, and then I orchestrated it with him 33 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: and then he said, Scot, I'm sending one out to 34 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,919 Speaker 2: you now. And I met him mid cow Paddock flooded 35 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 2: Kow Paddock, and he picked me up from a tinney, 36 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 2: and yeah, it turned out it was Mick Fanning that 37 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 2: turned up. 38 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: That is so mixed, so mixed. Just moonlighting is a 39 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: jet ski rider during the floods. 40 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: He's out there just helping. He's incredible actually, So even 41 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: on the way to the pharmacy, we did a midway 42 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 2: rescue run out of fuel, so we went and towed 43 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: the boat to safety. And then he's like I've got 44 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: to get Sky to the farm, pet surgent. So we 45 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 2: we shot through to Mornimber. 46 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: Wow, that is just what you want to hear about you. 47 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: They say never met your heroes, but not in the 48 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: case of this bloke. So so can I ask Sky, 49 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: will you attempt Obviously Mick had that incident with a 50 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: shark in South Africa a little while ago. Were attempted 51 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: to point at the water at any stay and just 52 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: stage and just shock him with a bit of a 53 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: shark trick, like shark. 54 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: I got to tell you it hadn't crossed my mind 55 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: fair enough. The bridge that the bridge we approached a 56 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: bridge that were high tied, so we had a duck 57 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: to get under the bridge. 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: So oh, how long How long did Mick have you 59 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: on the back of his chest Ski this morning? 60 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: Sky? Oh it was yesterday morning, maybe about fifteen minutes. 61 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 3: Just what did your chatter backs? Obviously after he's picked 62 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 3: you up, you know there's got to be a bit 63 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: of small talk there what we're talking about? 64 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: No, well there was, I mean I was hugging him tight, 65 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 2: so I didn't fall off nice but but no, we 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 2: were going so fast, so there wasn't there wasn't a 67 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 2: lot of chat, but he's been back in contact today, 68 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 2: which is beautiful, just offering help, you know, and letting 69 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: me know when supplies are coming so that I can 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 2: tell the police and the sees. 71 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: I say, Scott, hats off to you because there are 72 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 3: so many residents that rely on their medication, you know, 73 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 3: and that means you getting to the pharmacy and up 74 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 3: and get it to them. So hats off to you 75 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 3: and and and good on you during this absolute crisis. 76 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, least at least I can do it. 77 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: Yes, Scott, let's let's just give just on the crisis. 78 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: I can hear it's quite loud in the background right now. 79 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: What the hell's going on there? 80 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 2: We've just been slammed because normally there's four pharmacies and 81 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 2: for the last two days there's only been one, one 82 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: of me. So we've just been getting slammed. So normally 83 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: we shut an hour ago, but we're still going. I've 84 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: still got my whole team here. They're just incredible, So yeah, 85 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 2: I couldn't do it about my team, that's for sure. 86 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: And and if you've got enough people jet skiing you 87 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: in and out, I mean, would you like Marsia Hines 88 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 1: to jump on the jet skin and take one of you. 89 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: No, well, I'm staying in here, so I'm stranded from 90 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 2: stranded from home, so I'm staying in here. But we 91 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 2: did the same thing for the twenty seventeen floods, so 92 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: for four days it was just us, just our fumsy 93 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 2: So yeah, it's we just love for us, just reassuring 94 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: everyone that you know, they're going to be okay and 95 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,039 Speaker 2: looking after them. And you know, because people are without 96 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: their medicine, some are being washed away on their prescriptions 97 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 2: and they come in a panic because they don't have anything. 98 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: But we just reassure them that we'll look after them. 99 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: She with guy, you are genuine Ausie legends. 100 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I think wow, we should probably let you 101 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 3: go as well. It sounds like you're getting handed off 102 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 3: the work, so your help us there that are behind you, 103 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: We'll let you join them. 104 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: Sky. 105 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: Seriously, you're an absolute legend, mate, and good luck with everybody. 106 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: Yes, Scott, just before I let you go, is there 107 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: any message you wanted to just shout out to the 108 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: people there in and around New South Wales? 109 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 2: Oh my goodness, I wouldn't even know where to start. 110 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,359 Speaker 2: I mean, I just want to give a lot of 111 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 2: love to the people in Balanor and Lise Moore and 112 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 2: all the other places that are even more inundated than us. 113 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: But no, it's you know, I just want to say 114 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 2: you'll get through it. There's always people can help. It 115 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 2: is a tragedy, but there's always you know, light at 116 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: into the tunnel. 117 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 1: So just up, bloody love that skuy, great stuff, mate, 118 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us. Good luck they're down 119 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: at the Muilumbar pharmacy. 120 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 2: Mate. 121 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: You're doing a brilliant job. 122 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: Excellent. Thanks guys, no worries at all. 123 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: Mick's just waiting outside keeping the engine running. What a story, 124 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: Mick Fanning taking sky Swift into her pharmacy there in 125 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: New South Wales. That's what it's all about, guys, getting 126 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: around each other and getting through. Now you're done with 127 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: that 128 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 3: Why not check out more from Willen Woody on The 129 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 3: Full Show podcast.