Speaker 1: It's a Christian Colors show.
Speaker 2: Now, this is how we normally begin a show.
Speaker 3: But today isn't a normal show because of the extraordinary news,
Speaker 3: which I think surprised everyone. I think we just thought
Speaker 3: the lateness of Dan Andrews press conference just meant more
Speaker 3: bad news or more delayed, another cautious pause.
Speaker 2: But the news that we are.
Speaker 3: Coming out of it and that midnight tonight are really
Speaker 3: out of it. We are a free give us our freedom, Melbourne.
Speaker 3: This is a It's amazing, isn't yesterday? It was just today.
Speaker 3: I don't think I've ever felt so connected to everyone
Speaker 3: celebrating joyous good news at the same time.
Speaker 4: Yep, it was everywhere. It was in the air yesterday afternoon.
Speaker 4: Wasn't it like firing off on social media? On everybody's
Speaker 4: group text. My wife was talking to her friends. I
Speaker 4: was talking to my friends. It was just everywhere. Everybody
Speaker 4: the city felt good yesterday.
Speaker 3: And is there that six million people all happy about
Speaker 3: one thing? That even Richmond winning the flag at the weekend,
Speaker 3: there's still be a lot of people like hate Richmond.
Speaker 3: They've won three in the last four years. There are
Speaker 3: still going to be woras everyone Yesterday, all of us
Speaker 3: were all celebrating this amazing news because all of us
Speaker 3: have had to go through the last what four or
Speaker 3: five six months of utter hell for some people, a
Speaker 3: really really tough head as well. But yesterday was just
Speaker 3: we've lived through history. We've actually lived through history. It's
Speaker 3: been an extraordinary year. But yesterday afternoon I think kind
Speaker 3: of took us all by surprise because I think everyone
Speaker 3: just thought it would be more news about the testing
Speaker 3: in the northern suburbs. So when Dan came out very
Speaker 3: late yesterday the afternoon and then announced that we were
Speaker 3: out of this and very very soon, and then suddenly
Speaker 3: everyone was talking about get on the beers. Ye. Dan
Speaker 3: Andrew's main message seems to be no, I'm gasha not
Speaker 3: the beer isn't enough for me.
Speaker 2: I'm going top shelf.
Speaker 4: Again for a week.
Speaker 2: And then Brett Sutton came out.
Speaker 3: His main message was science, science, science, Get on the beers.
Speaker 3: Then some guy came out from a university who crunches
Speaker 3: all the numbers, and his was numbers, numbers, data, Get
Speaker 3: on the beers. This year we've been told to follow
Speaker 3: the science. The site says get on the beers. Did anyone,
Speaker 3: did anyone have a freedom and drink last night.
Speaker 2: I had a beer last night.
Speaker 5: Oh okayd it was the best beer you've tasted in
Speaker 5: Agent joined it.
Speaker 3: I stood out of my deck and I raised it
Speaker 3: up to the skies like I thought.
Speaker 2: Everyone in Melbury had been doing it.
Speaker 3: I thought, is there everyone doing it? It is at
Speaker 3: Monday night, still going a week to get through anyway,
Speaker 3: so a very very different show for us today. We
Speaker 3: worked out yesterday. It's something like one hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: days in the second lockdown, which has been the hardest,
Speaker 3: hardest lockdown in it.
Speaker 2: I do appreciate as well.
Speaker 3: As much as we are so happy today, there are
Speaker 3: a lot of people that are going to take a
Speaker 3: lot of time and support to get back on their
Speaker 3: feet over the next couple of weeks and the next
Speaker 3: couple of months. Melbourne needs to be turned back on,
Speaker 3: to be rebooted. There's any way that we can help
Speaker 3: do that to any small or medium business, to let
Speaker 3: people that know that you back open for business.
Speaker 2: Please let us know this morning.
Speaker 3: But the big thing we're going to do today then
Speaker 3: even if this is still going on at nine o'clock,
Speaker 3: are stale now until it's done. One hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: days in lockdown for our second lockdown is extraordinary. We
Speaker 3: today are trying to try and find one hundred and
Speaker 3: nineteen reasons why Melbourne is awesome.
Speaker 2: One hundred and nineteen reasons.
Speaker 3: We're going to lock down one hundred nineteen reasons why
Speaker 3: this city is an awesome place.
Speaker 2: Jack, you kick us off.
Speaker 4: I will say the Melbourne dress code black from head
Speaker 4: to toe, maybe a little bit of gray, maybe a
Speaker 4: little bit of dark blue, maybe a little bit of white.
Speaker 4: For somebody who can't color coordinate in is color blind,
Speaker 4: the Melbourne dress code is perfect for me.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I had no idea when I moved here. My
Speaker 3: wardrobe in the UK was gray black. With a tiny minute,
Speaker 3: it's going to get so. I was managed to integrate
Speaker 3: very very easily.
Speaker 4: The city called you, Yes, Melbourne, Melbyn chose you chose
Speaker 4: Melbourne made me for the color tones, the muted color tones.
Speaker 3: All right, now, lines are open now nine four one
Speaker 3: four one oh four three nine four one one oh
Speaker 3: four three. Where are we going to write down? These
Speaker 3: are one hundred and nineteen reasons?
Speaker 4: All right, Well, gets one hundred and nineteen won't fit
Speaker 4: on our I'll start on this.
Speaker 3: Point, start on that whiteboard. So number one, dress code
Speaker 3: number two. This definitely awesome song by ACDC Swanson Street.
Speaker 3: All right, so we're off and running. We're just we've
Speaker 3: got we've got two, haven't we Yeah, we've got two.
Speaker 4: So we're not gonna get to a ndred and nineteen
Speaker 4: if we can't count to it.
Speaker 3: We do so because maths is not a strong point.
Speaker 3: Start at one hundred and nineteen and work back the
Speaker 3: only way we can get through the show together.
Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: So this morning, after one hundred and nineteen days, in
Speaker 3: the second lockdown, we're looking for one hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: reasons why Melbourne is an awesome city. We're counting down,
Speaker 3: So one hundred and nineteen. This great sub bay is
Speaker 3: a DC. It's a long way, it's not a film
Speaker 3: right here in Melbourne Swanson Street. Another great reason why
Speaker 3: Melbourne is awesome the dress code, the all black and
Speaker 3: gray dress code for gentlemen. Mark in Thornbury, Good Morning,
Speaker 3: Mark is saying Australia Melbourne is the food capital of Australia.
Speaker 2: Yep, I think we can take that.
Speaker 3: Jack So Jackie Boy one hundred and seventeen. I'm getting
Speaker 3: confused already when we start the show, all right, we're
Speaker 3: taking your calls down.
Speaker 2: Why is Melbourne awesome?
Speaker 3: Nine four one O four three, Rosie? Good morning. Look
Speaker 3: at that you're on the roads. You're on the roads freedom, Freedom.
Speaker 3: How did that feel? That news yesterday?
Speaker 6: Amazing?
Speaker 7: Amazing, so good.
Speaker 8: I'm so happy.
Speaker 2: Now Where were you, Rosy yesterday when you found out?
Speaker 2: Were you at home?
Speaker 3: Were you at work?
Speaker 9: Yes?
Speaker 7: I was calling you today and we all just celebrated.
Speaker 3: Whoa, Yes, it's awesome, it's amazing. And you off to
Speaker 3: work right now?
Speaker 10: Yes?
Speaker 2: Where do you work?
Speaker 3: What do you do, Rosie?
Speaker 7: I'm actually a correctional officer.
Speaker 2: Correction officer a little bit because we've.
Speaker 11: Got we've got prisoners that were getting quarantine.
Speaker 3: Yeah that's.
Speaker 10: But you know, I love my job.
Speaker 4: But yeah, so so the reason I love now, then
Speaker 4: is the weather.
Speaker 3: We've got four seasons one day.
Speaker 12: It's nothing better.
Speaker 3: You're quite right, actually, the seasons, four seasons in one day.
Speaker 3: You never quite know hour to hour what's what it's
Speaker 3: going to be. You get the howling wind sometimes as well,
Speaker 3: and then you get rain, snow, sleep, all in one day. Yes,
Speaker 3: four seasons in one day, Rosie, that's a great one.
Speaker 2: Thank you, all right, take care, well done.
Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: All right, so one hundred and nineteen days in the
Speaker 3: second Lockdown, and we are trying to find one hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen reasons why this city is great. We're asking
Speaker 3: a call in give your reasons why Melbourne is awesome.
Speaker 3: And we obviously we know about the MCG, okay, but
Speaker 3: what is it about the MCG? Is it the pies?
Speaker 3: For me, the thing that's also about the MCG is
Speaker 3: when I first went there, it was there are two
Speaker 3: different types of time to go to the MCG. Right,
Speaker 3: there's in the afternoon, which is amazing see a game,
Speaker 3: But for me, it was Friday night. The first time
Speaker 3: I did a Friday night game under the lights at
Speaker 3: the MCG. You're sat there having a bit. It's incredible,
Speaker 3: it's illuminated, you see it even more vividly. So one
Speaker 3: of the reasons I've got many reasons why we moved here,
Speaker 3: but one for me is Friday night under the lights
Speaker 3: at the MCG. There is nothing quite like that special atmosphere.
Speaker 4: We're up to one hundred and fifteen to go.
Speaker 3: One hundred and fifteen more reasons. That's all we need
Speaker 3: from you this morning. By nine, Shane Crawford hows some
Speaker 3: for us.
Speaker 13: The thing I love about the city of Melbourne is
Speaker 13: the people.
Speaker 12: It really is.
Speaker 13: It's all about the people. The people give the city heart.
Speaker 13: They're so welcoming and friendly and funny. There's lots of
Speaker 13: funny people out there. Passionate, they care. We've seen what
Speaker 13: we've just been through is how caring everyone is and accepting.
Speaker 13: We accept other states, other cities, people from all around.
Speaker 3: The world with open arms.
Speaker 13: We've even accepted a bloody Englishman onto our radio airwaves
Speaker 13: and we've made him number one by listening in and
Speaker 13: loving and adopting him.
Speaker 3: That's what Melbourne is all about. It is passionate, but
Speaker 3: it's not the hallway to his health.
Speaker 4: He's in a bathroom school.
Speaker 2: So the people there from crawff Well said Cruelf Hamish Blake.
Speaker 14: High question, it's Hamish here. Look to me, Melbourne. It's
Speaker 14: one of the great restaurant cities of the world. The
Speaker 14: hospitality scene is amazing. They've been doing it so tough
Speaker 14: throughout lockdown that it really is exciting for me. I
Speaker 14: mean to know that those restaurants and amazing cafes and
Speaker 14: pubs will be bouncing back, I mean throughout Lockdown as well.
Speaker 14: How incredible was it that so many of your favorite
Speaker 14: restaurants just pivoted and they did home delivery and you
Speaker 14: didn't have to get dressed up, go out into the
Speaker 14: cold and go to the restaurant. And actually, oh my god,
Speaker 14: oh that was amazing Lockdown, What have we done? What
Speaker 14: have we done? We were getting in it home.
Speaker 1: We've got to go out now.
Speaker 2: And the second one from Homus Blake.
Speaker 14: Another thing Christian Hamish, and another thing I love about Melbourne
Speaker 14: is look, I love bike riding. There's a lot of
Speaker 14: great bike rides you can do in Melbourne, and with
Speaker 14: the kids too, I mean just up and on a
Speaker 14: bike track along one of the many rivers or creeks.
Speaker 14: I know Jack lives in a city, he'd probably enjoy
Speaker 14: getting on a bike on a bike track. He does
Speaker 14: live near some Unfortunately, he doesn't have a bike anymore.
Speaker 14: I gave him one for no cost and it got stolen.
Speaker 14: He didn't he carelessly, He just let it get stolen.
Speaker 14: So he probably hasn't mentioned that on the show before,
Speaker 14: but he did just basically give away a bike I gave.
Speaker 1: Him to a criminal.
Speaker 14: But that's the thing I love too, just knowing that
Speaker 14: criminal is out there somewhere riding the.
Speaker 1: Bike, enjoying this again. It's heartwarming.
Speaker 14: I hope, I hope on one of one of the
Speaker 14: rides he had to think about his life choices and.
Speaker 1: Turned his life around. Got on your jack for making
Speaker 1: that happen.
Speaker 3: Is that right about the bike?
Speaker 4: Yeah, but that happened five years ago, and he said
Speaker 4: he gave me a bike for free, gave it to
Speaker 4: me as a birthday present, and it was the secondhand
Speaker 4: bike he didn't want anymore. But I do miss that
Speaker 4: bike and I was sad to see it go.
Speaker 3: Did you not change it up? I bet you didn't
Speaker 3: change it up.
Speaker 4: I did. I had one of those chains that looks
Speaker 4: like it's about that thing.
Speaker 3: Oh no, the weakest ones in the world.
Speaker 4: Weakest ones in the world, not.
Speaker 3: One of those big ones where you need like an
Speaker 3: oxy assettling welding equipment. You haven't got one of those
Speaker 3: big u ones.
Speaker 4: The ones that look like a bit of floss that
Speaker 4: go around.
Speaker 1: Hello, Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: We will find one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne
Speaker 3: is awesome, Thank you so much. Everyone who's texting and
Speaker 3: calling in Melbourne is back Jack. What have we got
Speaker 3: so far? There reasons why this is a great city.
Speaker 4: Well, it starts with ACDC and the video clip for
Speaker 4: It's a Long Way to the Top down in the
Speaker 4: middle of Swanson Street, the all black dress code, the
Speaker 4: food capital of Australia. Definitely, the fact we do four
Speaker 4: seasons in one day, Friday Night at the Mighty mcg
Speaker 4: The people, the restaurants, the bike paths.
Speaker 2: Patsy, what's it for you?
Speaker 5: It's got to be the coffee for me. Anywhere I
Speaker 5: go there's not a good brew as there is here
Speaker 5: in Melbourne.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean this city runs on caffeine, doesn't it.
Speaker 3: And I don't know how many places I've seen advertisers
Speaker 3: Melbourne's best coffee. Yeah, definitely put the coffee down. Yeah,
Speaker 3: it's great coffee here, all right. It's good as a
Speaker 3: line Simon, good on him, Good morning.
Speaker 15: The reason I love Melbourne is we have some of
Speaker 15: the best beaches in the world. Christian and summertime down
Speaker 15: the beach down the peninsula. Awesome, what a place to be.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's some stunning ones down at the Peninsula. I
Speaker 3: mean yesterday evening I was walking my dog even just
Speaker 3: near me down at a sandy beach. I mean for
Speaker 3: an Englishman, that's still a beautiful beach for me. So yeah,
Speaker 3: there's some beautiful underrated beaches here. I know everyone always goes, oh,
Speaker 3: they're not as great as the ones in New South Wales.
Speaker 3: But you've got some stunning beaches here, Saint Andrew's and
Speaker 3: gonna matter. Beautiful beaches that shit.
Speaker 15: And no better place to be in summertime than down
Speaker 15: the beach with your mates having a barbie, having a drink.
Speaker 3: Awesome, all right, Simon, thank you very much. You called
Speaker 3: enjoy your weekend if you go on the beers as well. Yeah, well, Simon, Justin,
Speaker 3: good morning, good morning, how are you well? We're great.
Speaker 3: This is the greatest stay of the year. Christmas has
Speaker 3: come early. It's like Christmas Day today, Simon, sorry, Justin.
Speaker 3: Why is Melbourne awesome? Oh?
Speaker 16: You can't go past Melbourne and let's produced some of
Speaker 16: the best Australian rock. Not only that, it has attracted
Speaker 16: some of the hottest beans in the world, such as
Speaker 16: Kiss and I'm going to fast forward to number one.
Speaker 16: Melbourne has attracted the best radio station ever in Goal
Speaker 16: one o four and you guys, you guys.
Speaker 3: Justin, that's quite a lovely thing to say. And you
Speaker 3: know what, yeah we're talking about how you know, there's
Speaker 3: the food capital of Australia and hands down Melbourne is.
Speaker 3: But you're right, live music, all the artists they love
Speaker 3: coming here. They won't just do one or two nights.
Speaker 3: Elton when Elton was it you I think he left
Speaker 3: the country, came back about three times and various parts,
Speaker 3: not just in Melbourne itself at Margaret Core, but he
Speaker 3: was going out into the wineries. We saw what Rochford,
Speaker 3: you know, it was going all over Victoria's. So it's
Speaker 3: the music capital of Australia. I would say that the
Speaker 3: Southern Hemisphere there's nowhere quite like Melbourne. You know, the
Speaker 3: all the sports that we've got here, but the music
Speaker 3: as well, you're right. I mean the corner stop just
Speaker 3: down the road from us as well. Corn I tell
Speaker 3: us that's some amazing live music over the years. Justin,
Speaker 3: Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 3: All right, we're coming out of lockdown after one hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen days. Just suns surreal, doesn't it?
Speaker 17: No?
Speaker 3: Believe we've actually done that stay at home lockdown one
Speaker 3: hundred and nineteen days, and we are lucky we still
Speaker 3: got to come here to the radio show, into the
Speaker 3: studio one hundred and nineteen days. That's just in the
Speaker 3: second lockdown. All right, So we're looking this morning. This
Speaker 3: is why we are ticking off. We're trying to find
Speaker 3: one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is awesome. Patsy
Speaker 3: named the coffee It is a city of some amazing
Speaker 3: coffee places.
Speaker 4: It is world famous. You go anywhere in the world
Speaker 4: and places that are trendy, even in the cities, great
Speaker 4: cities like New York will say we have Melbourne style coffee.
Speaker 3: At this cap best forristas might be.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's an exaggeration.
Speaker 3: I have come from London, where no one says this
Speaker 3: is almost like it is in Melbourne.
Speaker 4: London is it was a little slow to pick it up,
Speaker 4: but pretty much you either you left. They started to
Speaker 4: the other style coffee.
Speaker 5: All the immigrants from it Italy that we had in
Speaker 5: the fifties and sixties that brought it out. It's that
Speaker 5: culture that they brought decades.
Speaker 4: Ago, like mister Ronaldo McDonald, where you get your morning coffee.
Speaker 3: Yeah, all the great coffee shops. Patsy gets hers every morning.
Speaker 3: That warm brown silt from a McDonald's.
Speaker 5: Drive through at four am is good.
Speaker 3: But it's again it's those Italian immigrants. They talked, they
Speaker 3: brought them when they came out here. They came out
Speaker 3: with expressing machines. Plug them in. Everyone in Melbourne's not
Speaker 3: what is that coffee? Before?
Speaker 17: Then?
Speaker 5: We're all tea drinkers.
Speaker 3: Thank you, mister Italian immigrants.
Speaker 4: We hadn't heard of coffee.
Speaker 3: Jack hadn't heard of coffee.
Speaker 18: We had not.
Speaker 5: We didn't drink coffee.
Speaker 4: I'll take your word for it. You were around then.
Speaker 4: I wasn't. Thank you all right.
Speaker 3: Then, Matt. Another reason why Melbourne is an awesome city.
Speaker 3: It's not Sydney.
Speaker 4: That should have been number one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, come on, Sheila says lie On Street. If you're
Speaker 3: talking food and coffee, name it. It's Lion Street. I
Speaker 3: can't wait to go down there. Christ that's some Sheila,
Speaker 3: lie On Street. You're right, amazing place, great food and coffee.
Speaker 3: Marie Anne says Riverside Key on a Friday night. Mark
Speaker 3: says the Christmas time, maya windows have they said they're still.
Speaker 5: Doing it the show are doing it again?
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, it looks awesome. You haven't put your name here,
Speaker 3: but you're right, Queen. Victoria Market an amazing place to watch,
Speaker 3: the vibrancy of the city, amazing atmosphere. There's even flavors
Speaker 3: and tastes because until the nineteen fifties that didn't exist either.
Speaker 2: You didn't have food. Did you just add bread?
Speaker 3: Breadnant coffee? Now? No smear avocado That only came in
Speaker 3: nineteen seventy three, I believe. All right, so let's keep
Speaker 3: this going after seven.
Speaker 1: Christian Iconnell Christian o'connells show podcast.
Speaker 3: All right and another reason then, what I'm about to
Speaker 3: get into the race at stops the nation? Where is that?
Speaker 2: Everyone?
Speaker 3: Team? I was having a bit more.
Speaker 4: I was riding on the whiteboard.
Speaker 3: What did you say? Where is the race that stops ation?
Speaker 5: Where is it on the list? What number are we
Speaker 5: up to?
Speaker 17: No?
Speaker 3: It's not on the list.
Speaker 5: Oh well it should be today.
Speaker 3: Ready, Dan Andrews, put us shut the show down, put
Speaker 3: us back into lockdown.
Speaker 4: What I'm hearing? Do you want me to put Melbourne
Speaker 4: Cup on the list?
Speaker 3: I was hoping a bit a cooler response, you know,
Speaker 3: rather than just silence. I have only been in two
Speaker 3: enough years. I can't do everything. Guys, one more team?
Speaker 3: Where is the Race to Stops the Nation?
Speaker 5: It's on that list?
Speaker 15: I mean it's here in Melvine, Flemington.
Speaker 3: Why does it need to be this hard everyone for
Speaker 3: the last week?
Speaker 2: The Race to Stops the Nation?
Speaker 3: Where is it?
Speaker 4: Melny Melbourne?
Speaker 3: Now put it on the list.
Speaker 2: All right, this is amazing.
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Speaker 3: Christian, thank you, big balls, thank you all right. You
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Speaker 3: be the voice of our calling a song in a
Speaker 3: race style. You're going to work out what the song
Speaker 3: is this morning. Take it away, Paul, what is this song?
Speaker 3: They're at the gate.
Speaker 18: You're going to smoke your room off for an early
Speaker 18: leaves followed by the spell of one and cheap perfume.
Speaker 3: Still plenty of track to cover.
Speaker 1: It goes on and on and on and on. Strangers
Speaker 1: waiting up and down the boulevard.
Speaker 3: They're turning for home, their shadow searching in the night.
Speaker 14: Everybody wants a thrill, paying anything to roll the dice.
Speaker 3: They're in the home strets just three lengths. Some will win,
Speaker 3: some will lose.
Speaker 1: Some were born to sing the blues?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 2: What do you think the song is?
Speaker 10: Christian?
Speaker 15: Hello, Good morning.
Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: Each day you've got to guest the song that is
Speaker 3: at the races. Listen to Paul won the gig yesterday
Speaker 3: to be our race caller. What's today's song? Singer and
Speaker 3: I smoke your room off for an early leaves, followed
Speaker 3: by the Spell of One and Cheap Perfume. Still plenty
Speaker 3: of track to cover. It goes on and on and
Speaker 3: on and on.
Speaker 1: Strangers waiting up and down the boulevard.
Speaker 3: They're turning for home, their shadow searching in the night.
Speaker 3: Everybody wants a thrill, paying anything to.
Speaker 1: Roll the dice.
Speaker 3: They're in the home strets just three lengths. Some will win,
Speaker 3: some will lose. Some were born to sing the blues.
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to lines Lease, circummand him.
Speaker 20: Good morning, Christian, here you going.
Speaker 3: What a great day today, right, Lisee. Everyone's in a
Speaker 3: good mood.
Speaker 21: I know it's fantastic.
Speaker 20: Everyone's pretty excited.
Speaker 3: Yeah. What is there the thing you're looking forward to
Speaker 3: doing this weekend? Have you managinedal to go out anywhere
Speaker 3: local and book anywhere? Or No?
Speaker 21: Not yet, but I'll be onto that today.
Speaker 22: I'll be heading down to the local cub I think
Speaker 22: for a palmer and a pot.
Speaker 2: Awesome, All right, Lisa, what do you think the song is?
Speaker 21: I it's journey, don't stop believing.
Speaker 3: Well done you?
Speaker 11: Oh my god, you.
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Speaker 21: Oh my god, thank you so much.
Speaker 3: That's right, Lisa. You don't need to go out. You're
Speaker 3: gonna fte your friends round drink on Lisa's fine. Yes,
Speaker 3: all right, Lisa, well done, enjoy.
Speaker 6: Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show Podcast.
Speaker 3: After one hundred and nineteen days in Lockdown, we are
Speaker 3: locking down one hundred nineteen reasons.
Speaker 2: Why Melbourne is the greatest city in the world.
Speaker 3: Joe, good morning, Good morning, Christian.
Speaker 15: How are you.
Speaker 3: I'm great?
Speaker 2: How are you this morning? You're happy?
Speaker 3: Are you excited? Are you relieved?
Speaker 21: Oh? I'm feeling pretty good. I'm apt the athletics troke
Speaker 21: to my early morning exercise. Ready to go take today on.
Speaker 3: Actually starting to feel guilty now you're already work it out.
Speaker 21: Half seven, got to get rid of the lockdown. Wait,
Speaker 21: you know that's amazing.
Speaker 3: I think there's going to be a lot of that.
Speaker 3: The gym's open next week. But Victoria does its priorities right,
Speaker 3: Pubs first, pubs first gym next week to work it off.
Speaker 2: But let's get everyone back in the pubs first.
Speaker 3: Joe, what do you think? What is it for you? Then?
Speaker 3: That makes Melbourne so special.
Speaker 21: Melbourne has the friendliest people in the world. You know,
Speaker 21: the people are so kind. And as I was saying
Speaker 21: to Jack on the phone before last weekend, my mum
Speaker 21: had some surgery just she's been waiting since earlier in
Speaker 21: the year and when she was at the doctors she
Speaker 21: had to get some tests and stuff in the days before.
Speaker 21: And this family had traveled down from Regional and because
Speaker 21: they say, you know, you need to limit your movements
Speaker 21: when you come into Metro and Melbourne and that kind
Speaker 21: of thing. All they wanted was a coffee and they
Speaker 21: were deliberating, you know, shall we try And in the
Speaker 21: end mum just grabbed her keys, got McCallen and went
Speaker 21: and brought them a couple of coffees so that they
Speaker 21: didn't have to worry about it.
Speaker 3: Ah, what a lovely story that's going to make everyone
Speaker 3: feel great here and that you're right. I can say
Speaker 3: per seven moved in with my family. We've been showing
Speaker 3: nothing by kindness by everyone, you know, not even just
Speaker 3: the people listening to the radio show, but just moving
Speaker 3: here in the last two off years. I can say,
Speaker 3: hand on art, the friendliest people in the world. The
Speaker 3: real stuff for me about Melbourne. Crawth mentioned it earlier
Speaker 3: in his message, was it is you, guys. It's the
Speaker 3: people here in Melbourne, you know, that's what makes it
Speaker 3: so unique, so special. Lots of great places here and
Speaker 3: so amazing place to go and visit and enjoy and
Speaker 3: eat him. But it's the people for me and just
Speaker 3: hearing that story there, that's what it is that should
Speaker 3: been number one. Really, it's you, guys, Joe, lovely story.
Speaker 3: Enjoy the workout to day at the track.
Speaker 21: Thanks very much, guys.
Speaker 1: Christian, Hello, Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 3: To finding one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is awesome?
Speaker 2: We need how many more reasons do we need to go?
Speaker 4: We've got ninety six to go. More than halfway through.
Speaker 2: The ninety six to go.
Speaker 3: I've got a couple as I found out on this show,
Speaker 3: there was a lama that just walks around Fitzroy that
Speaker 3: is called barrick o Lama. Whether the city in Australia,
Speaker 3: what are the city in the world has a resident
Speaker 3: lama called barrack o Lama that just wanders around. We
Speaker 3: had eyewitness account. It's an actual thing. The only reason
Speaker 3: we even talked about this was an email from Scotland
Speaker 3: where someone found out about it in a pub.
Speaker 2: Someone had just come back.
Speaker 3: From Melbourne telling everyone in Scottish pub in Melbourne they're crazy.
Speaker 3: They've got lampers on the streets. So yeah, barrick o'lama.
Speaker 2: No other city's got that. Also, don't you love?
Speaker 3: I love? I know they're great bar sire, but we
Speaker 3: all love a proper, small, intimate pump. I mean with
Speaker 3: a proper jukebox as well. You put your money in
Speaker 3: and you wait for your songs, you click through the albums.
Speaker 3: Best pub I've been to here's an Irish pub here.
Speaker 3: Bob Murphy took me to it yesterday. We were swapping
Speaker 3: dates when we can finally go back to it. The
Speaker 3: Drunken Poet just around the corner from Queen Bitmarket. It's
Speaker 3: an amazing Irish pub with a killer jukebox, genuine Irish
Speaker 3: staff as well. I love that pub. Can't wait to
Speaker 3: go back in a couple of weeks time, Jackie boy.
Speaker 3: What's it for you? Can?
Speaker 4: I mention Tasty Rooster, the local charcoal chicken shop Berg
Speaker 4: Oh my god, the best chips. The best chicken is
Speaker 4: so good and the prices are unbelievable. You can eat
Speaker 4: more than you can eat for seven dollars.
Speaker 3: That is great. You're making me hungry as well? Can
Speaker 3: we also there? Mention that the good places that look
Speaker 3: after us in Richmond Cheeky Monkey down on Swan Street
Speaker 3: as well. If you ever in Richmond you're near Swan Street,
Speaker 3: check out Cheeky Monkey. They'm actually keep that little window
Speaker 3: at the side open over the last five months. Every
Speaker 3: day off the show, I pop in there and see
Speaker 3: them as well.
Speaker 4: Thanks to all all the businesses in Melbourne as well
Speaker 4: who cut a little window into their stores. It's just
Speaker 4: been so handy.
Speaker 3: Thank you. What's the place up on Bridge to do that?
Speaker 3: Amazing Hawks chocolate that we get to as well?
Speaker 9: What is it cool?
Speaker 3: The Waffle Press, The Waffle Press, Good Morning the Waffle
Speaker 3: Press as well the big fans of the show, they'll
Speaker 3: always supporting what we do. All right, let's take some
Speaker 3: calls here then, So ninety seven reasons left to go
Speaker 3: of why this is a great city. We can easily
Speaker 3: do this. Trevor, good morning, good morning. Go yeah, I'm
Speaker 3: good Trevor. You're happy this morning?
Speaker 23: OHI yeah?
Speaker 3: Yeah? And that's an emotionar we get sometimes on a
Speaker 3: day like this, historical day. Hi. Yeah, and Trevor, Trevor,
Speaker 3: why is Melbourne great? What have you got for us?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 10: We're there actually double chicking on Google.
Speaker 15: Where else in the world would you get two public
Speaker 15: holidays for sporting events?
Speaker 3: Right? We get the Friday, Friday for Grand Final.
Speaker 12: And Tuesday this time next week is top days.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right. And the great thing is right, we're
Speaker 3: sport mad in Britain, right, Soccer mad, rugby mad cook man.
Speaker 3: There's no day off for sport, not just that the
Speaker 3: one that I still can't wrap my head around, the
Speaker 3: Grand Final. Okay, it's the day before. It's not the
Speaker 3: Monday when you eat nursing a two day or three
Speaker 3: day hangover the day before it.
Speaker 4: What I loved about this year as well is we
Speaker 4: it's usually to mark the carnival, the pride the city. Yeah,
Speaker 4: we didn't have a pride.
Speaker 3: But we still have that. I can't take that away.
Speaker 3: That's not been canceled this year. You're right, Trevor, great one,
Speaker 3: Thank you very much, Trevor, have a good.
Speaker 10: Day, okay, God thanks, keep up with the work.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much. The say's like a doctor making
Speaker 3: calls on a speaker phone. Good Trevor, Lacey, good morning,
Speaker 3: good morning. How are you Lacey?
Speaker 2: Were great? So why is Melbourne great for you?
Speaker 3: Lacey?
Speaker 14: Because we brought.
Speaker 7: Home all three Grand Finals, the Melbourne Vixens, Richmond Tigers
Speaker 7: and the mighty Melbourne Storm.
Speaker 3: Yeah, incredible scenes. You're right, it's amazing after a year
Speaker 3: where all those sports were not even here. Yeah, Vixen,
Speaker 3: Storm and the Tigers. Amazing stuff. You're right, still do that, Lacey,
Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Let's go to Scott Coome Onrning.
Speaker 9: Scott, Good morning Christians.
Speaker 2: Why is Melbourne awsome?
Speaker 24: Melbourne's awsom for the Ron prey night in Melbourne?
Speaker 4: Yeah, well it all started at the Grand Prix. Remember
Speaker 4: people were outside the gates.
Speaker 3: Last year as there was Hamilton was already taken off
Speaker 3: Tullamarine and getting out of town, people working out going
Speaker 3: is it's still on them one thousands of people down
Speaker 3: on a Friday, not knowing what was going on. They
Speaker 3: just sort of said, it's not it's not happening. Actually, yeah,
Speaker 3: you're right. That's when we really start to realize this
Speaker 3: is getting weird. Yeah, all right, that's great. Well, thank
Speaker 3: you very much, Scott, keep them coming.
Speaker 1: Hello, Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: I need to describe the scenes in here right now.
Speaker 3: In the studio. We have windows. I did have windows,
Speaker 3: but it's they've all been blocked out with whiteboards.
Speaker 4: Because nobody's in the building. Everyone's still working from home.
Speaker 4: All whiteboards in the building and now ours confiscated come
Speaker 4: and deered for this radio show.
Speaker 3: Because we were counting off these one hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: reason each one is for one. The one hundred and
Speaker 3: nineteen days have been in lockdown. It's obviously taking up
Speaker 3: a lot of space and you've just spent five minutes
Speaker 3: barricade in the windows here with an enormous it's the
Speaker 3: world's biggest white ball. Serious is like the score crew
Speaker 3: screen at the MBCG. We can't see daylight in here.
Speaker 4: But now we will definitely fit all our one hundred
Speaker 4: and nineteen.
Speaker 3: Okay, so it's Andrew Brown at work, Christian A couple
Speaker 3: of reasons why Melbourne is awesome South Melbourne. Dim Sims, Yes, Sims.
Speaker 3: How can we not dumb dim Sims yet? Team Hot
Speaker 3: Jam Donuts they reckon yesterday. The big news that we're
Speaker 3: coming out of lockdown too is gonna be known as
Speaker 3: a donut day. So let's make a date in the
Speaker 3: calendar for next year. But Hot Jam Donuts specifically from
Speaker 3: Dandenong Market.
Speaker 5: Oh, I've had the ones at Vicki Market.
Speaker 3: Yeah, man, I want some of those slaves open on
Speaker 3: Tuesday as well. Puffing Billy Yeah, no, you love Puffing Billy, Patsy.
Speaker 5: Yes, it's awesome.
Speaker 3: The Australian Open we just heard people raving about. Obviously
Speaker 3: you got the Grand Prix here, but the Australian Open
Speaker 3: as well. That whole area you can just go down
Speaker 3: even if you can't pay for a ticket, You could
Speaker 3: just go down there and watch it on the big
Speaker 3: screens and have a couple of drinks. That whole precinct
Speaker 3: down there is amazing Australian Open.
Speaker 2: And also, yes, you're right.
Speaker 3: The town, the botanical gardens. There are so many great
Speaker 3: races that go down there. The town itself stunning around there.
Speaker 3: And then there's that beautiful restaurant they've got down there
Speaker 3: where I must say, a delightful afternoon cream tea.
Speaker 2: Oh I seen this bit. We love a nice afternoon
Speaker 2: cream tea.
Speaker 3: They've got a great one down there, and I generally
Speaker 3: have been to it three times as well. All right,
Speaker 3: there's squeeze in a couple of calls before we hit
Speaker 3: the news, A date with Patsy Tracy.
Speaker 11: Come morning, Good morning Christian and everybody.
Speaker 10: How are you well?
Speaker 3: We're excited, were relieved, probably like you, Tracy, how are
Speaker 3: you feeling this morning?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 8: Out face, go up to it.
Speaker 7: I'm a nurse, so my dates role screwed up for
Speaker 7: today is my Saturday.
Speaker 3: And on behalf of everyone. Thank you so much for
Speaker 3: you and your colleagues wherever you are, whatever hospital, whatever unit,
Speaker 3: and all the frontline workers, I mean could fill the
Speaker 3: other eighties spaces. Really just about what you guys have
Speaker 3: done over the last couple of months in the Ppe
Speaker 3: gear that's really at the front line.
Speaker 7: Yeah, not surprisingly obviously that's one of the reasons I'm
Speaker 7: calling is just I guess the reason I think Melbourne
Speaker 7: is great is some of the best healthcare staff around. Really,
Speaker 7: you know, they've shown it to work every day, regardless
Speaker 7: of what's been going on everywhere else, and just you
Speaker 7: know they've done their job.
Speaker 11: Obviously at the nurse I've.
Speaker 7: Given a big shout out to all the nurses, but
Speaker 7: obviously there's a lot more to do it than just
Speaker 7: the nursing staff. It's everybody, you know, clerk's, orderlies, security, everybody. Really,
Speaker 7: you know, everybody had turned up to work every day
Speaker 7: and just done their job and got on with it,
Speaker 7: and in obviously difficult circumstances. So I'm really proud to
Speaker 7: be part of Yeah, such a great place, and.
Speaker 3: Then you work so hard to keep the city safe. Tracy,
Speaker 3: were abouts do you work?
Speaker 7: Our work at Sunshine Hospital which is part of Western
Speaker 7: Health yep.
Speaker 3: Also, well, thank you very much to UNI colleagues for
Speaker 3: working so hard and extraordinary unpresented circumstances.
Speaker 2: We owe you so much. But thank you is not enough,
Speaker 2: but thank.
Speaker 7: You, no cheers, thanks guys, and thanks everybody out there
Speaker 7: for their support. Now we've received lots of really nice
Speaker 7: donations and packs and food and all sorts of things.
Speaker 7: So a big shout out to all the businesses across
Speaker 7: Melbourne and organizations that have supported all the healthcare staff
Speaker 7: for with this really difficult time.
Speaker 3: Lovely Tracy, thank you very much, Take care.
Speaker 7: Thanks jeers guys, keep up the great work.
Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 3: So today to mark the one almost said, one hundred
Speaker 3: nineteen days in captivity, it's exactly like that. We've been
Speaker 3: in human zoos. I reckon, we're a day or two
Speaker 3: from fillinging up poop at each other other monkeys.
Speaker 4: Maybe we don't know anymore.
Speaker 3: Not just that my wife and I put to go
Speaker 3: to the pub on Friday night. You know it's in
Speaker 3: two hour windows and Yester's they going, what do I wear?
Speaker 3: Where are those clothes? Can I still go in tracksuit
Speaker 3: pants and a T shirt I've been living in for
Speaker 3: the last six months? All right? So one hundred and
Speaker 3: nineteen days, let's go with this in captivity, we're now
Speaker 3: trying to find one hundred and nineteen reasons why this
Speaker 3: city is a great city. I think there's another one there.
Speaker 3: I mean Dan Andrew's most important press conference out of
Speaker 3: many many important how many has he done? Like over
Speaker 3: a billion day to day? Seriously, that guy, how's he coach?
Speaker 3: But his most important press conference actually was yesterday. It's
Speaker 3: a historic moment, not just for Victoria but for Australia
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 2: And in the world. They're replaying that all over the world.
Speaker 2: It's not on the BBC.
Speaker 3: They've been playing that clip of Dan announcing yesterday that
Speaker 3: we're coming out of it. I love the fact that
Speaker 3: at that very very important press conference, one are the
Speaker 3: hardball questions. When can we go back on the beers?
Speaker 3: That's the question we want to know, all right, So
Speaker 3: we need Jack. What number are we up to? We
Speaker 3: committed to finding our one hundred and nineteen reasons why
Speaker 3: Melbourne is great. We need your ideas. We need your reasons.
Speaker 3: Small local businesses that you've known that you go to
Speaker 3: every day, your pubs, your cafes, your restaurants, your favorite
Speaker 3: music venue, where your kids go to school. These are
Speaker 3: this is the stuff of life. This is what makes
Speaker 3: our lives. What it is about are the local things
Speaker 3: in our areas and communities. Let's name these places who
Speaker 3: have gone into a hibernation whilst we've been in captivity
Speaker 3: over the last couple of months, Jack, how many more
Speaker 3: do we need?
Speaker 4: Is it eighty we're counting backwards from one hundred and
Speaker 4: nineteen or at eighty five we need a hunt. We
Speaker 4: need eighty four places or eighty fourth reasons why Melbourne
Speaker 4: is great before nine am.
Speaker 3: I know you can do this, Melbourne. You've just done
Speaker 3: a hundred and odd days in captivity.
Speaker 1: Christian Christian o'connells show podcast.
Speaker 3: So we are counting down because this show sucks at maths, kids,
Speaker 3: this is what happens if you don't get your grades.
Speaker 3: You'll end up here being dragged out your bed in
Speaker 3: the middle of the night based to a radio show.
Speaker 3: All right, So we're counting down from one hundred and nineteen.
Speaker 3: The reason why one hundred nineteen one hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: days is what you've all been through. So one hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is Great? Jack.
Speaker 2: We're currently sitting strong.
Speaker 4: Acts number eighty two to go, and.
Speaker 3: Because it's historic times, this show will not be finishing
Speaker 3: at nine am. We will finish when we have done
Speaker 3: one hundred and nineteen reasons. Is everyone hungry? Does anyone
Speaker 3: want work? Want food? Today? I order food for us
Speaker 3: if we're pushing through nine am, I would like something, okay, Uh,
Speaker 3: Jessica has got some reasons here, Patsy like this twenty
Speaker 3: four hour Kmark, Coles and Macus. Girl, can I live?
Speaker 3: Came out of the least I know.
Speaker 2: I mean, is there a twenty.
Speaker 4: Four hour Ki?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 4: Where's it?
Speaker 5: There's a couple out west who.
Speaker 3: Is at three am? Boy, can I go cour three?
Speaker 3: I need that spice rack?
Speaker 5: I love it.
Speaker 4: I need another hamper.
Speaker 5: I've been known to do it on the way to
Speaker 5: work around Christmas time. Beat the crowds.
Speaker 3: I did not there that came art was open twenty
Speaker 3: four hours makers all right, so twenty four I came
Speaker 3: up Coles Mackers. Jessica clearly like shopping. She's also got
Speaker 3: Christmas forty forty eight hour trading at Chadstone. Yeah eight
Speaker 3: hours a week. Oh, I see eight days a week.
Speaker 2: So Chaddy Free trams in the city.
Speaker 5: Yeah, the City Circle Trail, Yeah.
Speaker 3: That is pretty cool. That's very cool. The Art Center spire.
Speaker 5: Oh, I love that whole precinct around there.
Speaker 3: Is just beautiful, isn't it. Yeah. Flinders Street Station. I
Speaker 3: can't believe that we haven't had and the clocks the clock.
Speaker 3: That's a meeting place, all right.
Speaker 4: You know I heard the clocks in the eighties they
Speaker 4: almost took the clocks down and made themal digital.
Speaker 3: Yeah, god, beautiful it is. It's a centerpiece. It's where
Speaker 3: you meet up, you arranged to meet people.
Speaker 5: And the opposite there to Christian Young and Jackson's the pub.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Also there's the So I think we have Flinder Street.
Speaker 3: I think we have the Clock as a separate thing. Yeah.
Speaker 3: It's iconic with like iconic wrapped in iconic brood in iconaism.
Speaker 3: Also when you're talking about Flinders, well, what is that
Speaker 3: amazing ice cream place at the lane ways opposite there's
Speaker 3: one wagon. Word is incredible. The twinkly lights in the
Speaker 3: trees on Saint Kilda Road.
Speaker 4: I love that.
Speaker 3: Sometimes you're driving on and you think you're in Florida.
Speaker 3: The Rowers on the Yarrow and never can been to
Speaker 3: Florida to see it on TV. The Rowers on the
Speaker 3: Yarrow as you walk over the Princess Bridge, and you
Speaker 3: know what, going through lockdown together. This will make this
Speaker 3: city stronger, Seriously, it will so much will come out
Speaker 3: of this, but it will make us all stronger together,
Speaker 3: all right. A couple of quick calls them. Glenn, good morning.
Speaker 10: Good morning. Yeah, the snacks, the sausage with the onion
Speaker 10: on top.
Speaker 2: On top, it's going to be on top.
Speaker 3: You're quite right.
Speaker 11: It's the Alman mentioned you can kill them there.
Speaker 24: I'm not going nothing.
Speaker 2: That's a great one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we can definitely put that one in Glenn, thank
Speaker 3: you very much, Thank you, all right, Glenn. Jane, good morning.
Speaker 17: Hi.
Speaker 22: I love Melbourne for the Astor Theater and the Classic.
Speaker 11: Theater in Elston, beautiful art.
Speaker 7: Deco and have a nice glass of one, watch a
Speaker 7: great movie.
Speaker 3: Lovely beautiful venues. Two great venues there as well. The
Speaker 3: Asta's stunning there. They sometimes have original movies on the
Speaker 3: actual projectors as well as britt. We saw The Irishman.
Speaker 3: So we were there for ten days watching Jack and
Speaker 3: I did for a long, long haul, beautiful place.
Speaker 7: Jack did has to mention that I.
Speaker 3: Totally saved the gold from edge jacket. Okay, it's the
Speaker 3: second time we've heard he's been chatting people up off there. Now.
Speaker 2: That's all right, Jane, thank you very much.
Speaker 3: That's the other thing I meant about Flinders, that old
Speaker 3: fashioned little photo booth.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, so that black and white one.
Speaker 3: That one there, I love that as well.
Speaker 1: Christian Show Podcast.
Speaker 3: So we are tearing through one hundred and nineteen reasons,
Speaker 3: one each reason for the one hundred and nineteen days
Speaker 3: you've all endured in this second lockdown.
Speaker 2: Jack, we've got to come more quickly. Rialto Tower.
Speaker 4: Oh yes, yep, I remember going there as a kid.
Speaker 4: It used to be the tallest.
Speaker 3: Building in Melbourne.
Speaker 4: Oh right, and then eureka pimped it.
Speaker 2: The big wheel.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, that's a big wheel.
Speaker 3: Say that is one thing you do not rave about,
Speaker 3: but would take it. Today's a days You're proud of everything,
Speaker 3: even that big will and even the quietness and the
Speaker 3: windiness of the Docklands area generally. That's Chris and King's Park,
Speaker 3: Melbourne Zoo. I think we've mentioned the elephant house there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, but the rest of the animals also, Yeah, shout out.
Speaker 3: All the animals, so listening right now, shout out to
Speaker 3: all the animals at Melbourne Zo where ab Zoo as well.
Speaker 5: Yes, the open range brilliant.
Speaker 3: The aquarium, The Dogs Bar in Sint Kilda, great place
Speaker 3: for a bit up in there. That is a great
Speaker 3: place for a beer and a good party as well.
Speaker 3: If you're talking about sinking as well. The sp on
Speaker 3: it beautiful place there. I can't wait to go back there.
Speaker 3: On the line right now then on an amazing day.
Speaker 3: Really great that she's carved out some time. We'll be
Speaker 3: very busy today. The Lord Mayor, Sally cap is on
Speaker 3: the line. Good morning, Sally, good morning. How are you
Speaker 3: feeling this morning?
Speaker 6: Well, I'm good, except Christian. You've got to know I
Speaker 6: actually live in Docklands. Oh it's not so empty and windy.
Speaker 11: It's lovely here.
Speaker 2: Cheap house prices, I guess down there.
Speaker 3: Awkward start to chat.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I must go back, I must go. Maybe it's
Speaker 2: because of lockdown.
Speaker 3: It's been very you know, quite and windy down there.
Speaker 3: The wind is all the power from you, of course,
Speaker 3: the power of corridor. I call it down there the
Speaker 3: Silicon Valley.
Speaker 6: Okay, now what are we talking about this morning? Fabulous
Speaker 6: things about Melbourne.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean a historic day. Obviously the city has
Speaker 3: done so well in the real style of the city
Speaker 3: is the people here. But you was, may you must
Speaker 3: be very proud of what the city has gone through.
Speaker 6: Oh it's just incredible. And yesterday afternoon, as the Premier
Speaker 6: said those words, inundated with calls and people literally crying
Speaker 6: with joy. And I think there's just been so much
Speaker 6: pent up emotion as we've stayed stoic and we've done
Speaker 6: the right thing during lockdown, and then that sense of
Speaker 6: relief and release has just let a whole other wave
Speaker 6: of emotion go through the city. It's fantastic.
Speaker 3: And tell me this, right, did you have any inkling
Speaker 3: what he was going to be saying? He must know?
Speaker 6: Oh, I had a bit of an inkling because we've
Speaker 6: been expecting some great things on Sunday and unfortunately, due
Speaker 6: to some of that ongoing testing that has been delayed.
Speaker 6: But you know, you don't know until the premier stands
Speaker 6: up there and tells us exactly what's going to happen.
Speaker 6: And literally, I think Melbournians were hanging on every word
Speaker 6: at three twenty when he came on yesterday.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was you know, we were talking about the
Speaker 3: race a week today. That stops the day. Yeah, it
Speaker 3: was the press conference that stopped for us here And
Speaker 3: what are so today for the one hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: days in a second lockdown, Sunny, we are forming a
Speaker 3: less of one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is
Speaker 3: such a great, special, unique city. What is it for you?
Speaker 6: Oh gosh, well you mentioned it a little bit before.
Speaker 6: Which has to be people, you know. I'm one of
Speaker 6: those people that will strike up a random conversation with
Speaker 6: somebody on a tram, who loves revving up people around
Speaker 6: me at the football, who will search for things in
Speaker 6: common with somebody standing at a bar. And it's been very,
Speaker 6: very quiet and lonely in the city. So I can't
Speaker 6: wait to see people back in our streets and the
Speaker 6: extended outdoor dining is looking superb across the city, and
Speaker 6: to feel that energy from other people. I think that's
Speaker 6: what I've missed the most during lockdown, is that energy
Speaker 6: that comes from other people.
Speaker 3: Yes, especially this time of the years. We're heading to
Speaker 3: summer as well. We all want to be outdoors. We
Speaker 3: want to be enjoying the moltoin.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and we can and we will.
Speaker 3: Where you must have a favorite place to go to.
Speaker 3: Where are you looking forward to going and eating or drinking?
Speaker 6: Sally, Well, so many options. I was one of those
Speaker 6: people busy making telephone calls her reservations. Last night too
Speaker 6: kicks off at midnight.
Speaker 3: Oh you said You've got a table somewhere at midnight.
Speaker 3: You're dining at midnight somewhere?
Speaker 7: I am, I am?
Speaker 4: Are you you're not really Christian?
Speaker 10: I am?
Speaker 3: Where are you eating at midnight?
Speaker 11: And Marcas drive through two bookings. I've got two bookings.
Speaker 3: Where are you eating at midnight? Where in the city is?
Speaker 6: The first place we're going to is the Cherry Bar
Speaker 6: at midnight and then we are going to Siglos and
Speaker 6: I can't wait, So, I mean, I literally can't wait.
Speaker 6: So that's what's happening. They are opening at midnight at
Speaker 6: eleven fifty nine this evening and it'll.
Speaker 3: Be canceled tomorrow's show and try and get a table
Speaker 3: there my self enjoining you actually or just why don't
Speaker 3: we just push through the roll on at six.
Speaker 12: Am, k You'll have a lot to talk about.
Speaker 2: That is awesome.
Speaker 3: Well listen, we'll lead back on a note. Big day
Speaker 3: for the city, and thank you very much for speaking to.
Speaker 6: Us, and look, thank you to everyone because we all
Speaker 6: did this. How awesome is that, you know, one of
Speaker 6: the only communities in the world that have shown this solidarity,
Speaker 6: this unity, this focus and we did it, so thank
Speaker 6: you everyone. It gives me shivers just thinking about how
Speaker 6: fabulous people have been and we all deserve to celebrate
Speaker 6: appropriately and safely this evening.
Speaker 3: Drinks are on Sally Cherry Tree. But let's get down there.
Speaker 3: Drinks are on Sally. We're going high a shelf baby, Sali.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much, take care of enjoy your drinks.
Speaker 1: Hellion to O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 2: Staying on late today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. Carry us around the city. We're heroes.
Speaker 3: We're going to actually do an ex a couple of
Speaker 3: minutes of work. Thank you, Thank you k for sho
Speaker 3: gold for actually doing more than three hours of work today. Gosh,
Speaker 3: why historic day. So we're pushing on the other heroes.
Speaker 3: We are because we've got porn business to do today.
Speaker 3: We are locking down one hundred and nineteen reason one
Speaker 3: hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is an awesome city.
Speaker 3: All right, let's go to the lines.
Speaker 7: Die, good morning, Good morning, Christian Pets and Jack, good morning.
Speaker 3: And what's the reason for us?
Speaker 25: The reason is our absolutely amazing volunteers that we have
Speaker 25: around our city that are still providing food services and
Speaker 25: food banks for our vulnerable and our homework.
Speaker 3: Oh you're right right, yeah, lovely one.
Speaker 25: That should be Mary Warren are amazing and our sake
Speaker 25: volunteers have just been absolutely.
Speaker 3: Amazing, awesome. Thank you very much for reminding us of
Speaker 3: the great work they do.
Speaker 25: Absolutely and you guys as well, you've kept us all.
Speaker 3: Going, oh blessure. Thank you very much, Die, thank you
Speaker 3: very much.
Speaker 22: Thanks bye.
Speaker 3: When are they building that statue to us? You know? Bev?
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 11: Christian in it and the crew down there.
Speaker 19: Hi.
Speaker 11: The reason I love Melbourne is during your walks, when
Speaker 11: Nannie go out for one hour our coffee shop, a
Speaker 11: local coffee shop to stay open to give us a
Speaker 11: coffee on their way home.
Speaker 3: Yeah, just that little bit of it, just a little
Speaker 3: bit of normality. Just it meant so much. And you
Speaker 3: can everyone queuing up outside silently doing that silent dancer
Speaker 3: being just two meters all going how are you doing?
Speaker 3: How you doing with the mask songs? But we needed that,
Speaker 3: you know, we appreciate so much, just a little basic
Speaker 3: things we could still enjoy.
Speaker 2: So yeah, that's a great one.
Speaker 11: Bev, no problem, thank you and thank you for staying
Speaker 11: on here.
Speaker 3: That's all right, thank you for almost doing half a
Speaker 3: day's work.
Speaker 4: Are they making all the callers end like that?
Speaker 3: Christian, what about the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Yeah, the Melbourne
Speaker 3: International Comedy Festival. Definitely going to mention that. Also great
Speaker 3: comedy clubs, Comics Lounge, Spleen, Comedy at the Cooper's in
Speaker 3: had Oad, the Crazy Matt Dave O'Neills Night as well,
Speaker 3: so many great comedy clubs here.
Speaker 10: Ned, good morning guys. How are we do?
Speaker 3: You know what?
Speaker 2: What a great name you've got, Sir Ned, Now, that
Speaker 2: is a name.
Speaker 10: It's the legend name. And you know what. We know
Speaker 10: how to merge. We know how to No other state can.
Speaker 3: Merge Perth Sydney they suck at merging.
Speaker 2: We can merge.
Speaker 24: We can merge all right, with a few exceptions, but
Speaker 24: we can still merge.
Speaker 10: And we've got Captain Cook's Cottage and Luna Park.
Speaker 4: Luna Park, the Holy Triangle, the merging, the cottage, the
Speaker 4: Lunar Park.
Speaker 3: They're always talked about together, aren't they. Net you are
Speaker 3: a legend. Thank you very much and col Thank you guys,
Speaker 3: Bye bye, Ned.
Speaker 20: Hi Christian. The reason I love Melbourne is it's fantastic
Speaker 20: drive in theaters, including Luna Drive In. We reopen tomorrow,
Speaker 20: which is the first cinema to open in Melbourne. We've
Speaker 20: been closed for twenty five weeks, so it's been pretty tough.
Speaker 20: But yeah, we're looking forward to having people come along
Speaker 20: and enjoy movies in cars and.
Speaker 3: So what's the first movie? Give yourself a plug?
Speaker 20: What can we see we've got after we collided? Also
Speaker 20: some Halloween movies and family movies. A great night out
Speaker 20: for the families. Yeah, great to get out after a
Speaker 20: I'm stuck at home.
Speaker 4: Congratulations really scared.
Speaker 20: Yes, we're very happy.
Speaker 3: If people are interested, and they will be as we
Speaker 3: all try and rush out to go and enjoy various things.
Speaker 3: Where can they find out more information about the drive
Speaker 3: ins being reopened?
Speaker 20: Luna drive In. Luna Driving dot com dot au is
Speaker 20: our website.
Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, we're still here.
Speaker 3: We're not leaving the show today until we've done all
Speaker 3: one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is such a
Speaker 3: great city. Hundred and nineteen one for each one of
Speaker 3: the days one hundred nineteen days that we've all endured
Speaker 3: in the second bit of lockdown.
Speaker 2: So messages that have us come in.
Speaker 26: To say how much I love Babadzzy.
Speaker 3: The bell rope with it.
Speaker 15: Gets around, helps out of the local shops.
Speaker 26: Really love it too.
Speaker 20: Always has a smiling face.
Speaker 27: You can always catch him walking around with stars and
Speaker 27: all the koky things on it a great blow.
Speaker 26: I think that Murmur is to tefinitely be on the list.
Speaker 7: See the Third Man Rally, it's the parade, it's all
Speaker 7: the people have wrecked.
Speaker 9: The water skiing.
Speaker 25: It's just so much fun and it's a real family environment.
Speaker 6: So definitely member has to be.
Speaker 9: On that list.
Speaker 2: Great, thank you very much, Leah.
Speaker 6: The reason I love Melbourne is it is only said
Speaker 6: to killer med It's from the Mornington Peninsula and.
Speaker 20: I know you laugh the Mornington Peninsula, So.
Speaker 7: That's why Melbourne is great.
Speaker 12: Love your well done everyone.
Speaker 3: Yeah, amazing beaches, all those wineries, thank you very much.
Speaker 7: Catherine calling to add the Royal Children's Hospital to a
Speaker 7: list of best things in Melbourne. And the fact that
Speaker 7: all of Melbourne supports the Good Friday appeal to support
Speaker 7: the hospital.
Speaker 3: Thank you, lovely one. They're from Desiree as well. Peter
Speaker 3: Hook turns.
Speaker 4: That's something we should be terrifies me.
Speaker 3: It terrifies this bon me Christian. The Melbourne Show, Yeah,
Speaker 3: of course, Melbourne Show. How much have we missed that.
Speaker 3: So many families missed out on that this year, Philip Eylon.
Speaker 5: Yes, the penguin's the parade.
Speaker 3: They have their own little parade, water taxis and floating bars. Yes, sorry,
Speaker 3: what's the question? Yes, yes, yes, we don't need approve
Speaker 3: it on them through a.
Speaker 1: Lot of these Christian Christian Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 3: All right, then, this, this is why we're still on
Speaker 3: air Born Business today making a list, an important list
Speaker 3: and lockdown one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is
Speaker 3: the greatest city in the world. My word, how can
Speaker 3: we have got to what number way up to at
Speaker 3: the moment, Jackie Will, we're just under our halfway.
Speaker 4: We're counting backwards from one hundred and nineteen. We've got
Speaker 4: forty two to.
Speaker 2: Go, forty two to go.
Speaker 3: Great Ocean roads, yes, of course, great Ocean Road a marvel.
Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Bianca Christian.
Speaker 3: The Melbourne Dog Beaches have been a godsend over Lockdown
Speaker 3: should always be cherished. That's all magit, thank you very much.
Speaker 3: Before we go to the calls and Born Business right
Speaker 3: now as well. Of course we're staying on it normally.
Speaker 3: This is the kind of time we have a little
Speaker 3: bite to eat, So we're just going to call our
Speaker 3: favorite local brace on Swan Street.
Speaker 2: Him Richmond putting the order.
Speaker 9: Nsh, hey buddy, how are you?
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're good. Yeah, we're staying late today so I
Speaker 3: won't be in today, but I need to place an order.
Speaker 24: Absolutely, what can I get you?
Speaker 2: It's Amelia working with you today.
Speaker 27: She is, she's right next to me.
Speaker 24: Do you want to say hello?
Speaker 3: Yes, alieah wed love to you. Well hello, Emilia, are
Speaker 3: you alive on the show right now, just saying good morning?
Speaker 2: And we're calling up with our order as well.
Speaker 6: Oh certainly?
Speaker 17: What was like?
Speaker 3: Well?
Speaker 2: Okay, so it's four no five recky.
Speaker 3: Five bricky bagels, yep, I haven't finished it. Two ham
Speaker 3: and cheese as well, toasties, uh huh and uh patsy.
Speaker 3: What would you like? Mate?
Speaker 5: Well, you know what I feel like. I'd love some
Speaker 5: wholemeal toast with peanut butter, plays.
Speaker 6: Whole mill toasted peanut butter.
Speaker 3: Thank you? Yeah, all right, we see you shortly. I'll
Speaker 3: send someone down, all right, see you then listen waffle preast.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much for staying open.
Speaker 17: Oh, thank you so much.
Speaker 20: God him, We'll leave you guys.
Speaker 7: We love you, guys.
Speaker 8: We'll listen to you every single morning.
Speaker 3: I know it means so much. Whenever I pop in,
Speaker 3: You're always so excited to see me or Jack. And
Speaker 3: now where the business is. They normally lock the doors
Speaker 3: pretend they're out, but I know they're in there. Thank you,
Speaker 3: Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: All right, let's continue. Then we got what forty one
Speaker 2: to go?
Speaker 3: Jack, forty one to go, forty one to go?
Speaker 2: Sarah, Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 3: How are you? I'm good, Sarah? Are you well? Fantastic days,
Speaker 3: A great day to be alive.
Speaker 2: All right, Sarah, what's a great reason for this city?
Speaker 8: Okay? So in Center Place, which is off Winder's Lane
Speaker 8: in the city, there's a soup shop and if you
Speaker 8: go in and buy a cup of soup, they'll actually
Speaker 8: donate a cup to the homeless of Melbourne.
Speaker 3: Oh what a lovely thing to do.
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's awesome.
Speaker 3: Oh that's awesome. So remind everybody where that is as
Speaker 3: we head into the cbdio of the next couple of days.
Speaker 3: I'm all would beheading in this weekend. Where is this
Speaker 3: amazing place?
Speaker 8: So it's on Center Place, which is Offlinder's Lane. Yep,
Speaker 8: it's pretty close to Flinda Street station.
Speaker 3: Awesome, Sarah, thank you very much for letting us know
Speaker 3: no worries. Take care, Jen, good morning. Hey there again,
Speaker 3: Hey Jen, what have you got for us?
Speaker 17: Well? I hear that you're a bit hungry for food.
Speaker 17: I'm starved for art and culture. The Fed Square Australian
Speaker 17: collection of art is sensational and I'm just hankering to
Speaker 17: get my fix of art and culture.
Speaker 3: Yeah I bet, Yeah, but you've missed that. Yeah, you're right.
Speaker 3: And Melbourne is the home of art and culture. So
Speaker 3: many great shows and exhibitions here.
Speaker 17: Oh, so many great great artists and musicians. A little
Speaker 17: bit of a dance to look forward to.
Speaker 3: Yeah there is, Jim lovely well said Jim. Thank you
Speaker 3: very much, Stay safe, Joy and thanks christ thank you,
Speaker 3: thank you very much. Stuart. Hey, yeah, we're good, stew
Speaker 3: And I hope you're Will you relieve like the rest
Speaker 3: of us?
Speaker 10: Oh, ant we she's The businesses are hurting. Where everyone's
Speaker 10: hurting at the moment. The businesses and small business owners
Speaker 10: are really hurting. So thank god we're getting.
Speaker 3: Through it absolutely, Stuart. What's a great reason for the
Speaker 3: city Melbourne?
Speaker 10: I love using my mel ways.
Speaker 3: We were talking about them. Do you remember about that?
Speaker 3: That's brilliant. Yes, your what a great way to navigate
Speaker 3: around this city.
Speaker 4: No interest in using technology there, Stewart.
Speaker 10: Of course, every phone's got a GPS, so I do cheat.
Speaker 10: I can't say that I don't use it, but I do.
Speaker 10: I'm a truck driver from way back in a different
Speaker 10: life and driving around eighteen years driving around the city,
Speaker 10: avoiding cyclists and reading a Melways at the same time.
Speaker 2: Terrifying, terrified.
Speaker 3: All right, thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Juet Base guying The Christian O'Connell Show podcast six am.
Speaker 3: This morning, we launched Freedom Down the show after one
Speaker 3: hundred and nineteen days in Lockdown. We said, that's Lockdown,
Speaker 3: one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is the greatest
Speaker 3: city in the world. We have thirty Jackie boy, how
Speaker 3: many to go?
Speaker 4: Thirty six to go?
Speaker 3: Jack is live from the largest whiteboard that exists in
Speaker 3: the Southern Hemisphere, visible from space. It is huge. The Sinkatron,
Speaker 3: of course, the largest particle accelerator in the Southern Hemisphere.
Speaker 3: Dr Tom and all the tea in there at the Sinkatron. Sinkatron. Ohoy,
Speaker 3: that's a command they do at midday when they really
Speaker 3: crank that baby up sinker trono hoy.
Speaker 2: All right, let's go through these sad Day on the
Speaker 2: Green events.
Speaker 3: Yeah man, can they come back in the new year?
Speaker 3: Ten weeks of tickets? When will we ever be doing
Speaker 3: that again? Yes, well done, Day on the Green brilliant.
Speaker 3: The wineries of Yarrow Valley as well. Obviously we mentioned
Speaker 3: the Peninsula, all the great tepino out there and Zac
Speaker 3: Day Dawn service, the incredible remote active remembrance, the beautiful
Speaker 3: beach boxes Brighton Beach. Oh yes they're iconic Christian. This
Speaker 3: comes from Carmen. Melbourne has is the best city in
Speaker 3: Australia for its beautiful, old well cared for theaters like
Speaker 3: Her Majesty's Princess, the Region and of course the Sun
Speaker 3: Theater that is where Quentin Tarantino took all the crew
Speaker 3: Kurt Russell, they all went out there for a screening
Speaker 3: of one of those movies. Yarraville, Carmen, thank you very much.
Speaker 3: Danding on Flaming Rangers, The Thousand Steps and Gully Miss Marple,
Speaker 3: shout out to Miss Marples. I know you listen to
Speaker 3: the Show've been out to Miss Marples with the family
Speaker 3: at Sassafras. The buskers, David, that's a great one. The buskers,
Speaker 3: especially the guy and dressed up as Darl Vader and
Speaker 3: has the sign saying knee cash to buy new death
Speaker 3: Style funny. We appreciate that. We applaud you. That's brilliant.
Speaker 3: Let's go to the lines right now, Diane, Good morning.
Speaker 22: Good morning, Christian.
Speaker 12: How are you?
Speaker 22: Thank you for this?
Speaker 2: Oh this is great fun. We're loving it as well, Diane.
Speaker 19: What is har for us?
Speaker 22: Massive shout out to Melbourne. I love Melbourne because we
Speaker 22: still have remained the food capital of the world through lockdown.
Speaker 22: Huge call to Shane Delia from Maha and provador the
Speaker 22: business that they've set up. The hospitality industry has been
Speaker 22: on its knees and he has worked so hard.
Speaker 8: That people that we've had meals delivered.
Speaker 22: From through lockdown have done such an outstanding job. Just brilliant,
Speaker 22: including one local in our area, Shane and the Maha
Speaker 22: team and Provadore including Mama Theita, Nana Burton purchase Estelle Flavors.
Speaker 3: I love Lebanese food and Middle Eastern food and in
Speaker 3: their love Thea.
Speaker 22: And Shane, you know they've given a big leap of
Speaker 22: space to have their food go into homes, to see
Speaker 22: if people can still manage it and still keep their
Speaker 22: brand and their business. And it's just run brilliantly. Their
Speaker 22: communications been outstanding and massive shout out to those people.
Speaker 3: Awesome, Dian, massive, really nice of you to reward that
Speaker 3: as well.
Speaker 22: Thank you, Diane, thank you, Take care bye.
Speaker 3: All right, let's take a few more Dudley, Yes, Christian, Yeah,
Speaker 3: grand grand great Dudley.
Speaker 2: Great Dudley. What's the reason why Melbourne is great?
Speaker 3: From you, sir?
Speaker 12: Now?
Speaker 9: Driving the eastling down towards the peninsula, all the art
Speaker 9: installations at the Fake Hotel, the Giant Gnome, the Big Bird.
Speaker 9: At one point there was a mess of rims. Absolutely magnificent.
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's great, lovely drive that. I love that mini hotel,
Speaker 4: the Hotel.
Speaker 3: I can't wait to do that drive again, hopefully in
Speaker 3: the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 2: Get down there.
Speaker 3: Good Dudley, thank you very much, Stay safe, Dawn.
Speaker 12: Hi Christian, how I love.
Speaker 2: I'm good down I hope you will as well.
Speaker 12: I am and so also. I love Gold, always have done,
Speaker 12: and mainly when I'm when you we're going for walks
Speaker 12: around the suburbs. Everybody is so friendly. They talk, you
Speaker 12: talk to their dogs and everything else. And I don't
Speaker 12: know whether anybody's mentioned science works, because that is fantastic
Speaker 12: for the.
Speaker 27: Kids in the world.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right, we should mention it.
Speaker 12: Yes, but just no love love gold and always have
Speaker 12: done for a long time.
Speaker 3: You're right, it's a very dog friendly city. As someone
Speaker 3: who owns a dog, he brought his dog over. Everyone's
Speaker 3: always like, who's this, they said, and never asked. They'd
Speaker 3: always been down pat the dog loads of people. I
Speaker 3: don't know what their names are, but I know where
Speaker 3: their dogs are.
Speaker 12: My regularly I know, and I have a got a
Speaker 12: dog at the moment. But everywhere I go from More,
Speaker 12: I always something said, good morning, how are you? And
Speaker 12: they all they all look at your wagtail.
Speaker 3: Yeah that's great. All right, Dawn, thank you very much,
Speaker 3: show less you, thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Hello, Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: All right, let's go to lies right now. Charlie, good morning,
Speaker 3: Good morning, Christian, how are you. I'm good, Charlie. And
Speaker 3: what's the reason for us then why Melbourne is so great?
Speaker 23: But don't know it's been mentioned, Christian, but I think
Speaker 23: the cultural diversity. It's very vast EXPERI.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is this.
Speaker 3: It's a it's a city of many different cultures, isn't
Speaker 3: it going to make it? We'll be just talking about
Speaker 3: the restaurants with all the Middle Eastern flavors. You've got
Speaker 3: a big Greek community here, You've got a huge Irish
Speaker 3: Italian community. There's one or two of us pomme sadly
Speaker 3: clogging it all up. But you can't have everything. I
Speaker 3: think I'm here as part of a quota. But yes,
Speaker 3: you're right. It's all what makes a modern city so
Speaker 3: interesting and varied, isn't It's part of our life.
Speaker 23: I think it's the most bows, the interest of different cultures, festivities,
Speaker 23: all the different firstivals that you have with by Spanish firstivals,
Speaker 23: great to go to, especially in summer.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you make me so excited to be living here.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Charlie, take care, stay safe.
Speaker 23: Thanks thanks Krew.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much. Charlie's up a hang glider.
Speaker 2: We've got here.
Speaker 3: Andy. Good morning, Andy, Good morning all. How are Yeah
Speaker 3: we're good Andy. What's it for you?
Speaker 15: Well, there's a guy with a carrot just walking past me,
Speaker 15: but a massive plastic carrot.
Speaker 3: But I was ringing about the pink lake. Who else
Speaker 3: has got a pink lake? Second mention of the giant
Speaker 3: carrot today carrot Mane gets a lot of love, doesn't.
Speaker 23: He is at Flinders Street.
Speaker 3: That's right, yeah, pink.
Speaker 15: Just by the West Gate Bridge.
Speaker 3: Yeah, right on one of the two. Andy, Thank you
Speaker 3: very much. You killed me is guys Alan? Good morning.
Speaker 24: Christin top of the morning here?
Speaker 4: How are you?
Speaker 3: I'm good Alan. You sound like a fellow travelers. Come
Speaker 3: from somewhere else to live here?
Speaker 24: I sure have Britain and seven years ago I brought
Speaker 24: my three very disgruntled teenage children from Dublin. You know
Speaker 24: how that feels. Mate, This city absolutely everything I wouldn't
Speaker 24: live anywhere else in the world. Dublin does come a
Speaker 24: very very close second.
Speaker 1: Mate.
Speaker 24: It's the sports capital. The Irish pubs, the just Say
Speaker 24: are brilliant, the restaurants are amazing, and especially your show.
Speaker 24: Your show has kept me smiling, it's kept me going
Speaker 24: and the rest of the city for the last seven months.
Speaker 2: Thank you all, and it's a joy to do this.
Speaker 3: We're very, very lucky to be part of your routines
Speaker 3: and be your friend in the morning. What a long
Speaker 3: we get your listening is for allan, I'll tell you
Speaker 3: what people listening right now, i'd be so they love
Speaker 3: people love hearing about why we came from the other
Speaker 3: side of the world to live here. It is a
Speaker 3: great city, isn't in here? Your family love it now?
Speaker 22: Yeah?
Speaker 24: Two in college one and year ten I think went
Speaker 24: back to still. Yes, I can't remember what's good what
Speaker 24: she goes to even I think I dropped her off
Speaker 24: at the wrong school yesterday in the wrong uniform.
Speaker 3: But anyway, we're all out of practice.
Speaker 24: The kids are great, you know, and the very it's
Speaker 24: a very very small world. My wife's episode your boss
Speaker 24: for six years in school back in Greystones, County Wicklow.
Speaker 24: So big shout out to Karen, thanks for giving you
Speaker 24: the gig.
Speaker 3: No wait, that's the Karen is the big, big, big
Speaker 3: big gig quarter from a big cheese that runs us
Speaker 3: and basically Australian radio. Yeah, he very kindly invited me
Speaker 3: out here.
Speaker 24: She went back to They had a twenty year, thirty
Speaker 24: year reunion whatever it was from the schools, and then
Speaker 24: my wife went down to Sydney to herself and care
Speaker 24: and there's three other people from the school back in
Speaker 24: gray stones. They went out in Sydney there two years
Speaker 24: ago to celebrate. So great guys, and so he did
Speaker 24: a good job.
Speaker 2: Oh bless you. And I'll say hi to Kieran from me.
Speaker 3: All right, thank you very much, you co, thank ar,
Speaker 3: Thanks guys. Sarah, good morning, Hello, Christion, Hey doing Hello Sarah.
Speaker 2: And what's your reason for us?
Speaker 11: We're apart from gold is sending gold.
Speaker 25: The market, the farmers' markets, the trash and treasure market.
Speaker 21: Love a market.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're right, so many great ones. Obviously got Vic Market,
Speaker 3: which you'll already mentioned, but there are loads of other
Speaker 3: little independent ones as well that are brilliant, and the
Speaker 3: farmers markets as well.
Speaker 9: Of course.
Speaker 20: And don't forget Camberwell Trash and Treasure Market, St Andrew's Market.
Speaker 11: Oh I love a market.
Speaker 12: We love a market.
Speaker 3: You are the market lady.
Speaker 2: I'm going to label you up. Is that in our
Speaker 2: phone system now?
Speaker 3: Sarah? All right, take care mate, Thank you for calling.
Speaker 11: I'm going to the market.
Speaker 22: Thank you.
Speaker 3: We get that.
Speaker 2: Cora, Good morning, Good morning Cora.
Speaker 3: And what is it for you then? Why is it
Speaker 3: such a great city.
Speaker 8: We've got the best bookshops in the world.
Speaker 6: I cannot wait to start browsing readings Brunswick Bound, neighborhood Books,
Speaker 6: Hill of Content, Paperback bookshop.
Speaker 2: Paperbacks great, great metropolis.
Speaker 3: Great, there's one down the road for me Avenue which
Speaker 3: is part of three in elston Wick and Albert Park
Speaker 3: as well. Great bookshops. Yeah, there's so many brilliant independent
Speaker 3: bookshops here in Melbourne.
Speaker 8: So I think I'm gonna have teos in my eyes
Speaker 8: when I'm in the store. Time in the bookshop again
Speaker 8: with the kids.
Speaker 6: I cannot wait.
Speaker 3: Great one, that's a lovely one. Well done you all right, Coral,
Speaker 3: thank you very much. Stay safe, Hie. All right, we'll
Speaker 3: take more calls. Jackie boy, what number way up to? Now?
Speaker 4: Fifteen to go until we hit the one fifteen.
Speaker 1: Left to go the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
Speaker 3: As we tick off, we're not leaving until had done
Speaker 3: one hundred and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is such a
Speaker 3: great city. Thank you very much for everyone who's been
Speaker 3: part of this. And then it means we're spoken to
Speaker 3: you by the end of this one hundred and nineteen
Speaker 3: carters since six am this morning. Good morning to Lizzie
Speaker 3: listening to us right now on in Lizzie Christian, what
Speaker 3: about Melbourne's city layout? A simple, easy to understand grid pattern.
Speaker 3: It is. It's very easy. Someone knew here. It was
Speaker 3: very easy to navigate your way around. I love that.
Speaker 3: Someone else suggested it as well. At the same time, Jules,
Speaker 3: as well as anyone said the layout of Melbourne city
Speaker 3: Yet the grid, the grid where everyone loves a grid.
Speaker 3: I'm not sure this is the right number it is,
Speaker 3: Charlotte Who's twenty? Beachworth Bakery hugely underappreciated, Christian, Ballarat, Sovereign Hill,
Speaker 3: the Eureka Stockade, all amazing parts of history. That's from Jack.
Speaker 3: All right, let's go to the.
Speaker 4: Next Sorry, how many did we have there? Just time
Speaker 4: to make sure I've got them all?
Speaker 3: Today? Was it?
Speaker 5: Did you have the grid?
Speaker 2: We heard the grid?
Speaker 3: We had Ballarat.
Speaker 5: Beach with Bakery?
Speaker 3: Yes, alright, three you got that?
Speaker 4: Got that? Let's move on. We've got fifteen twelve to go.
Speaker 3: We're in the top twelve. Okay, top twelve of one
Speaker 3: hundred and nineteen.
Speaker 27: Big Dan, good money, Christian, how are you, sir?
Speaker 3: I'm good buddy, and we're almost there.
Speaker 2: Twelve to go.
Speaker 3: What have you got for us?
Speaker 12: Well?
Speaker 27: I can guarantee you we have the best ski resorts
Speaker 27: probably in the world.
Speaker 3: All right, we've all had a couple of drinks. We're
Speaker 3: all drinking the Melbourne cool day today. No one is
Speaker 3: agreed with that. You've got some good ski resorts. I
Speaker 3: think Whistler and Aunts and Italy on the line right now.
Speaker 3: But yes, you have got great ski resources as well.
Speaker 3: It's it's not just Melbourne, is it's Victoria?
Speaker 5: Yeah, falls craik, Yes, all of those.
Speaker 27: And one thing we don't have to worry about like
Speaker 27: all the rest of them. We don't have stingers, so
Speaker 27: you can get in the water and not worry to
Speaker 27: be a kitten stung boy.
Speaker 3: Stingers quite right, all right, they're big down.
Speaker 27: Thank you very much, Thank you, Isaac.
Speaker 3: Good morning Christian, Hope you.
Speaker 9: Guys as well.
Speaker 23: Mate, and I can't go past the amazing karaoke bars we.
Speaker 4: Got when we go for one.
Speaker 3: Wait, team karaoke. We are desperate to a team karaoke night.
Speaker 3: What do you like to do, Isaac, if you've got
Speaker 3: to go to song.
Speaker 10: I'm the Big Angels. Robbie Williams Son.
Speaker 3: Didn't even hesitate, big one of Angels. That's great, Isaac,
Speaker 3: that's a great one. The karaoke bars. Yeah, Isaac, thank
Speaker 3: you very much. You cool. It's Christian, have a good one.
Speaker 8: Tend to go treasure, Hi, Christian team. What about the
Speaker 8: world class golf courses.
Speaker 3: Oh, they really are some of the world's best golf
Speaker 3: courses here the Royal Melbourne and there are loads more private.
Speaker 8: And public course you know, they fantastic.
Speaker 3: Yeah, some great golf courses here. You're right, Tricia, that's
Speaker 3: a great one. Thank you very much.
Speaker 12: Pleasure.
Speaker 3: Jack. It's a little bit a little bit of a today.
Speaker 10: Jack, damn more in Christian there are you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm good, buddy, buddy, Yes, Jack, what's it for you?
Speaker 2: Mate?
Speaker 24: We are the only city in the world that has our.
Speaker 4: Own iconic steamer Victoria, our iconic steam trains that run
Speaker 4: all over the state. Mate.
Speaker 10: We are so special here. It's not funny.
Speaker 3: You're quite right, Jack, Thank you very much. Cool, nice one,
Speaker 3: Thanks Jack. Let's go to Graham Graham.
Speaker 26: Hello, Hello, how are you again?
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, we're good. What's your reason that we're breaking
Speaker 2: the top ten?
Speaker 26: Well, I just think from one point of view, it's
Speaker 26: a fascinating city. Melbourne has the only movie production Horizon
Speaker 26: Pool in the Southern Hemisphere. Down at Point Cook, which
Speaker 26: attracts movie movie production people because they can have this
Speaker 26: giant tank which is about a kilometer square, which they
Speaker 26: can do all sorts of water scenes in and it's
Speaker 26: onto the bay. There's only two others in the world,
Speaker 26: one in Baja California and another one in Malta. And
Speaker 26: it's been used for a lot of scenes for ocean scenes,
Speaker 26: so it looks like you're out, you're drownding in the
Speaker 26: middle of the ocean.
Speaker 3: Sorry, is it kill wide?
Speaker 26: I think it's a kilometer square. It's not very deep.
Speaker 26: It's not very deep, so they can drive machinery around.
Speaker 14: Pardon, how do you.
Speaker 3: Know all this?
Speaker 1: Oh?
Speaker 26: I think it's pretty basic knowledge, isn't it.
Speaker 5: I've never heard of it.
Speaker 26: It's a Point Cook. It's near the.
Speaker 3: Roof, bas sink tron, the swimming pools.
Speaker 26: I just I just think it's amazing that is something
Speaker 26: like that there, And that's why movie production people who
Speaker 26: do water scenes can come to Melbourne. And that just
Speaker 26: adds an element of what Melbourne's good for. And I've
Speaker 26: got to say I'm a tasmaniac at birth, but I
Speaker 26: love Melbourne. It's just such a friendly, happy place and
Speaker 26: I wouldn't want to see myself living anywhere else.
Speaker 3: I want to see you else. Well, I don't want
Speaker 3: to visualize you anyway, to be honest, right now, thank you.
Speaker 26: That's said. Okay, I appreciate that.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 24: By now Malcolm specialist hobby shops, model shops.
Speaker 5: Hobbies in the city.
Speaker 24: Hearne's metro flow of boat people like that who probably
Speaker 24: kept people saying during the.
Speaker 3: Absolute jigsaws, puzzles, whatever we've had to do to get through. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you're right, Malcolm, Mine games, yep, nine games. Yeah, all right, Malcolm,
Speaker 3: thank you very much.
Speaker 4: Okay, six to go? Are we starting to described the
Speaker 4: barrel or we still think the day?
Speaker 2: Reset and boot the producers at the backside.
Speaker 1: Hello, Christian O'Connell show podcast.
Speaker 3: Jack has been writing up all the almost one hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen reasons you've given us since six am this
Speaker 3: morning of why Melbourne is such a great city. Thank
Speaker 3: you very much. All the emails are text to phone calls.
Speaker 3: Since six am we've stayed on extra to complete this
Speaker 3: important job today for us. All one hundred nineteen how
Speaker 3: many left to go?
Speaker 4: Six to go?
Speaker 3: All right?
Speaker 5: And I had one of course, I'm surprised. No one
Speaker 5: said the Hosier Lane graffiti.
Speaker 2: Today about telling people off.
Speaker 5: To us flock there together.
Speaker 3: Yeah, one of the first photos we took to shoving
Speaker 3: back home. Yeah, it's a beautiful there. Christmas Carol's at
Speaker 3: the my music boll Yes, I wonder what they'll be
Speaker 3: doing that this year?
Speaker 5: Virtual? This year it's virtual. Well, they're doing a virtual one.
Speaker 4: Everyone's a hologram.
Speaker 3: So he's singing on zoom or or that individual seeing
Speaker 3: its logging onto try and zoom.
Speaker 2: What's been virtual? Come back to this tomorrow?
Speaker 3: Is he now passing craziness? Dale?
Speaker 23: Good morning, Good morning Christian and team.
Speaker 3: Are you going yes, well, yeah we're good And Dell,
Speaker 3: what is your reason for us?
Speaker 20: The Danning On Rangers Absolutely amazing, beautiful place to live.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it is stunning out there, really beautiful spot well said,
Speaker 3: thank you very much. You cool.
Speaker 2: Stay safe.
Speaker 3: Kathy Coome morning, good morning.
Speaker 17: I reckon.
Speaker 6: We have the Bitch Fire Services, so say if I volunteer,
Speaker 6: then bi birefighters.
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, look at the beginning of this strange year,
Speaker 3: it feels like a long time ago, but not forgotten
Speaker 3: at all. The incredible amount of the volunteers, the Fieries. Yeah,
Speaker 3: maybe they'll be back in action, Sally over Christmas next year.
Speaker 3: This hope nor But yeah, you're right. They deserve a
Speaker 3: really big shout out, don't they. Well done?
Speaker 7: Okay, no problem, have a good day.
Speaker 3: Thanks Kathy, And I feel really bad if we forgotten them. Diane,
Speaker 3: good morning.
Speaker 12: Good morning.
Speaker 16: The penguin parade.
Speaker 3: Yes, you're quite right. The penguins love living here so much.
Speaker 3: They do parade to thank us. Thank you penguins, We
Speaker 3: love it. That's the great one, Imagen.
Speaker 8: Hi, the sculptures like the big chip and the sauce packet.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're quite right. Yeah, the big sculptures, yeah, Imagen,
Speaker 3: thank you very much. Jackie boy, is this our last one?
Speaker 4: Well, we actually have already got penguin parade and I
Speaker 4: knew how that.
Speaker 3: I think? Is he going to pick up that? He's
Speaker 3: a pedantic man. Technically we need two more. Yeah, so
Speaker 3: we need two more. Yeah, all right, so we've got Emma,
Speaker 3: good morning, good morning.
Speaker 26: How are you going.
Speaker 3: We are down to the final two of one hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen reasons why Melbourne is Great?
Speaker 2: What have you got for.
Speaker 7: Sem prosecco Rosan King Valley?
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, speaking language yes, a lot of the lot
Speaker 3: of my wife's friends, the mums, they're all run on prosecco.
Speaker 3: I think it's their blood group power, solo energy for them.
Speaker 3: You mentioned prosecco. Is it proc on somewhere in the world?
Speaker 2: Emma, thank you very much. So we're down to number one.
Speaker 4: This is the last one that we've got it.
Speaker 3: It's got to be a great one. Yes, okay, Darren.
Speaker 15: Yeah, here you go, Christian, Okay, great shout.
Speaker 3: Thank you, budd. It's all on you, number one. The
Speaker 3: one last fact to take us up to one hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen. What is it why Melbourne is so great?
Speaker 23: Well, I'm surprised that no one said the Boxing Day
Speaker 23: Test coming up.
Speaker 3: It's an arguable event enjoyed all over the world for
Speaker 3: cricket fans.
Speaker 23: It's incredible, indeed, And I suspect I was ready to
Speaker 23: go with a second to back up because the penguin
Speaker 23: Brave was said.
Speaker 24: What about the fact that it's not Sydney.
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, that's the most common every other message civil war.
Speaker 3: That's for it, all right, Darren, thank you very much.
Speaker 3: That's the one to end on all the best. Well
Speaker 3: down Melbourne, all right, guys, Well, done. This has been
Speaker 3: outstanding fun today A what A what a great to
Speaker 3: do to chat to so many of you. One hundred
Speaker 3: and nineteen in ternsal to get all these reasons. We
Speaker 3: are surrounded by whiteboardson here. It looks like it's the
Speaker 3: It's Cup day at the races, and we've got all
Speaker 3: the runners and riders and all the good ones. Thank
Speaker 3: you so much for taking part in today's show. We
Speaker 3: dropped everything to do this because we want to do it,
Speaker 3: and I'm glad that you've enjoyed it as well. Thank
Speaker 3: you very much for listening and being part of an
Speaker 3: extraordinary show for us today. It's been great fun. Thank you.
Speaker 3: We are back tomorrow morning Puzzy
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