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Speaker 1: Now real change of pace, because I know that many

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Speaker 1: territories are packing up the car and heading bush for Easter,

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Speaker 1: taking advantage of the long weekend. But if you've not

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Speaker 1: already firmed up your plans on where you can go.

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Speaker 1: Andrew Turner, the district manager from Top End Parks, joins

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Speaker 1: me on the line with some tips. Good morning to you, Andrew.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Katie, how am you really well?

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Speaker 1: Thank you so very much for your time this morning. Mate.

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Speaker 1: For anyone heading camping, where are some of the popular

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Speaker 1: spots that are still available after all the rain that

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Speaker 1: we've had, well.

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Speaker 2: Things are starting to draw touch wood, they're starting to

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Speaker 2: dry out a little bit more in Lichkeire, So there's

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Speaker 2: a number of sites that campsites that are open, being

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Speaker 2: One Guy the biggest one, and then both the campsites

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Speaker 2: that Florence falls have still got vacancy there. So whilst

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Speaker 2: the swimming closed at One Guy and still close today

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Speaker 2: at both Julie and Florence. We just did a check

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Speaker 2: this morning and the water level continues to drop after

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Speaker 2: the the big grain on the weekend, and we're hopeful

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Speaker 2: that by Friday we'll be opening that up to swimming.

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Speaker 1: Well that is good to hear. Now in terms of

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Speaker 1: the camping locations, do people need to make sure that

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Speaker 1: they've booked.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely through the online booking system at parks we asked

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Speaker 2: that all your bookings get done there. It's just more

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Speaker 2: difficult to do it. You can do it remotely, but

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Speaker 2: just whether you get the phone signal to do it

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Speaker 2: on the weekend, and especially turning up with and it's

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Speaker 2: all booked out already. You don't want to be in

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Speaker 2: that situation.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you spot on. Hey tell me in terms of

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Speaker 1: like you touched on it before, where you can go

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Speaker 1: swimming in that kind of thing. But have all those

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Speaker 1: croc surveys begun as well or are they still? Like

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Speaker 1: where are they at?

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Speaker 2: So? Certainly the crop management details for Florence Creek has

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Speaker 2: been continued over the wet season before we open the

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Speaker 2: bigger swimming areas. Like one guy, there's a pretty impressive

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Speaker 2: program and that needs to be undertaken there. And then

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Speaker 2: as the rest of the park drives upright down the

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Speaker 2: Reynolds Track and Central Valley, then they'll be major surveys

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Speaker 2: undertaken there. But that's probably not for at least another

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Speaker 2: six or eight weeks. Is still really wet.

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Speaker 1: Out there, Andrew, where are your top places that you'd

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Speaker 1: go this weekend if you were heading.

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Speaker 2: Out, Well, if you want to swim, it's still going

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Speaker 2: to be pretty warm out there. You know, the guys

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Speaker 2: are out spraying weeds at the moment and yeah, they're

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Speaker 2: absolutely drenched. So somewhere close to a swimming location would

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Speaker 2: be my top pick. So one of the lichfield sites.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully we'll get you into the water. It's likely to

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Speaker 2: be a little bit crowded. Unfortunately, all the four wheel

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Speaker 2: drive tracks are still way too wet to access, so

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Speaker 2: it's really limited in those parks there a little closer

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Speaker 2: to darw and there's obviously park open there, or if

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Speaker 2: you just want to go and have a good look.

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Speaker 2: Folk Dam is absolutely spectacular at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, why so just just beautiful at this time of

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Speaker 1: the year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, there's lots of flowering, there's lots of interactions

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Speaker 2: with the bird life. It's just been good wet season

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Speaker 2: rain which is pumped up the water and looking a

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Speaker 2: real picture.

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Speaker 1: Oh good stuff. Well, if anybody is out there listening

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Speaker 1: and they want a little bit further info about where

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Speaker 1: is opened and where is clothes, where's the best place

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Speaker 1: for them to go, Andrew.

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Speaker 2: There's the park site is called Check if Park is Open.

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Speaker 2: It's an Aorthern Territory government site. It's a one stot

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Speaker 2: it's updated every day and it'll have all of the

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Speaker 2: park run destinations and it will also tell you whether

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Speaker 2: the swimming is available as well well.

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Speaker 1: Top End Parks District Manager Andrew Turner always great to

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Speaker 1: catch up with. You have a lovely.

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Speaker 2: Easter, are you too, Katie?

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thanks so much for your time