1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Hey podcasters, this is Christian O'Connor. We drop back in 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: today Jack and I to do a one off special 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: show because well you know why, because of everything that's 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: happening in Australia and as you about to hear, we 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: were blessed with the most amazing stories that have come 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: out of this. So thank you very much. A download 7 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: the podcast. The show returns in full on January the twentieth. 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: As always, if you want to send me an email 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: for early to LA party, your late la party, about 10 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: anything that's happened to you over Christmas and New Year, 11 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: I'm reading your emails Christian at Gold one four to 12 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: three dot com dot au. And if there's any way 13 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: you need support for anything you're doing or you want 14 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: to do, or I've got an idea of what the 15 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: show could do try and raise money for the bush 16 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: fire victims, please email me on the same email address. 17 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: Stay safe, speech you soon, Take care and Happy. 18 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 2: New Year, Christian Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show Podcasting. 19 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: Good morning, it's to Christian O'Connor, raakforst show Gold one 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: I four point three just coming up for seven minutes 21 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: past six Monday mornings. So the show is meant to 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: return on the twentieth in two weeks time. But over 23 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: the last couple of days, I'm sure I speak for 24 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: a lot of you listening right now. Just been sat there, 25 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: slack jawed, watching the endless news coverage of what looks 26 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: like a war zone in this amazing country. You know, 27 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: the scenes from Malacouta and all over New South Wales 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: and here in Victoria. It looks like at times you're 29 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: looking like an an atomic bomb has been dropped on 30 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: so much of this beautiful bush land. And the stats 31 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: are just getting bigger and bigger and bigger, you know, 32 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: looking at half a billion species now, scientists saying half 33 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: a billion species has been wiped out and their habitats 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: wiped out, sixteen hundred homes peoples have been displaced from. 35 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: And so Friday morning, I was up, I couldn't sleep, 36 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: and I was up and I was watching the news, 37 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: and it was about eight o'clock in the morning, and 38 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: I was also just seeing all the volunteers, not just 39 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: the paid firefighters, doing all the amazing, selfless and brave 40 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: work that they've been doing and we'll be for quite 41 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: a while, yeah, but all of these volunteers, all over 42 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,919 Speaker 1: Australia doing what they can to try and raise money, 43 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: get clothing, get water for the fieries, try and support them. 44 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: And I was starting to think about what could I 45 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: do to go and volunteer. Then I remember that I 46 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: have a radio show. Maybe I should come in and 47 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: volunteer to actually do that radio show, to try and 48 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: support however we can. That's why we've come in this morning. 49 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: So I rang Jack Friday morning and bless them, Jack's 50 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: come in this morning as well. Good morning mate, welcome 51 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: back to the show. 52 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I think it's a great thing that you're doing. 53 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 3: I felt a similar way. You do feel helpless watching 54 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 3: it and your first reaction is like what can I do? 55 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 3: But I mean, I've got no skills to drive out 56 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 3: to these areas. 57 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: It's a very narrow skill set. We have to come 58 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: and do this. This is all we can do, and 59 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: so this is our little bit really just to come 60 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: in this morning and to provide the show to support 61 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: however we can. And we don't really have a big 62 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: I'm looking normally where there's some kind of very rough 63 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: and if you're regularly listening to the show, you'll know 64 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: it's a very rough running order. I'm just suddenly looking 65 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: at it over this morning. If you've seen it, it's blank. 66 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: Someone's clearing well I did earlier then I didn't know 67 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: what to put down. Because we're here this morning, we 68 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: don't really know what today's show is going to be. 69 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 4: Like. 70 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 1: We are in an extraordinary situation, as is Australia right now, 71 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: and the big thing we want to do this morning 72 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: is I want to hear names of all these people 73 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: who are to me, they're like bushfire heroes. They're these volunteers. 74 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 1: We don't know who their names are. They're not statistics, 75 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: they're real people who've been doing extraordinary things selflessly. And 76 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: sometimes when I've seen people that have decided to go 77 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: and try and help out neighbors and defend their homes, 78 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,799 Speaker 1: or go and rescue people they don't even know, you're 79 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: sat there sometimes thinking I'm not sure I'd be brave 80 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: enough to do that. And this morning I want to 81 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: celebrate those people. I want to hear their names. And 82 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: it is like there's a league table of someone who's 83 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: done something really big and run into a burning building, 84 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 1: that there is nothing too small what these bushfire heroes 85 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: have done. And I think hearing about them over the 86 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: last couple of days, getting stories coming through from you. 87 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: When I said we were looking back to coming to 88 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: the show today, I've had some amazing emails the last 89 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: twenty four hours hearing about some of these people. Some 90 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: of these people are actually the people emailing me, been 91 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: trying to raise money to try and rebuild schools, trying 92 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: to get books for little schools that have been wiped 93 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: out in the middle of areas, in the middle of nowhere. 94 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: Those are the people we want to hear about this morning. 95 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: I just want to know one or two lines, what 96 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: they've done, who they are, So we're looking for bushfire 97 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: heroes this morning. The other thing is so many of you. 98 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: It's so easy to moan about social media, but it 99 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: feels that for me Jack, over the last couple of days, 100 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: so many great things have come on social with it. 101 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: Celest Barber, I mean, how is it when some of 102 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: these so called leaders are found wanting at the moment 103 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: when you've got someone like Celeste Barber who stepped up 104 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: and raised is it really over twenty million dollars. 105 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: Thirty million dollars this morning? 106 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: That'sn't it? Crazy? Astonishing? From all over the world, people 107 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: look into Australia right now, wanting to support however they are. 108 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: So there's so much good has happened over the last 109 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: couple of days. Today's show need to celebrate that. But 110 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: if you are doing a fundraiser, anything big or small, 111 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: and we can use the microphones that we're lucky enough 112 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: to have, please let me know this morning A nine 113 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: four one four one oh four to three. But the 114 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 1: real reason we've come in today is so we want 115 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: to say hello, to support however we can, and to 116 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: work out what we can do as a show to 117 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: support all the great work that people are doing right now. 118 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: So I hope you're well, I hope you're safe. If 119 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: you want to give us a call and just have 120 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: a chat this morning, we've got some amazing stories lined up, 121 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: first hand accounts of people being rescued literally about twelve 122 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: or thirteen hours ago from Malacotta Beach like all the 123 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: other thousands of people there who are huddled in safety. 124 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: We've got some amazing stories this morning from people who 125 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: who have got some kid that will make you feel 126 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: better this morning. But if you want to give us 127 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: a call, we'll here this morning for you. Nine four 128 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: on one oh four to three the. 129 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 2: Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one oh four point three. 130 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: Pats isn't with us this morning, but her presence and 131 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: the chaos she often brings the show very much. Is 132 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: the reason Pats isn't in this morning is she's in America. 133 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: You might have heard us last year when we were 134 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: talking about the show. She was heading over to a 135 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: dream trip. Her and Christa wherever you love God and 136 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: a little Audie in America. They've been in Disneyland. Good 137 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: those poor people working at Disneyland. Pat strikes. He's on 138 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: those people who's a pain in the backside on holiday. 139 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: Excuse me, waiter. We all diered ten seconds ago one 140 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: of those, isn't she anyway? Yesterday Pat sent me a 141 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: message going out. I feel so guilty. You know you guys, 142 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 1: you're going in doing the show. Do you want me 143 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: to get any vox pops. We're now in New York. 144 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: From what the people here think about what's going on 145 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: there on Australia side. The one thing none of us 146 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: need right now is what people shopping in Macy's or Bloomingdale's, 147 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: even if they know where Australia is on the map anyway, 148 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 1: So thanks, but no thanks Pats. And then this morning 149 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: she sent us a message going, hey, good on you guys, 150 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: doing your bit. Here's your wheel right now with a 151 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: photo of the Empire State Building is if that's meant 152 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: to help us. 153 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 3: At five, she obviously got off Google Images. 154 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: So even though she's not here, she's still creating her 155 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: CHAOT two presents. So pat sends her best from the 156 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: shopping at Macy's and Blue Medale's right now. So if 157 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:02,799 Speaker 1: you do want to give us a call this morning, 158 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: please let us know about the bush Fire heroes, the 159 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: people that are doing extraordinary work that might be you 160 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: or someone you know. Nine four one one four three. 161 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: The lines this morning are all about whoever you can 162 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: use the show. However, we can help you to use 163 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: the show to support the best way we can. Good morning, Jason, 164 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: there you going, first time caller for you. Hey listen, Jason, 165 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: thanks for calling the show. I hope you're well, but 166 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: happy new Year. Thanks you and Jason. What do you 167 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: want to say if you go? 168 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 5: A friend of mine put out the bay, Hey, man, run. 169 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 6: I want to go. 170 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 5: I suggest I'll ask the boss at work of tourists 171 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 5: and you go and he said, what's it for? 172 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 7: Told you the problem. 173 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 5: Registered Saturday, we chased it in, got some hay for 174 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 5: farmers on both trailers, went to one place one track 175 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 5: meant to a lower place and got loaded up and 176 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 5: then we I put out in the media. Then on 177 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 5: going up to give slanes for the followers and the 178 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 5: local Limbrok people donated water, fifteen slaves of water inside 179 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 5: the sleep of cabin or truck, dog food, and shampoos, 180 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 5: taw trees, just to make a difference. And you put 181 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 5: it out there. People just give something back. 182 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 8: You know. 183 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: One lady came with a bag of products. Another person 184 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 5: came with five bags product. It doesn't matter what it is, 185 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 5: as long as someone can give something to help someone 186 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 5: at the other end. Because these farmers and wines who 187 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 5: give us out dairy give us. 188 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 8: Our wheat. 189 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 5: Without them, without the wheat and without their lanes and 190 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 5: everything else where are we going to get a food 191 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 5: and stuff from. So really it's you don't do your bit. 192 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 5: I did it for the animals, for the feet, because 193 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 5: they shouldn't suffer. Sixty two trucks met up in the 194 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 5: office yesterday. But the group who did it was need 195 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 5: for food relief disaster and they were filling with the 196 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 5: Lions Club. They handled it all well, they did it 197 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 5: well well. Got banners go back of that trucks. We 198 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 5: all sat in the convoy went up towards Bandsdale. Even 199 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 5: we even filled up the Celtic Survey and trell and 200 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 5: full of trucks because we had to have our break. 201 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 5: It required breaks agetting the bands down stock Guards was full. 202 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 5: The governor, the local mayor of Bandstell said he was 203 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 5: overwhelmed for how many vehicles, trucks, small utes. I was 204 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 5: even a yute with one large bale in the back 205 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 5: of it. And we went up to two in two 206 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 5: groups and one went out to water just off past 207 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 5: August where it was heavily heavily you smoke, you can 208 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 5: you can smell the eerie, fiery eerie fell to it. 209 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 5: Then it's not far away and it wasn't far away. 210 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 5: The rain has been with a away from Melbourne all 211 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 5: the way up to August. And another group went up 212 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 5: past Bucking Caves or Bucking went all the way up 213 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 5: and he then sent some play those just the showers 214 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 5: they're driving up the road, they're still flames or tree 215 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 5: trunks are still smoldering on the side of their own. 216 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 5: Some of them shared a farm everything like you shared everything. 217 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 5: And there's a loads of their unloading Hayes because some 218 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 5: of these animals that survived to Freedi's animals. You know, 219 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 5: some of these organizations or even some people got a 220 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 5: group together and some of them if you're tucking something, 221 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 5: you sent b doubles up of food. 222 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 9: You know. 223 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 5: Another group picks me ten and a half thousand holes 224 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 5: of their own money for palette palette foods for horses 225 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 5: and took it up and they came up with us. 226 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: Well, Jason, it's incredible. What a great, amazing, huge show 227 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: of support as well. And Gibson has just been hit 228 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: by such an awful the images of Victoria that's the 229 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 1: worst area. I mean, it's barely believable, and you see 230 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: the damage has been done and the damage is still 231 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: happening as well, and so amazing. Just listen to you 232 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: list the huge convoy of support. I bet the mayor 233 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: of Bearsdel was overwhelmed by. It's just it must have 234 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 1: been so much to them, you know, when they've been 235 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: so devastated and it's going to be a long time 236 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: before they can rebuild. To see why, to see that 237 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: people are caring about them. And you said people doing 238 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,199 Speaker 1: stuff big and small. But the number of people, all 239 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: of you in that massive convoy must have been amazing 240 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: for them. Good on you. 241 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,719 Speaker 5: Like we went through Lake Entrance yesterday and there was 242 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 5: a little carnival there in like sentence, but it's all 243 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 5: locked up like sentence as the coast town the fires 244 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 5: of is not near them, but the northeastly wins and 245 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 5: they hate pick up again. Yea, then they'll be on 246 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 5: watching that. But the thing is, you know, instance is 247 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 5: over and done with because there's been fires out there, 248 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 5: people are still going to go out there. Like Entrance 249 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 5: was beautiful. I haven't been there for years. You're coming 250 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 5: over the hill, come down on the island side, you 251 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 5: can see the lakes and stuff, and you're coming to 252 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 5: town and you see some of the locals are just 253 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 5: like you know it, thumbs up and going thank you, 254 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 5: you know, because you make a difference and it all 255 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,440 Speaker 5: helse well. You know, I can say I'm proud to 256 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 5: be in Australia because you've got to do what you're 257 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:10,439 Speaker 5: going to do. 258 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: Well Well done, Jason, Good on you. You have made 259 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: a huge difference doing that and thank you very much 260 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: for letting everyone know about it as well. Good on 261 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: you have a good day, thanks Jason. 262 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 2: Look Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold on four WAT three. 263 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: Good morning is Christian O'Connell. Jack and I have come 264 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: in today trying to support and do our little bit 265 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: however we can on the show this morning. One thing 266 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: we are looking to do is to two things really 267 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: on the morning show, we're going to try and get 268 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: you as much information as possible about what is needed 269 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: right now. Over the last couple of days, you've probably 270 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: seen it on your Facebook feeds, Instagram. There's lots and 271 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: lots of people who have donated clothing. And if you 272 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: heard Danny Andrews yesterday, who is going to be on 273 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: this morning show in about an hour's time, he was 274 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: very clear and thanking everybody. But they can't cope with 275 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: any more clothes. I think there are now enough clothes 276 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: that have been donated for every single Australian to have 277 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: three outfits. They can't deal with any more clothing. No 278 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 1: more shoes Australia. Okay, the number of the shoes all right, 279 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: So it's amazing what we've all given in the way 280 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: of clothes, but the Red Cross are going to be 281 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: on this morning show as well to let us know 282 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: actually what we can do, what is needed right now 283 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: and why and what is being used for as well. 284 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 1: So we're going to hear that direct from the Red 285 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: Cross and also from Danny Andrews as well. But the 286 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: other thing is if you are doing any fundraisers, fundraisers 287 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 1: that we can support and to put on the show today, 288 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: please give us a call nine four one four one 289 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: four three. The other big thing is people like just 290 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: Center and her husband Here, John, I'm looking for your 291 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: stories about bushfire heroes, people who have been doing their bit, 292 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: Like John we just spoke to, have been doing your 293 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 1: bit to try and support however you can. Christian. My 294 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: name is de Cinta. Along my husband John, we raise 295 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: money amongst our family, friends and acquaintances in order to 296 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: purchase bottled water for the firefighters and bushfire victims. In 297 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: just two days, we purchased and transported nearly fourteen thousand 298 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 1: bottles of water, two hundred kilograms of pet food, and 299 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: toilet trees. This was distributed to bun Yip c Fee 300 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: and the Farmers Relief as well. We purchased, loaded and 301 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: uploaded for two whole days. Huge effort. Well done to 302 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: Center and John. That's amazing. Christian. Please can you give 303 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: a huge cheer out to Ossie Tires, Bayswater, Victoria. We 304 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: had to be evacuated from Lake's entrance to us is 305 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: like a ghost town on Friday and yesterday I had 306 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: a puncture and they fixed it for me for free. 307 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: When they heard that we've been evacuated and everything was 308 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: a bit chaotic for us. Thank you very much. That's 309 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: amazing of them. Thank you, word on a good on 310 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: you Aussie Ties in Bayswaters. If you know of any 311 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: bushfire heroes that we should be celebrated on this morning show, 312 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: you can call in nine four one one oh four three, 313 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: and you can also text the disease this morning and 314 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: you hit him back into a four seven five three 315 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: one oh four three News on the way. 316 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 2: Next the Christian O'Connell breakfast Show Melbourne's Gold one oh 317 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 2: four point three. 318 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: Over the weekend I put up on Facebook that we 319 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: were going to come back in and do a show 320 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: today and if we could help anyway, please let us know. 321 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: They've got some amazing emails and you. In the next 322 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: couple of hours, we'll have some of those people on 323 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: who've are some incredible stories to tell you about what 324 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: they've been through. People they want to thank somebody who 325 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: have been rescued from very, very life or death situations. 326 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: They're incredible. And I also got an email from a 327 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: guy's on the line now called Daryl. Good morning, Daryl, morning, Christian, 328 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: how are you. I'm good now listen Darrel, thank you 329 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: very much for dropping me a line. Please tell us 330 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: about this tiny little school that you've been you've already 331 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: sort of helped out and are going to help rebuild 332 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: which has just been burnt to the ground. Tell us 333 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: about Clifton Creek Primary School. 334 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 9: Not as far as rebuild, the rebuilding will be done 335 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 9: by the government, but we're coordinating and trying to assist 336 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 9: with replacing a lot of the items of they've bloss 337 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 9: As far as you know, they are very outgoing down here. 338 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 9: They had a took pavilion and market garden and all 339 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 9: those types of things, so all the things that go 340 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 9: with that. And also there's been a huge response, massive 341 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 9: response to library books to help replenish the library down 342 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 9: and I think we've been actually had been totally inundated 343 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 9: with the books, and that'll go a long way to 344 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 9: helping that with the library as well. 345 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: And so I at this little school. Then there's only 346 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: about ten kids that go there, but it's in there. 347 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: Jack and I were just looking on Google Maps. It's 348 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: in the middle of nowhere. 349 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 9: Yeah, Clifton Creek is I think it's about fifty k's 350 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 9: north of Bensdale, sat at the foot of the mountains there, 351 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 9: and yeah, it's such a beautiful little school. And yeah, 352 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 9: a total of ten kids and very very very special 353 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 9: little place. 354 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: And how can we help? What is the one thing 355 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: you need? Then it sounds like you're already done, and 356 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: you do it? 357 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: Are you? 358 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: You don't live around there, you're in Aubury. 359 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 9: Yeah, we're here on the border. And well what it 360 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 9: is Christian. We have what we call the Terry Floyd Foundation, 361 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 9: And waking up New Year's morning and hearing of this devastation, 362 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 9: and myself and my life looked at each other and said, 363 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 9: look through the foundation, we've got to be able to help. 364 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 9: So we put the call out there and we've been inundated. 365 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 9: We've got collection points now all around Victoria where people 366 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 9: are putting their hand up. We've got a main hub 367 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 9: where team members from the foundation to come on board. 368 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 9: So we've got a main hub we're working from where 369 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 9: we're keeping track of evidence being donated and what people 370 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 9: are sending in. So really, yeah, it's just been amazing. 371 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: So how can we have what do you what do 372 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 1: you need now, Chris? 373 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 9: Because we have been inundating, We've got a huge amount 374 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 9: of equipment coming for the guys, all that thing. What 375 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 9: would be sourcing and we'd hopefully if someone can offer 376 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 9: us up a container or even two containers to get 377 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 9: down to the area so we can start storing everything 378 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 9: in because we're running out of room and that would 379 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 9: look be very grateful. But we'll be liaging with the 380 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 9: government and speaking with them when and if that is 381 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 9: possible and where we can place them. 382 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: So what do you do you mean like a ship 383 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: and container for storage there on site? 384 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 9: Yeah, we can get like a mobile and it's only 385 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 9: on loan somewhere where we can put a container near 386 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 9: the Clifton Creek Prime Score in the area we can 387 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 9: store stuff from what then these kids go back to 388 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 9: school and that it'll be good for them all these 389 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 9: donations that are coming that they can access them musical instruments. 390 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 9: We're getting musical instruments for them to play, bikes, all 391 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 9: that type of thing. And if we can store them 392 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 9: close on site where they can still use them when 393 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 9: school resumes, it'd be just wonderful. 394 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: Isn't it incredible how those kids will go back and 395 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: the generosity you know since newsday NW wife's seen that. 396 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: Trying to do your bit, and you've got all these 397 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: people who've donated, like you said, bikes, computers, African drums 398 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,399 Speaker 1: for the kids to play on as well, and the 399 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: facilities of their Chuck house back as well. So it's 400 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: a large shipping container if anyone can down the docks, 401 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: can just offload one spare one for us, and do 402 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: you need you obviously need someone to take it out there, 403 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: because it's you need to get it out there. 404 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 9: Yeah, if someone's got a flat beer like a flatbear truck, 405 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 9: that can take it there. And they came in like 406 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 9: a twenty foot container if possibly, I think we've been 407 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 9: meeting at least two of them, or a large forty 408 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 9: foot container. It's something that can be set up and 409 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 9: secured properly on site. If someone could just loan that 410 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,120 Speaker 9: for a couple of months while we help with these 411 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 9: guys get back on their feet, would be really good. 412 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 9: And looking the other thing to Christian. We've had an 413 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 9: outpouring from overseas. We've got a lady over the UK 414 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 9: who's wrenched out the schools over there now getting together 415 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 9: onet of doing fundraising. We've been contacted from the USA 416 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 9: from a school over there in Greenland and the prince 417 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 9: of the teacher there are the two grade five. They're 418 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 9: going to be doing some special little things for the 419 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 9: kids at Clifton Creek. So testing just unreal. 420 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: Oh that's great, all right, So we need two shipping containers? 421 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: Are one really last shipping container? Jack can just chuck 422 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: in the back of his uth drag it out out there, okay. 423 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 9: All right, yeah, I grab it to hiss back whatever. 424 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: He's strong boy, Daryl. We'll see what we can do, okay, 425 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,360 Speaker 1: But for now, thanks for chatting to us, and good 426 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: on you. That's amazing what you've done. 427 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 9: Well done, Thanks your Tom. 428 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 6: Christian, cheers all right, if. 429 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: You can help Daryl out and the little school know 430 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: four one one O four three. 431 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 2: Look Christian, o' god all breakfast Melbourne's gold one of 432 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:02,360 Speaker 2: four point. 433 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: Three we've come back in this morning try and help 434 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: and support have we can. On the show. We just 435 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: spoke to Darryl who is trying to do an amazing with things. 436 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: He's already done amazing thing. He's got a load of 437 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: equipment to help rebuild a tiny little school out in 438 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 1: Clifton Creek. So the nearest little town would be what 439 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: bens down, Bensdale. So this is out and done in 440 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: Gippsland and one of the worst affected areas in Victoria 441 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: as well. We've all seen the images from there. And 442 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: so the one thing Daryl needs to ship all this 443 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: equipment drums for the kids, computers, barbecues, a shed to 444 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: handle their garden tools in, and bikes as well that 445 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: people have donated just in the last couple of days. 446 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: He needs a shipping container and some way of getting 447 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: the ship container with all the stuff in there out 448 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,479 Speaker 1: there as well. So Christian's on the line right now, Christian, 449 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: you might better help. 450 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 10: Yeah, Christian. 451 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 9: Shooting in it. 452 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 8: If there's anyone they can help get it, there is 453 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 8: at Clifton Creek. They're more than welcome to take it 454 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 8: for whatever duration they need. 455 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: Well, that's amazing, Christian, Thank you very much for give 456 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: us a call. We're trying to support Daryll out what 457 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: you're going to do and the little ten kids. I 458 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: saw there are ten little pupils that go to this 459 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 1: tiny little school at Clifton Creek. Can I ask how 460 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,199 Speaker 1: you just happen to have one lying around that we 461 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: can borrow for a bit. 462 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 8: We're a building company in Melbourne and we've got on 463 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 8: site check out are we not using it at the moment? 464 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: And well, Christian, thank you very much that I'm sure 465 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: hopefully during the next couple of hours we might find 466 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: somebody with a big flatbed truck that can take it 467 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: all the way up there to Clifton Creek. But for now, Christian, 468 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: what's the name of your building company as well? Because 469 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: so we can give you some love and thanks. 470 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 8: I'm built too arguing brilliant all. 471 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: Right, Christian, thank you very much and giving us a call. 472 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: Good on you. 473 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 8: Thanks quite loud. 474 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: Now. I had an email over the weekend from Jane 475 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: and she wanted to tell me about her brother and 476 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: this is quite an amazing email. Christian. My brother holidays 477 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 1: in Manicooter has the last twenty years, like a lot 478 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: of people, and he spent two nights in his boat 479 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: during the fires, and now, rather than evacuate, he has 480 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: chosen to stay behind in Manicoota to help his friends 481 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: and other locals at this time of crisis. I don't 482 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: think i'd do that. What an amazing thing to do. Anyway, 483 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: Matt is on the line right now, and Manicoter's become 484 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: one of those areas where all over the world we've 485 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: all seen it, the thousands of people huddled hoping for 486 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 1: praying for help, and safety warships turning up to rescue people. 487 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: Nothing we've ever seen before. Matt is on the line 488 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: there right now. He's just woken up after another long 489 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: day yesterday helping out. Good morning, Matt, Yeah, good I 490 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: guys there you go, well and listen, We're fine. How 491 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: are you going. What's it like there at the moment 492 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,360 Speaker 1: you're on the ground there, what's it like, Matt? 493 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 11: Yeah, Look, it's sort of everyone's just sort of settling 494 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 11: down and calming down. Now we've there's been an enormous 495 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 11: amount of vacuations here of like wal Camp Park, where 496 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 11: I've been sort of camping and stay for the last 497 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 11: twenty years, has predominantly been evacuated. Now people have sort 498 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 11: of either parked their cars and stuff up in an 499 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 11: area in town that's safe, where they've just literally packed 500 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 11: up and left their campsite as it is, And yeah, 501 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 11: so that's happening, and then people are really just trying 502 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 11: to assess the loss and how much damage and what's gone. 503 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 11: You know, there's sort of eighty houses or maybe ninety 504 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 11: houses have gone and the abode loaded come up burnt 505 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 11: to the ground, which is sort of probably the biggest 506 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 11: industry in the town. And yeah, it's really just sort 507 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,360 Speaker 11: of people just coming to terms with it. But everyone's 508 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 11: really banging together and helping out. 509 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: And how bad was it last week when we were 510 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: all watching the images where it just looked fine, you know, 511 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: like ten thousand people all huddled families not knowing what 512 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: was going on. You were obviously there. What was it like? Then? 513 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 11: Yeah, well we sort of, you know, we were told 514 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 11: that the fires might head our way, and then we 515 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 11: were sort of told the fires are coming our way, 516 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 11: and a lot of people sort of made the decision 517 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 11: to pack up and leave with the raids were open 518 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 11: where I camped with five other families and they all 519 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 11: took off, and mostly because they didn't have any other 520 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 11: way of dealing with the fire, whereas I had a boat, 521 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 11: so I prepared my boat and we headed out onto 522 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 11: the lake at about quarters to four in the morning 523 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 11: once the fire started to hit town and members were 524 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 11: going everywhere, and we sort of went out into the 525 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 11: middle of the lake and took refuge with probably thirty 526 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 11: or forty other boats, which were mostly local so they 527 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 11: sort of obviously knew where a good safe spot was 528 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 11: and we just sort of had it, just waited it out. 529 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 11: Just dis globe just get kept on getting bigger and 530 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 11: bigger and bigger, and then it just hit the town 531 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 11: and you could just dig here explosions and you know, 532 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 11: sort of flames were just taking the pocket to bush 533 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 11: all over the place, and it was pretty apocalyptic because 534 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 11: that was sort of when at first light it was 535 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 11: sort of it wasn't too bad for a little bit, 536 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 11: and then it just went this unbelievable orange the whole 537 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 11: sky and that lasted about forty minutes or so, and 538 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 11: then it just went absolutely pitched back to the next 539 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 11: sort of five hours so and just horrendous wings, and 540 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 11: you know, we were getting heaps of debris and embers 541 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 11: on the bait, even sort of two and a half 542 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 11: k's from the town out on the lake. They were 543 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 11: dead embers, so there's no real danger in them. But yeah, 544 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 11: we stayed out there for about fifteen hours and as 545 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 11: we came back into town the joint was just still 546 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 11: on fire age where but we sort of wanted to 547 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 11: come back in And I didn't evacuate because I went 548 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 11: out in the lake. They had my dog and my 549 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,120 Speaker 11: wife had two friends with me who have now since 550 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 11: been evacuated. Day's now gone back to Melbourne by the 551 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 11: air Force planes out of the airport yesterday and I'll 552 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 11: keep evacuating some more people this morning, and then assessed 553 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 11: the damage. But yeah, I'm a builder, and I decided 554 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 11: to stay and see what I can do and help 555 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 11: out with the town, you know, if there's any unsafe 556 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,719 Speaker 11: building information or assessments or anything. I just know I've 557 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 11: got a lot of friends here. I've got friends that 558 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 11: have lost houses, and yeah, I just want to help 559 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 11: out and do my bit. 560 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: Well, Matt, I think it's incredible you are exactly who 561 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: we want to hear from today. You're a bush fire hero. 562 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: I don't know many people that would do that instead 563 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: a dangerous area and what did your wife say, when 564 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: you said I'm going to stay behind you take the 565 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: dog and go. 566 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 10: Yeah. 567 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 11: Well, look, to be honest, there's no immediate danger here 568 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 11: in No Lacluda. Now the roads are closed out and 569 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 11: down the highway both ways, so we can't actually leave 570 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,360 Speaker 11: only by We can only get out of here by 571 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 11: the evacuation or ship or we're actually not chip or bait. 572 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 11: So you know, I've got a couple of plan b 573 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 11: for the end of this week. If I still can't 574 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 11: get out of here, you know, I sort of either 575 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 11: take my boat, my own boat down to Lake Entrance 576 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 11: and get picked up from there, or I may get it, 577 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 11: may fly out if we can get a private aircraft 578 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 11: in which we're not under the airport's closed to emergency 579 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 11: aircraft only. So he looks he was, Okay, you know, 580 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 11: I'm sort of not taking any any real risks. Obviously 581 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 11: the fire's gone, it's now further north. So you know, 582 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 11: a couple of times I sort of sort of thought, jeez, 583 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 11: I wish I had evacuated when I could. But then 584 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 11: you know that anxiety sort of overt dissipated, and I thought, yeah, jeez, 585 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 11: I'm glad of bloody steak because people really are going 586 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 11: to need a hand. But yeah, look there's a lot 587 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 11: more bush by heroes here than me. You know, I 588 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 11: made in town. Paddy Boyle, he's been out in the 589 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 11: bush on his own. He's probably saved about a dozen 590 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 11: or so for whalas at a burden. So it singed 591 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 11: and taken them to the annimal refuge center here that 592 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 11: we've set up in the there's a little mud big 593 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 11: building on the oval. They've set up an animal refuge 594 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 11: center there which has just got volunteers working over time, 595 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 11: the children try and keep these animals alike. It the 596 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 11: lost down here of BirdLife is unbelievable. I've seen real 597 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 11: photos of the beaches. There's just hundreds, if not thousands 598 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 11: of dead birds on the beach refuge there. You just 599 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 11: couldn't get out. So yeah, yeah, look, I just I'm 600 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 11: just here to sort of do whatever I can because 601 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 11: I've been coming so long that I've don I've got 602 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 11: friends to do their support. 603 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: So well, I think it's incredible we've been doing. And 604 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: tell me this then, Matt, when you were out on 605 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: the boats, obviously in a lot of those rural areas, 606 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: phone reception on any normal days hard How are you 607 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: getting information and able to know what was going on? 608 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 1: And you know about the rescue organization that was trying 609 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: to be organized. How are people actually able to talk 610 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,480 Speaker 1: to each other and speak to each other. 611 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 11: Yeah, well, anyone on not just just went immediately out, 612 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 11: unfortunately on Telstra which sort of hung in there. So 613 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 11: I actually had the phone communication back to some friends 614 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 11: on shore, some of them who had taken refuse down 615 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 11: on the foreshore where there was probably about four or 616 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 11: tien thousand people sort of huddled together. There was also 617 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 11: another seven or eight hundred people in the hall which 618 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 11: had CFE trucks surrounding the hall basically just keeping the fire, 619 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 11: and then there's and all that debait protecting those people 620 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 11: inside the hall. So I was communicating sort of backwards 621 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,959 Speaker 11: and forwards a couple of times. There was some horrendous explosions, 622 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 11: and I too, at one point thought the per petrol 623 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 11: station might have gone up, because there was one explosion 624 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 11: that was just enormous. We heard it out on the 625 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 11: lake and we thought, holy hell, what was that? 626 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: You know? 627 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 11: And then I rang a mate and he said, I 628 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 11: don't know what it was, but it came from down 629 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 11: your camp area. So I sort of thought, oh, well, 630 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 11: I'm going to come back in my camp is going 631 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,479 Speaker 11: to be completely flattened. But fortunately enough, by some miracle, 632 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 11: I'm only thirty meters or so from the bush, and 633 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 11: and all the tents and camping sites along there were 634 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 11: all safe. But yeah, we just you know, I've actually, 635 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 11: I'm actually doing a tiny bit trying to get this 636 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 11: off this tower in town up up, up and running. 637 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 11: I've got a friend that works for Optus who's trying 638 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 11: to get me a generator flown in with a special socket. 639 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 11: We actually organized some fuel off an s A refuge boat, 640 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 11: the Fasarison was actually the first boat on the scene. 641 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 11: It was just was straight off Balacouta literally the next 642 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 11: day after the fires, with these long supplies and stuff, 643 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 11: and they sort of started to bring those things and 644 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 11: that was donated by a Norwegian company that was leasing 645 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 11: the vehicle. I've since found out. So we've got sort 646 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 11: of six hundred leaders to diesel fuel for this generator 647 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 11: to try and get the office tower up in the 648 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 11: next on a day or two for those people on 649 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 11: office and. 650 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Matt, you must be like. They 651 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: need to erect a statue to you. I mean you're 652 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: putting up the phone mask for you know mcgav down there. 653 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: Do you walk on water on? Mancoutera. It's amazing. Listen 654 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: to all this that that you're doing, mate, Honestly, it's incredible. 655 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 11: Now, look, everyone's just doing me a little bit to 656 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 11: be honest, and I like, it's not a big task. 657 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 11: I just need to get in. 658 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: It's more than a little bit. It's it's something quite 659 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: special man. 660 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 12: Man. 661 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 3: How many people are still in Malakudah? 662 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 11: Look, well, people can't get out, so that any people 663 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 11: have evacuated, to be honest, as sort of the sick 664 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 11: and the elderly, local residents and obviously holidaymakers, a lot 665 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 11: of women and children. But there are still you know, 666 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 11: there are still women and children in the camp park 667 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 11: and our young children who are staying. 668 00:30:59,240 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 10: I don't know. 669 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 11: It looks it's really hard to engauge on it because 670 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 11: people aren't driving around. Because you can only get fifty 671 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 11: You can only buy fifteen dollars worth of fuel at 672 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 11: the service station for generators only. You can't actually fill 673 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 11: any car with diesel or petrol. You can only buy fifteen. 674 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 11: Leaders are fifteen dollars, not leaders fifteen dollars of petrol 675 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 11: generators only because we don't have any power, so the 676 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 11: town doesn't have power back yet, so we're all running 677 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 11: on generators. So there's a bit of generator stopping going 678 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 11: on and generator loaning, and people are trying to keep 679 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 11: their freezers with supplies running and. 680 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 9: Fridges with food supplies running. 681 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 11: You know, has been and there has been some big 682 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 11: feel food drops into town, so there's heaps of thod 683 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 11: up at the hall for those people that need it 684 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,160 Speaker 11: and so forth. You know, We've still got sort of 685 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 11: some fish and stuff that we've caught and cerries and 686 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 11: it's going okay because we're running on solar anyway. So yeah, 687 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 11: it's really hard to get engaged, to be honest, I 688 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 11: don't know, they've probably evacuated probably three or four thousand 689 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 11: people maybe i'd suppose at least, so you know, we 690 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 11: might be down to two or three thousand in town 691 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 11: at the moment. It really is hard to gauge. 692 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,560 Speaker 1: All right, Well, listen, Matt, we'll let you go. Thank 693 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,840 Speaker 1: you so much for everything you've done and that you're 694 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: doing as well. You are a bush fire hero. It's 695 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: extraordinary what we're doing, mate, and it's been our pleasure 696 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: to to hear your first hand account of the amazing 697 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: work that people have been doing. That you've been doing 698 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: as well, Matt, Stay safe. Hopefully we speak to you 699 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: again soon. 700 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 11: Yeah, thanks for taking in guys. 701 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 2: Look Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one oh four 702 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 2: point three. 703 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: You're wondering why are we on the show today? It 704 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: was an easy thing, like so many of you, trying 705 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: to do your bit watching in horror over the last 706 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: week or two as Australia is on fire, and Friday 707 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: morning I was up, I couldn't sleep, and I was 708 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 1: watching the news again and just couldn't leave it. And 709 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: I was trying to work out what could I go 710 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: and do, maybe do some voluntary work or something at 711 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: local place, or see what me and the family could do. 712 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: And I thought, hey, what about going into that radio 713 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: show and to volunteering to do a show. So rang Jack. 714 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,840 Speaker 1: Jack led to the chance of coming in as well. 715 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: So me and Jack here this morning and today's show 716 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: then is really about speaking to you and letting us 717 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 1: know about the Bushfire heroes, like we just spoke to Matt, 718 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: who decided to stay rather be evacuated, said goodbye to 719 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: his wife and dog that got airlifted out from Manakuta. 720 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: He decided to stay and help. He's a trade in, 721 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 1: he's trying to build and trying to do his bit. 722 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: We've spoken to so many people when we want to 723 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: hear your stories this morning of bushfire heroes, these nameless 724 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: people who were doing their bit and nothing too small 725 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: or big. We want to hear their names and what 726 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: they're up to. So give us a call this morning. 727 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: Talk us about the Bushfire heroes on one O four three. 728 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: And if you're doing any fundraising activities or you need 729 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 1: any help whatsoever. We've got this show. Let's use it. 730 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: Nine four one O four three. Pats isn't with us 731 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: at the moment. She's on a holiday in America. She's 732 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: doing herber She's currently shopping in Macy's. That is actually 733 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: where she is. She just checked in off Facebook, New York. 734 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: She had did that thing where she sent me a 735 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,320 Speaker 1: text now and go saying he's thinking of us, And 736 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, while you're shopping, you're not thinking of us. 737 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: You're just that timely bit bit guilty. So she would 738 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: be here, Yeah, honestly, she would absolutely be here, but 739 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: she's not. She's she's shopping at Macy's. So Jack's been 740 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,919 Speaker 1: keeping a tally of some of the amazing people we've 741 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: already spoken to since six o'clock this morning. So who 742 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: have we heard from? 743 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, we've talked first to Jason who was part of 744 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 3: that convoy taking hay bales and other supplies up to 745 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 3: the farms in East Gippsland. We spoke to Daryl who 746 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 3: runs a charity that donates to primary schools in need, 747 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,760 Speaker 3: and he's found this primary school of ten kids, Clifton 748 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 3: Creek Primary School that completely burned to the ground. There 749 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,319 Speaker 3: have so many donations for that primary school. What they 750 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 3: need though, is a shipping container to store it all. Currently, 751 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 3: if he can get two shipping containers on loan, he's 752 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,439 Speaker 3: happy to give him back, but that's what he's looking for. 753 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 3: And then Christian in Burwood has a twenty foot shipping 754 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 3: container that he can donate, doesn't have a way to 755 00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 3: get it from Melbourne out to Clifton Creek, so we 756 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,759 Speaker 3: are looking for a truck or somebody who thinks they 757 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 3: can transport a shipping container and possibly another shipping container 758 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 3: for Darryl and the kids. At Clifton Creek Primary. 759 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,120 Speaker 1: Awesome nine four one four one o four three on 760 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: the line. Now we've got pairs. Good morning, pears, hell 761 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 1: I am, I'm good peers, Happy New Year, thanks for 762 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,479 Speaker 1: calling the show. So tell us what you've been up to. Mate? 763 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 11: All right, so you say night. 764 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 7: Honestly, I'm seeing how much like what you're talking about 765 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 7: where are just wanting to wanted to do something and 766 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 7: make a new difference on accountants to myself, and you know, 767 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,800 Speaker 7: at the moment, all I really had to offer was 768 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 7: was my time, really, you know, and I just felt 769 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 7: like it was just a drop in the ocean, you know, 770 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 7: and who did I help? And even by the time 771 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 7: you get there, it's fact, does it really make a difference? 772 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 7: And so I just thought, well, maybe there's more people 773 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 7: like me that are willing to give their time up 774 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 7: for free and travel anywhere or whatever it wants. So 775 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 7: I started a Facebook group called tradees for Bio Affected Communities, 776 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 7: which just rolls off the tongue I don't. 777 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that. Because I was starting to 778 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,800 Speaker 1: write it down, I thought I can't be bothered with 779 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: oh the t f f AC. 780 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 7: It's really and we've just actually got a website going 781 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 7: that they just went live last night, which is which 782 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 7: is the website just to get registrations through. But the 783 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 7: Facebook page is blown up put the members when I've 784 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 7: just looked at it this morning in amount of days 785 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 7: and it's really really heart woman stuff. 786 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,759 Speaker 13: So trading is from all around the country. You know, 787 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 13: we've got excavated artists, concreted chippy plumber as well. There's 788 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 13: everyone machine and higher places are willing to donate their 789 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 13: you know, machinery and all. 790 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 7: This kind of stuff. So yeah, it's so it's build it. 791 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 9: But the. 792 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 7: I guess the point of the site is we want 793 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 7: to gain all of these people built up this database 794 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,359 Speaker 7: and when the times right, because it is the still 795 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:06,720 Speaker 7: as an ongoing convergency, when the time's right, then we're 796 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 7: looking to keep all of them with, you know, people 797 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 7: that need help. So that's that's the sort of phase 798 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,720 Speaker 7: two aspect, because we don't want to put on anyone. 799 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,319 Speaker 7: We don't want to spend people anywhere where they're going 800 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 7: to get in the way or putting guys out or 801 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,799 Speaker 7: they think so at the moment, it's very much put 802 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,120 Speaker 7: your hand up if you were to donate your time 803 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 7: and we can go from thereafter. 804 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,400 Speaker 1: Peers, that's amazing one, an amazing thing you've done in it. 805 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 1: It comes from that moment, doesn't it. Like you're sat 806 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: there thinking what can I do? What can I do? 807 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 1: And then it's so easy to moan about Facebook and 808 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,479 Speaker 1: social media and then these Facebook groups that I've joined 809 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,439 Speaker 1: up to over the last couple of days, so many 810 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: people like you, Peers, are actually deciding to do something. 811 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: Like you say, just think it's a tiny will drop 812 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: on the ocean and it becomes something way bigger. And 813 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,080 Speaker 1: now you sat there, you've got five thousand traders from 814 00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: all over Australia all think of, well, I know how 815 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,560 Speaker 1: to cut wood, can do this, I can sewing a 816 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: hammer or once together of the rebuild which is going 817 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,600 Speaker 1: to be huge, and that isn't right now but it'll 818 00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,200 Speaker 1: be soon. But Peers, that's amazing, well done. 819 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,440 Speaker 7: Mate, Yeah, thank you very much. And also the other 820 00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 7: don't think I really love about the What I think 821 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 7: is like a really really great thing. The rhetoric around 822 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 7: the hole that the whole will sighting has become like 823 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,959 Speaker 7: so you know, so full of anger and political point 824 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,320 Speaker 7: of you know, singer pointing, and the group is completely 825 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 7: free of that. It's literally just people saying, right, let's 826 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,279 Speaker 7: get together, let's help out. So it's this this like, 827 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 7: it's this this real shining light on humanity, I think, and. 828 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: Don't we all need to know that right now? You're 829 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,760 Speaker 1: right because there is there always a lot of anger 830 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 1: and there is a place in time for that to 831 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 1: work out. Yeah, what has actually happened here, but right 832 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 1: now people just need support and the time for the 833 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,160 Speaker 1: political fighting isn't right now. And it's great what you're 834 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,240 Speaker 1: doing and all those five thousand members as well. So listen, pairs, 835 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: I bet there'd be some tradees listening right now. The 836 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,839 Speaker 1: name of the cat Sheep Facebook group is once more 837 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:03,359 Speaker 1: we have to get Jack to write a song about 838 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,280 Speaker 1: this with Okay, peers, off you go. What's the Facebook 839 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 1: cawed If you're a trady listening right now, have a 840 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: listen to this. Have a look on Facebook at this group. 841 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:12,879 Speaker 1: What's it called, right? 842 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 7: Trading for Fire Affected Communities? 843 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: Tradees for fire affected Communities? Right? And also peers, when 844 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: it comes to the rebuild, please if there's anything that 845 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: you need or anybody needs, and you will need supplies 846 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,240 Speaker 1: and materials and even food, water, a temporary coommodation. Whatever 847 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: you need when you're going out there, please get in 848 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,359 Speaker 1: touch with me. Okay in us we can help as well, 849 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: and we'd fully support whatever you guys are going to do. 850 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 7: They'll be amazing. Thank you, Thanks for taking a call. 851 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,520 Speaker 2: Christian o'con old Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one of four 852 00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 2: point three. 853 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 1: Let's take some more calls, Sean, good morning, good morning Christian. 854 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 1: Hey Sean, thank you very much for giving us a call. 855 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: So you're a captain of Coldstream Firebrigade. 856 00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,880 Speaker 12: Yeah, that's correct, correct, and. 857 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 1: Well, first of all, thanks, thank you very much for 858 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,719 Speaker 1: a given score and amazing work that you and your 859 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 1: colleagues have been doing. It's just extraordinary. 860 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 12: Thank you, Thank you. 861 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,400 Speaker 1: Now what have you been up to? How can we 862 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:10,879 Speaker 1: help you? 863 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:16,640 Speaker 12: Coulstream was contacted by a lovely lady that asked use 864 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 12: if we can use cul Stream as a drop off 865 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,960 Speaker 12: point for goods back on Thursday, which we did and 866 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 12: advertised that and which it was mainly for our local community, 867 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,400 Speaker 12: but we've been getting donations as far field as Frankston, Geelong, 868 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:38,800 Speaker 12: far reaching, far reaching, and we have now about six 869 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 12: hundred palettes of goods and that keeps climbing. 870 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,799 Speaker 1: Six hundred palettes. Where are you storing it all? 871 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,920 Speaker 12: So at we're in a storing at all in a 872 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 12: factory or a warehouse in Bayswater at the moment. But 873 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 12: we need to first thing is to get across to 874 00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,960 Speaker 12: the community is that we're not accepting any more donations. 875 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 12: We're just flooded with them and trying to palatize what 876 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:09,239 Speaker 12: we've got. And the second thing is trying to we 877 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,600 Speaker 12: need to work out where we're sending this stuff. Where 878 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,040 Speaker 12: we're finding some pretty big brick walls in front of 879 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,600 Speaker 12: us with trying to get the goods to where they needed. 880 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:20,839 Speaker 1: All right, well, look I tell you what we can 881 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,359 Speaker 1: help in about five or ten minutes time. Obviously he's 882 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 1: very busy number, but we've got the Premier of the State, 883 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 1: Daniel Andrews, is actually on the show, so we can 884 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,120 Speaker 1: we can ask him directly, because if you saw yesterday, 885 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,920 Speaker 1: you're probably busy. But yesterday he was saying similar to 886 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,359 Speaker 1: what you're saying now is the charities and services they're 887 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,240 Speaker 1: overloaded with donations at the moment, and so it's actually 888 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,359 Speaker 1: trying to work out how they're going to get them 889 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,360 Speaker 1: to the affected communities. How do we who's marshaling all that, 890 00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 1: who's in charge of all that? Because there's so much 891 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,560 Speaker 1: going on at the moment, and obviously they're still dealing with 892 00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:52,360 Speaker 1: the ongoing fires and remote areas and so there's a 893 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,400 Speaker 1: lack of it must be really challenging to get the 894 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,040 Speaker 1: clear communication with everybody. 895 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 12: It certainly is. Yeah, we're being in talk with a 896 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:03,720 Speaker 12: couple of the shires up towards the border, up towards 897 00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,360 Speaker 12: Donga and Wangaratta of seeing how we can go about 898 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 12: shipping it up there. We're waiting for some answers on those. 899 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 12: Hopefully we'll get some this morning. That we've just got 900 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:16,479 Speaker 12: to got a waite. 901 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 1: I suppose all right, Well listen, Sean, we'll ask directly 902 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,200 Speaker 1: and see what answers we get. But good on you 903 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:22,919 Speaker 1: for doing what you're doing already in the great work 904 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:23,720 Speaker 1: you do as fieries. 905 00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,160 Speaker 12: Anyway, no worries, Thank you very much. 906 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: Hey, my pleasure. Have a good day you too. 907 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:28,680 Speaker 12: Thank you. 908 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:33,080 Speaker 2: Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one of four point three. 909 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:35,080 Speaker 1: Jack and I back on the show today. While we 910 00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,640 Speaker 1: wanted to come in. Is we're hearing all these stories 911 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,640 Speaker 1: just seeing the last couple of days of people doing 912 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,799 Speaker 1: amazing voluntary work, and shall I do their little bit, 913 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:46,280 Speaker 1: like Piers setting up the Facebook group for those tradees 914 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,520 Speaker 1: for fire effective communities. I've recently just become a member 915 00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,359 Speaker 1: and he's in building work done. I need a cheap 916 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,279 Speaker 1: quote for cash and so we when to come in 917 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:55,680 Speaker 1: and just do our a little bit. And this is 918 00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,400 Speaker 1: our little bit. It's the radio show and trying to 919 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,360 Speaker 1: support you the best way we can. And on the 920 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,600 Speaker 1: line right now. Obviously a very very busy man, so 921 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,080 Speaker 1: I appreciate him freeing up some time as the premiere 922 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,759 Speaker 1: of Victoria. Daniel Andrews, Good morning Daniel. 923 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,400 Speaker 10: Good morning Christians. 924 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:12,200 Speaker 1: And I know you're really really busy. Those managed to 925 00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:13,960 Speaker 1: getting much sleep at the moment, but I know that 926 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,239 Speaker 1: everyone listening right now we just want to know, really 927 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: what is the latest and what can we do. 928 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,200 Speaker 14: So the latest Christian We've got thirty one going fires. 929 00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:28,000 Speaker 14: There's some mornings out in about twenty four different communities 930 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,520 Speaker 14: across East Gipsland and right up into the northeast of 931 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,000 Speaker 14: the state in that alpine area where we've seen so 932 00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,520 Speaker 14: much footage and so much coverage of just absolutely amazing 933 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,960 Speaker 14: fire activity really significant. Now, look, the weather's better, the 934 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 14: rain is welcome in some parts, but it does create 935 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,359 Speaker 14: some challenges. We had a forest fire management vehicle flip 936 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,360 Speaker 14: over yesterday on a greasy track. Luckily no one was 937 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,080 Speaker 14: seriously injured, but it's just one of those things. This 938 00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 14: is far from over and I've had a lot of 939 00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 14: people in Melbourne listening to your show would assume that 940 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:02,279 Speaker 14: because we've got much cooler weather and some significant rain, 941 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:05,440 Speaker 14: that perhaps things are past, the danger's past. That we've 942 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,600 Speaker 14: got some hot weather coming, particularly into the north of 943 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:12,240 Speaker 14: the state over the next couple of days. So massive 944 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:15,560 Speaker 14: fire edge, a lot of it's not contained, whilst a 945 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,320 Speaker 14: lot's been burnt out. We've got real, real fears and 946 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,520 Speaker 14: real concerns for the coming days. It's about more than 947 00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,360 Speaker 14: a million hectares have been burnt out Christian So this 948 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,799 Speaker 14: is one of the most significant fire events we've ever seen, 949 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,279 Speaker 14: and really a lot of people are doing it very tough. 950 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,640 Speaker 14: But at the same time, as you just described, so 951 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:37,640 Speaker 14: many very very generous Victorians doing everything they can. It 952 00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,839 Speaker 14: really warms your heart to see people extending that real 953 00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:45,240 Speaker 14: sense of kindness to complete strangers. It's an absolutely wonderful 954 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:49,840 Speaker 14: thing amid the terror and horror of these fives, and what. 955 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,239 Speaker 1: Can people do here in vic Sawitt? How are we 956 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,879 Speaker 1: best able to support? Because I saw yesterday you spoke 957 00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:56,880 Speaker 1: very clearly and very well that there have been so 958 00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:00,720 Speaker 1: many amazing donations, just way beyond anything we can imagine. 959 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,919 Speaker 1: I'll be donating clothes and time and food and water. 960 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,600 Speaker 1: But obviously they're at the point now where it's too 961 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:08,840 Speaker 1: much and people need to stop. What can we do? 962 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:09,520 Speaker 1: What can people do? 963 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 14: And look, part of the challenge Christian is to be 964 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 14: blunt and be clear, but not to offend anyone. So 965 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,320 Speaker 14: I just want to be really clear by saying I 966 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:18,640 Speaker 14: know where all these donations come from. They come from 967 00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:22,239 Speaker 14: absolute kindness. But we don't need any more water, we 968 00:45:22,280 --> 00:45:24,840 Speaker 14: don't need any more food, we don't need any more clothes. 969 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,120 Speaker 14: We've got enough of that. In fact, the amount that's 970 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:32,439 Speaker 14: been donated is really causing some significant concerns in terms 971 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,719 Speaker 14: of warehouse capacity, trucks that are on the road that 972 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:39,160 Speaker 14: don't need to be diverting resources away from other relief 973 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,040 Speaker 14: as well as firefighting. So I know this sounds a 974 00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 14: bit blunt, but the best thing to do is to 975 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,920 Speaker 14: go to just google Victorian bush fire appeal and if 976 00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:51,000 Speaker 14: you can donate five dollars, fifty dollars, whatever you might 977 00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:54,080 Speaker 14: be able to do. Those cash donations are the best 978 00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:58,080 Speaker 14: because it means that we can with absolute flexibility provide 979 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,320 Speaker 14: to those families that are out of their hearts, that 980 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,640 Speaker 14: are faced with a really difficult next six months or so, 981 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:06,920 Speaker 14: perhaps even longer, we can provide them with exactly what 982 00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:10,960 Speaker 14: they need. I just want to reassure you all listeners, 983 00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,360 Speaker 14: one hundred cents in every dollar of that goes directly 984 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:18,440 Speaker 14: to those who have been most significantly hurt, those have 985 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,479 Speaker 14: been most significantly impacted. For there's no clipping your ticket. 986 00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:24,800 Speaker 14: It's one hundred percent goes where it should go. It 987 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,320 Speaker 14: doesn't go to fure services. We fund that as a government, 988 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,040 Speaker 14: but it goes to those families that are in real 989 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:31,680 Speaker 14: stress and real pain at the moment. 990 00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:34,520 Speaker 1: And as you've been traveling around the last couple of days, 991 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,560 Speaker 1: what have you what have you seen? What you know? 992 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:38,400 Speaker 1: It must have been so hard at times, because I 993 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:40,960 Speaker 1: was saying earlier, it's like a warzone. We're seeing these 994 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,200 Speaker 1: blood red skies. We're seeing it looks like an atomic 995 00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,480 Speaker 1: bomb has been dropped in so many parts of New 996 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:47,759 Speaker 1: South Wales and here in Victoria as well. What have 997 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,440 Speaker 1: you actually seen with your eyes, seen and felt over 998 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:51,319 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. 999 00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,959 Speaker 14: Well, look, the first point to make is I've seen 1000 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:59,960 Speaker 14: different firefighters, whether it be career volunteer, mfb CFA, Astraying 1001 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,680 Speaker 14: Defense Force, Victoria Police, Ambulance. Victoria sees the whole team 1002 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:09,960 Speaker 14: Christian working together as one and their professionalism is absolutely 1003 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,719 Speaker 14: amazing and we're very grateful to all of them. They're 1004 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,560 Speaker 14: doing an amazing job in very difficult circumstances. I want 1005 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,719 Speaker 14: to make a particular mention. You shouldn't single anyone out, 1006 00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:20,840 Speaker 14: but Victoria Police have done a great job. They always do, 1007 00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,800 Speaker 14: but they've done a great job in daw knocking and 1008 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:27,320 Speaker 14: getting people out of very very dangerous communities. And that 1009 00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,400 Speaker 14: state of disaster remains in place, and if people are 1010 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:33,200 Speaker 14: asked to leave and they can leave, then they must leave. 1011 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,840 Speaker 14: Now that's not the case right now, but as we 1012 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,239 Speaker 14: come into the warmer weather later this week, it may 1013 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,400 Speaker 14: well be that we're advising people to get out of 1014 00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,080 Speaker 14: those fire impacted areas because we can't guarantee their safety. 1015 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,040 Speaker 8: And we're very. 1016 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,840 Speaker 14: Grateful to a lot of people who will follow that 1017 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:51,880 Speaker 14: advice because it makes things so much easier. We finish 1018 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,959 Speaker 14: up with less communities isolated locked in by the fire, 1019 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,279 Speaker 14: and we finish up with less people in harm's way. 1020 00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,880 Speaker 14: The other thing, Christian I've seen is just the absolute spirit, 1021 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,680 Speaker 14: the strength, the character of people, people who have lost everything, 1022 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:06,799 Speaker 14: and yet they can still find something positive. They can 1023 00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:12,120 Speaker 14: still be be present, be there and be concerned about others. 1024 00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:15,600 Speaker 14: That's the most amazing thing. So look, we are bigger 1025 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,200 Speaker 14: than this. We will overcome this where we'll rebuild and 1026 00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,160 Speaker 14: I'll have some more to say about how we're going 1027 00:48:20,239 --> 00:48:22,560 Speaker 14: to coordinate that effort later on in the day. But 1028 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:25,879 Speaker 14: we've seen the worst of nature and the very best 1029 00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:29,120 Speaker 14: the human spirit. And that's that's what Victorians are famous for. 1030 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,000 Speaker 1: That's a great way to summ it all up. Now, 1031 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,279 Speaker 1: later on this month, we've got Australia Day, and I 1032 00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:36,839 Speaker 1: think it'd be great. I don't want to you think 1033 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,000 Speaker 1: about this, but I think it'd be great on Australia 1034 00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:41,680 Speaker 1: Day if we had some kind of national thing where 1035 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,560 Speaker 1: everyone in Australia did something big or small to try 1036 00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,759 Speaker 1: and raise funds for those services that really need it 1037 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,920 Speaker 1: and so Australia Day became in a couple of weeks time, 1038 00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,680 Speaker 1: we're still going to be here talking about these bush fires. 1039 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:57,279 Speaker 1: We're not yet into the fire season. Wouldn't be great 1040 00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,760 Speaker 1: if on Australia Day it was some kind of national 1041 00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:03,320 Speaker 1: thing that everyone did something big or small with this barbecue, 1042 00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,239 Speaker 1: selling snags for trying to raise funds, which is the 1043 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,560 Speaker 1: thing you need at the moment, not close, it's actually 1044 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:09,440 Speaker 1: it's cash. 1045 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,080 Speaker 14: Look, I think that's a fantastic idea. And look, it 1046 00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,000 Speaker 14: is our national day where we celebrate all those days 1047 00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,200 Speaker 14: that we share in common and how much we nabal 1048 00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:20,560 Speaker 14: with thirties. But our hearts will be heavy and our 1049 00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,719 Speaker 14: thoughts will turn to people that are affected by by 1050 00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:26,000 Speaker 14: these fires when it comes to January twenty sixth. I 1051 00:49:26,120 --> 00:49:29,399 Speaker 14: think that's a fantastic, a fantastic idea. And if people 1052 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,560 Speaker 14: as at work and kind of rattle the can for 1053 00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,560 Speaker 14: those families when they're having their Estradi barbecue or playing 1054 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,040 Speaker 14: cricket in the backyard, whatever it might be, that's just 1055 00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,000 Speaker 14: a fantastically ozzy thing to do. That's a wonderful Idear. 1056 00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:42,759 Speaker 1: Christian, all right, well listen, I let you go. I 1057 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:46,200 Speaker 1: guess you've got another full on day. I think you've 1058 00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:48,120 Speaker 1: been doing a great job the last couple of days. 1059 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,080 Speaker 1: I kind of imagine how hard it is to try 1060 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,080 Speaker 1: and be across everyone. Then you've got to do press 1061 00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,440 Speaker 1: conferences and be aware of every word that you're saying. 1062 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,600 Speaker 1: And you're tired, and that Australia has changed in the 1063 00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:59,719 Speaker 1: last couple of days, and it's going to take a 1064 00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,719 Speaker 1: long time to rebuild the habitats to communities. But I 1065 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,880 Speaker 1: think you're doing a great job in a very difficult situation. 1066 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:07,560 Speaker 1: So good on, Christian. 1067 00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:09,480 Speaker 14: Sorry can of you to side. But look, it's not 1068 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:11,239 Speaker 14: about thank you, No, we've got to thank the people 1069 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:15,160 Speaker 14: who are doing it, doing all that amazing work, all 1070 00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:18,920 Speaker 14: the emergency services, career and volunteering, and our thoughts are 1071 00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,239 Speaker 14: with those who are going to have a long ride 1072 00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,920 Speaker 14: back to recovery, but we'll be with them every single 1073 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:26,920 Speaker 14: step of the way. Thanks very much for having us 1074 00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,680 Speaker 14: on and thanks for coming back from leave. Getting those 1075 00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:32,600 Speaker 14: messages out and connecting people with help and assistance. 1076 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:33,480 Speaker 7: Is so so important. 1077 00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,759 Speaker 1: That's an easy thing to do. Dannie Andrews will let 1078 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:37,680 Speaker 1: you go. Thank you very much to speaking us this morning. 1079 00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:42,960 Speaker 2: Thanks Manchok Christian oh god Ald Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Goree. 1080 00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:46,239 Speaker 1: So on newsday I was flicking through all the very 1081 00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:49,080 Speaker 1: sort of news fees that I follow and saw this 1082 00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:53,360 Speaker 1: video from New South Wales Fire Department and it was astonishing. 1083 00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,239 Speaker 1: It has since become viral. Are there many videos and 1084 00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,440 Speaker 1: images that have gone all over the world. This is 1085 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,319 Speaker 1: a video clip. It's about fifty two seconds and it's 1086 00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:04,040 Speaker 1: taken from an on board camera in a fire truck 1087 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,200 Speaker 1: and in New South Wales. And this is just a 1088 00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:09,239 Speaker 1: little grab of it. But there's one guy who kept 1089 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,840 Speaker 1: being mentioned, Jasper, Jasper. They're yelling at this guy, Jasper, 1090 00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,560 Speaker 1: who's a deputy captain, to put up the fire blanket, 1091 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:18,320 Speaker 1: and you can hear the from very brave, calm people. 1092 00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:21,719 Speaker 1: You can hear the the not quite panic, but there's 1093 00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:25,080 Speaker 1: a pappable sense of fear as they're driving through. It's 1094 00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:28,320 Speaker 1: a blazing furnace. I mean, it's just a wall of 1095 00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,920 Speaker 1: fire and you can almost just watching it, you can 1096 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,520 Speaker 1: almost feel the heat coming through. Here's a bit of 1097 00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:35,960 Speaker 1: the audio from the video which we'll put up for 1098 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:54,200 Speaker 1: you to watch. Watch thirty eight Jasper, I mean, Jasper 1099 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,400 Speaker 1: is on the line now and Jasper is actually Deputy 1100 00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:00,640 Speaker 1: Captain Jasper Cross from Wyoming five oh nine jeg caps 1101 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,320 Speaker 1: in Good morning, Good morning, How are you well? Listen, 1102 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:06,240 Speaker 1: We're fine. How are you right now? And that video? 1103 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,200 Speaker 1: Can you believe it's gone? I think I saw yesterday, 1104 00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:09,920 Speaker 1: watched it again. I was showing my kids. It's like 1105 00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:12,279 Speaker 1: twelve million views. You've become an internet star. 1106 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:16,480 Speaker 15: Oh, it's just gone, just gone crazy. I's going all 1107 00:52:16,480 --> 00:52:18,480 Speaker 15: over the world. I've done interviews all out of the 1108 00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:21,720 Speaker 15: world too. We never expected to the goal or anything 1109 00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:23,680 Speaker 15: like that. We're just one of our guys got that 1110 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:25,960 Speaker 15: took the video. He was just that's that's he's thing, 1111 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:29,640 Speaker 15: that's what he does. And yeah, just for our own experience, 1112 00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:31,120 Speaker 15: and it sort of it went from there. 1113 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,399 Speaker 1: But what we're watching take us back. So where were 1114 00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:36,640 Speaker 1: you when you were driving through? To us? It just 1115 00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:38,880 Speaker 1: looks like it's it's what it is. It's a blazing 1116 00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:42,360 Speaker 1: furnace of just wall of flames everywhere. You can almost 1117 00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:43,680 Speaker 1: hit feel the heat coming through. 1118 00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,640 Speaker 15: Yes, So we move down south in the era. We're 1119 00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,680 Speaker 15: tasked to go down and assister a RFS crew that 1120 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,000 Speaker 15: had fifteen residents from again the end of the Haynes road. 1121 00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,759 Speaker 15: So we've done what we're what we're trying to do 1122 00:52:56,880 --> 00:53:00,120 Speaker 15: and go save lives and property. We've just headed and 1123 00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,000 Speaker 15: there with a full strike team of four trucks and 1124 00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,960 Speaker 15: our strike team leader. There's seventeen guys all up in 1125 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,600 Speaker 15: this situation, not just us four. As we're coming down 1126 00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,239 Speaker 15: the road, we we noticed the number attack coming across 1127 00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,920 Speaker 15: the road, so we've radio into the truck strike team 1128 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,719 Speaker 15: leader who's at the end of the end of the road, 1129 00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:20,600 Speaker 15: and then we made a decision by drive and made 1130 00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:22,880 Speaker 15: a decision which was the right turn around get out. 1131 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:26,279 Speaker 15: It was too dangerous, so we did so, and then 1132 00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:29,359 Speaker 15: that's when we got to run by fire and likely 1133 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,960 Speaker 15: enough our truck could keep on moving. We had three 1134 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:34,759 Speaker 15: other trucks that failed on us, and two of them 1135 00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:36,920 Speaker 15: had to sit in that fire front to a passed 1136 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:39,680 Speaker 15: One truck is actually caught a light and was sab 1137 00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:42,279 Speaker 15: westoyed by fire. For those guys that are sitting in 1138 00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:45,880 Speaker 15: that truck waiting for the fight, the pass and for 1139 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:49,080 Speaker 15: it the safe to get out and walk out there 1140 00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:53,120 Speaker 15: on foot with BA on, it's pretty pretty horrific sort 1141 00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:56,319 Speaker 15: of things to endure to go through to be. 1142 00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:58,600 Speaker 1: Able to get the safety and this, you know, just 1143 00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:01,640 Speaker 1: listen to you talk about it. We can't even me 1144 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,239 Speaker 1: milk mortals that aren't brave enough to do what you 1145 00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:07,320 Speaker 1: guys do, jess. But just you describing that, why you 1146 00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,440 Speaker 1: wait for a fight, it's not even like a normal 1147 00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:12,640 Speaker 1: Tell me this then, because we see house fires and 1148 00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:15,239 Speaker 1: car fires and then what you're dealing with these bush 1149 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,120 Speaker 1: fires that must be so much harder and so much 1150 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,640 Speaker 1: more intense. You're not You can't really fight that so much, 1151 00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,040 Speaker 1: can you? Or even try and put it out? 1152 00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:26,000 Speaker 15: Absolutely not. This year is like we've been the bush 1153 00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:28,400 Speaker 15: fires year after year, but this year is so much different. 1154 00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:29,640 Speaker 7: It's so intense. 1155 00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,600 Speaker 15: We can't stop it. We literally can't stop some of 1156 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:36,800 Speaker 15: those fires. We're heading in there just to assist the 1157 00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:40,400 Speaker 15: sit last, you know, we can't pull that far up, 1158 00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:43,800 Speaker 15: there's no possible way, but we're completely engulfed within seconds. 1159 00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:48,239 Speaker 15: It's a different thing with the how dried is the 1160 00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:51,160 Speaker 15: wing speeds and all that sort of stuff that contributes 1161 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:52,520 Speaker 15: to the fires. 1162 00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:52,920 Speaker 1: This year. 1163 00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,200 Speaker 15: It's a completely different animal this year. 1164 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,319 Speaker 1: And what temperatures are you talking about when you were 1165 00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:59,799 Speaker 1: going through that and your colleagues have to just sit 1166 00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:01,839 Speaker 1: in the truck not knowing if they're going to make 1167 00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:03,680 Speaker 1: it out live or what they're walking out with their 1168 00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:06,920 Speaker 1: breathing apparatus into. What kind of temperatures are you talking about? 1169 00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:10,080 Speaker 15: Oh, I kind of had a picture of good light. 1170 00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,759 Speaker 15: That's that's why we've put thet I'll make it up. 1171 00:55:12,920 --> 00:55:15,279 Speaker 15: Is that radiant heat come through that window. It's it's 1172 00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:16,920 Speaker 15: just like you're in an oven. I just turned from 1173 00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:19,520 Speaker 15: cool with the year conditioner on to immense heat, so 1174 00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:22,799 Speaker 15: around the four hundred degree mark, maybe even more in. 1175 00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:26,560 Speaker 1: An instant, one hundred degrees in just a couple of seconds. 1176 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:27,200 Speaker 13: Yeah. 1177 00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:29,080 Speaker 15: Luckily enough we have all way up prep eight year 1178 00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:33,640 Speaker 15: on and try and cut those temperatures down that I'm 1179 00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:36,279 Speaker 15: for sure that if that window broke go, we would 1180 00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:39,080 Speaker 15: have we would have suffocated instantly in and we would 1181 00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:42,120 Speaker 15: have inside of that col cave, would have been would 1182 00:55:42,120 --> 00:55:44,799 Speaker 15: have flashed over, and we would have been we would 1183 00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:46,480 Speaker 15: have been dead within seconds. 1184 00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:49,640 Speaker 1: Oh my word, I mean, seriously, it's incredible what you do. 1185 00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:51,680 Speaker 1: Just hearing it, I've actually got goosebumps just listen to 1186 00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:53,640 Speaker 1: this just but no I have it. I mean all 1187 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,839 Speaker 1: we're in awe of what you do day and day 1188 00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:59,000 Speaker 1: out anywhere in any given day, but this is just incredible. 1189 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,800 Speaker 1: And so the video that we that we that everyone 1190 00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:04,120 Speaker 1: has seen and they're telling you to put the blanket up, Jasper, 1191 00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:08,160 Speaker 1: I mean, so that blanket because obviously after I'm guessing, 1192 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,319 Speaker 1: after while, what the that the windows will just start 1193 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:11,880 Speaker 1: to mount if you don't get up in time to 1194 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,120 Speaker 1: stop the radioactive heat. 1195 00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,279 Speaker 15: Yeah, on hundred. So those blankets are actually designed for 1196 00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:20,319 Speaker 15: if we're in a complete overrun and we can't move, 1197 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,640 Speaker 15: We're supposed to get down low for the blankets to 1198 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:27,120 Speaker 15: over top. Other vehicles have got curtains, we'll do that 1199 00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:29,520 Speaker 15: on those windows. Some other vehicles that have spray. 1200 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:33,600 Speaker 14: Bars which will protect those cabs, but the vehicle. 1201 00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:34,800 Speaker 15: We were in had none of that. So that was 1202 00:56:34,840 --> 00:56:37,800 Speaker 15: the only line of the sense we had to protect 1203 00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,080 Speaker 15: us from that heat. So thank god, and they're lucky 1204 00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:44,160 Speaker 15: that we had those blankets and you know, we were 1205 00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:46,719 Speaker 15: able to get them up and sort of take the 1206 00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:47,160 Speaker 15: heat off. 1207 00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,319 Speaker 1: As were you scared, Well, a lot of. 1208 00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,000 Speaker 15: People ask me that at that time, I don't think 1209 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,200 Speaker 15: it really had time to be scared. I was just thinking, 1210 00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:57,520 Speaker 15: because I'm in charge of my truck, I've got to 1211 00:56:57,520 --> 00:56:59,640 Speaker 15: get these guys out of you. I've got to stay 1212 00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:02,080 Speaker 15: calm so I can keep giving clean, concisee for radio 1213 00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:05,080 Speaker 15: messages to the rest of the crew into my strike 1214 00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:07,960 Speaker 15: team leader that I knew what was going on so 1215 00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:10,279 Speaker 15: they could do the same thing and the best chance 1216 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:12,920 Speaker 15: to get out as well. So it's what's sort of 1217 00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,680 Speaker 15: training to us. I suppose it's part of being thought 1218 00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:17,960 Speaker 15: a rescue that being a fire fighter. You've got to 1219 00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:20,200 Speaker 15: think on your feet and go stay calm and collected 1220 00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:22,400 Speaker 15: all time to keep everybody else around your car. 1221 00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:25,640 Speaker 1: There's one thing you know, sticking to your basic training. 1222 00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:28,080 Speaker 1: But it's an incredible thing that you do. So you 1223 00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,720 Speaker 1: are every day your superheroes. To us, it's just amazing 1224 00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:32,640 Speaker 1: what you do. So what are you doing today? You're 1225 00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:33,680 Speaker 1: back out in the field today. 1226 00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:36,000 Speaker 15: Yeah, actually I want on a fire truck. At the moment. 1227 00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:37,720 Speaker 15: We've just come to a car accident. I've just gone 1228 00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:39,960 Speaker 15: from another job before that. We've been played out. 1229 00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:40,720 Speaker 14: Since we've got back. 1230 00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:44,520 Speaker 15: From fairlines down, trees down, the car accidents, the automatic 1231 00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:47,640 Speaker 15: fire alarms. We've been played out. And so I'm back 1232 00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:51,840 Speaker 15: on my normal every day fire truck. Up in the 1233 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:54,960 Speaker 15: Central Coast, those trucks are ringly Luckily enough they were 1234 00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:58,160 Speaker 15: the one damage from a training college and they'll just. 1235 00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,400 Speaker 1: Get the trucks by this had just but you're busy, 1236 00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:03,280 Speaker 1: you're at work, and I just want to say on 1237 00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:06,439 Speaker 1: behalf of everybody, thank you so much. The amazing work 1238 00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:09,080 Speaker 1: firefighters do day in, day out, but what you guys 1239 00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:11,880 Speaker 1: are trying to deal with with these bushfires is terrifying 1240 00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:15,160 Speaker 1: and it's incredible to what you're doing. So behalf of everybody. 1241 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,320 Speaker 1: Thank you so much to you and your colleagues. And 1242 00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,360 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're safe and I hope you will stay 1243 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:20,160 Speaker 1: safe as well. 1244 00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:22,640 Speaker 15: No, I thank you, and we might give up until 1245 00:58:22,680 --> 00:58:25,400 Speaker 15: the eneral's been controlled, so we're all here for the 1246 00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:27,400 Speaker 15: the long All all right, thank. 1247 00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:29,360 Speaker 1: You very much if you go, but take care mate. 1248 00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:30,840 Speaker 1: Thank you very much to talk to us this morning. 1249 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:32,200 Speaker 15: No father, thank you. 1250 00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:36,120 Speaker 2: Look Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one oh four 1251 00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:36,640 Speaker 2: point three. 1252 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:40,960 Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell back on Breakfast with Chackpost. We wanted to 1253 00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:43,560 Speaker 1: come in today and like so many of you, just 1254 00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:47,040 Speaker 1: sat feeling like that you're powerless, You're kind of impotent. 1255 00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:49,000 Speaker 1: You want to be doing something, no matter how small 1256 00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:51,440 Speaker 1: it is, and so many of you set up Facebook groups. 1257 00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:53,360 Speaker 1: We've heard from so many of you already this morning 1258 00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:56,080 Speaker 1: and hopefully some Mordi in the next hour. While we're 1259 00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:57,760 Speaker 1: here this morning, we just want to come in and 1260 00:58:57,920 --> 00:58:59,919 Speaker 1: do our small bit, which this morning was just simply 1261 00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,520 Speaker 1: saying give us a call and how can we help you. 1262 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:04,680 Speaker 1: We've spoken to some amazing boogle over the last two 1263 00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:08,640 Speaker 1: hours and on the line now we've got Shane. Shane 1264 00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:13,480 Speaker 1: was a guy who was airlifted from manicouter about twelve 1265 00:59:13,560 --> 00:59:16,840 Speaker 1: hours ago. Shot me an email yesterday late yesterday evening 1266 00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:19,680 Speaker 1: and with such an incredible story I thought, be great 1267 00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:22,320 Speaker 1: if he was up for it to tell us what 1268 00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:24,920 Speaker 1: it was like to be taken from I guess the area. 1269 00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:27,480 Speaker 1: So many areas have been devastated in New South Wales 1270 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:30,040 Speaker 1: and here in Victoria, but Manicotera is the area I 1271 00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,480 Speaker 1: think that became front page news all over the world 1272 00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:35,360 Speaker 1: with the scenes of thousands of people huddling for safety, 1273 00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:38,320 Speaker 1: waiting and praying for the rescue operation to kick in. 1274 00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,080 Speaker 1: And Shane is someone who's been through that. Shane, how 1275 00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:42,120 Speaker 1: are you this morning? Mate? 1276 00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:44,040 Speaker 16: A what happier? 1277 00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:44,320 Speaker 1: Thanks? 1278 00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:44,520 Speaker 16: Mate? 1279 00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:44,760 Speaker 12: Yeah? 1280 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,240 Speaker 16: Having the wife and the young baby back home it's good. 1281 00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:47,960 Speaker 16: It's a good feeling. 1282 00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:49,160 Speaker 1: So where are you now? 1283 00:59:49,960 --> 00:59:52,080 Speaker 16: I'm actually at the at my mum's house at the 1284 00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:54,640 Speaker 16: beach in Dromana overlooking Port Fillip Bay, which we can 1285 00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,280 Speaker 16: not see due to smoke, which had been ironic at 1286 00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:57,600 Speaker 16: the moment. 1287 00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:00,120 Speaker 1: And was it nice being back with the same to 1288 01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:01,640 Speaker 1: know you're an adult, you got your own family. But 1289 01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:03,560 Speaker 1: there must have been something nice about being back in 1290 01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,120 Speaker 1: the safety of round at mums. 1291 01:00:05,880 --> 01:00:06,120 Speaker 10: Yeah. 1292 01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:08,320 Speaker 16: Yeah, just having someone who sort of comfort us and 1293 01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,800 Speaker 16: helped us look after the Hailey a little bit was good. 1294 01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:13,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. So you've got a nine month old, so you 1295 01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:15,560 Speaker 1: were on on the beach the scenes we've all seen 1296 01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:17,840 Speaker 1: with your wife and a nine month old baby, you 1297 01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:18,920 Speaker 1: must have been terrified. 1298 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,760 Speaker 16: Yeah, we were, mate. Yeah, it was pretty scary out 1299 01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:24,240 Speaker 16: there and you know we had embers flying all around 1300 01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,000 Speaker 16: the car at one stage, and yeah, it was it 1301 01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,640 Speaker 16: was petrifying really, especially having the baby there. 1302 01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:30,800 Speaker 1: And so how come you didn't get on the on 1303 01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:33,720 Speaker 1: the ship? Were they were? They just not enough spaces 1304 01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:35,720 Speaker 1: and they had to try and organize it somehow. 1305 01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:38,560 Speaker 16: No, I was they weren't getting the kids on the 1306 01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:41,000 Speaker 16: ship because of security reasons and also it was a 1307 01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:43,400 Speaker 16: bit dangerous for them, so we just had to wait 1308 01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:46,080 Speaker 16: around for the for the choppers and the army aircraft 1309 01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:46,960 Speaker 16: to get us out of there. 1310 01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:49,440 Speaker 1: So what time did you get picked up yesterday? 1311 01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:53,000 Speaker 16: I think it was about nine am yesterday morning. 1312 01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:55,800 Speaker 1: And how did you must have relief must have been 1313 01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:57,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, if I was with a new 1314 01:00:57,920 --> 01:00:59,840 Speaker 1: with a nine month old baby, you're just worried all 1315 01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:02,120 Speaker 1: the time anyway, But then when you're in a situation, 1316 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:04,520 Speaker 1: aren't that and you're worried about the smoke and fire 1317 01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:07,040 Speaker 1: and the smoke damage to the lungs, I mean your 1318 01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:07,760 Speaker 1: poor wife and you. 1319 01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:11,800 Speaker 16: Yeah, yeah, it's been pretty tough. Yeah, We've tried to 1320 01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,480 Speaker 16: keep each other up and about, and I think all 1321 01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:16,960 Speaker 16: the people around the Maluda community sort of stuck by 1322 01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:19,040 Speaker 16: each other and it really helped you keep up and 1323 01:01:19,080 --> 01:01:22,080 Speaker 16: about and keep your positive. So yeah, that was a 1324 01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:22,840 Speaker 16: really good thing to have. 1325 01:01:23,440 --> 01:01:26,160 Speaker 1: So what happened when you landed? What happened? Where did 1326 01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:27,560 Speaker 1: you land? An air base? On guessing, We. 1327 01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,800 Speaker 16: Landed in Sale and there was a relief center set 1328 01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:33,040 Speaker 16: up and there was just there must have been hundreds 1329 01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:34,960 Speaker 16: of people there and they were all just doing everything 1330 01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,800 Speaker 16: they possibly could to help us out and make us 1331 01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,640 Speaker 16: feel comfortable. And yeah, there was one lady who came 1332 01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:41,560 Speaker 16: up and looked after a baby for half an hour 1333 01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:43,000 Speaker 16: so that we could literally just sit and have a 1334 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:45,280 Speaker 16: cup of tea and something to eat, which was yeah, 1335 01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:46,479 Speaker 16: and just breathe for a minute. 1336 01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:48,960 Speaker 1: Well, just came up and how do you look baby? 1337 01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:52,040 Speaker 16: Yeah, she just looked after the baby for literally for 1338 01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:55,120 Speaker 16: half an hour until the bus was ready to take 1339 01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:59,400 Speaker 16: us to the station. So yeah, it was as little 1340 01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:01,200 Speaker 16: things like that made a huge difference to us. 1341 01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:03,720 Speaker 1: Is it amazinging those acts of kindness? People just don't 1342 01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:05,480 Speaker 1: know what it is. Just asking someone going to hold 1343 01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:07,320 Speaker 1: your baby. That's all you needed in that moment, more 1344 01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:09,160 Speaker 1: than any think in the world, is breather. 1345 01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:11,560 Speaker 16: That happened about a dozen times for us over the 1346 01:02:11,640 --> 01:02:13,920 Speaker 16: last five days, people doing that sort of thing for us. 1347 01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,520 Speaker 1: And how do you feel this morning? I mean, been 1348 01:02:16,560 --> 01:02:18,840 Speaker 1: start there for a couple of days, all that smoke around. 1349 01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:20,680 Speaker 1: Can you still smell it and taste it? 1350 01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:24,720 Speaker 16: Yeah, it's still in my in Haley's hair, my baby. 1351 01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:26,280 Speaker 16: You can still smell it in her hair, It's all 1352 01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:28,400 Speaker 16: over her clothes and we just can't get it out. 1353 01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:29,960 Speaker 1: So what are you going to take her to the 1354 01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:31,160 Speaker 1: dr day for checkups. 1355 01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:33,600 Speaker 16: She's been through the check up. They actually did that 1356 01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:35,880 Speaker 16: as soon as we got off the plane in Sale, 1357 01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:37,400 Speaker 16: so they've already done that and cleed her. 1358 01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:39,280 Speaker 1: And how is how is your wife? 1359 01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:41,680 Speaker 4: Yeah? 1360 01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:44,160 Speaker 16: Well I wouldn't want to go into too much detail 1361 01:02:44,200 --> 01:02:47,160 Speaker 16: on the radio, but yeah, she hasn't done too great 1362 01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:47,960 Speaker 16: to be caught on us. 1363 01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:50,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, thing, I bet she's going to need help 1364 01:02:50,440 --> 01:02:52,880 Speaker 1: and support. And do you know what, Shane, there aren't 1365 01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:55,720 Speaker 1: many many people who are going to need psychological counseling, 1366 01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:58,400 Speaker 1: are going to have post traumatic stress disorder because and 1367 01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:00,560 Speaker 1: she probably has got that, mate. And it's the same 1368 01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:02,720 Speaker 1: with soldiers who've been in a war zone. You've been 1369 01:03:02,760 --> 01:03:04,919 Speaker 1: in a real trauma and you do you know wide 1370 01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:07,439 Speaker 1: about your own personal safety, but most important, as new parents, 1371 01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:10,360 Speaker 1: you're wired about your baby. I mean, yeah, that will 1372 01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:12,760 Speaker 1: take time for her to process and she's going to 1373 01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:14,200 Speaker 1: need proper time and support to do that. 1374 01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:18,080 Speaker 16: Yeah yeah, yeah, but they've offered offered us help wherever 1375 01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:20,320 Speaker 16: you need it, so yeah, it's really good. And we've 1376 01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,280 Speaker 16: got all their friends and family to help us out. 1377 01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:25,080 Speaker 16: So yeah, yeah it you'll. 1378 01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:26,960 Speaker 1: Be right, you will. And what are you going to 1379 01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:27,520 Speaker 1: be doing today? 1380 01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:28,840 Speaker 16: Are you going to go what have you got a 1381 01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:31,640 Speaker 16: at mom's house and do absolutely nothing. 1382 01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:39,000 Speaker 1: Much? Full circle gets your feet off the table exactly, 1383 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:41,080 Speaker 1: So is you is your Mom'm going to do a 1384 01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:43,000 Speaker 1: full breakfast here this morning, and you're get in the 1385 01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:44,240 Speaker 1: full works, Mike. 1386 01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:46,240 Speaker 16: We got up early and looked after Hailey. Mum was 1387 01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:51,200 Speaker 16: still sleep in bed. Thought somebody yet over the next 1388 01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:52,360 Speaker 16: twenty four hours and pick that up. 1389 01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:52,960 Speaker 6: But it's all good. 1390 01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:55,040 Speaker 1: Do you know what? I can't even imagine what it 1391 01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:57,360 Speaker 1: was like to get back to safety okay, and your 1392 01:03:57,440 --> 01:03:59,400 Speaker 1: daughter and your wife to be okay. And then you 1393 01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:01,760 Speaker 1: also me an email last night and it was just 1394 01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:05,240 Speaker 1: like reading a frontline report. That's why I wanted to 1395 01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:06,640 Speaker 1: get you on the small So I can't thank you 1396 01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:09,440 Speaker 1: enough for dropping me the email last night so we 1397 01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:12,080 Speaker 1: could hear your story, because it's so amazing to hear 1398 01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:14,560 Speaker 1: these stories and to know that you're safe and the 1399 01:04:14,680 --> 01:04:17,200 Speaker 1: amazing rescue operations that people are doing right now. 1400 01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:20,480 Speaker 16: Yeah, now they're doing a fantastic job. And you really 1401 01:04:20,520 --> 01:04:23,640 Speaker 16: couldn't feel any safer in Melakuda over the last few days. 1402 01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:26,200 Speaker 16: The personnel on the ground, all the volunteers, and all 1403 01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:29,000 Speaker 16: the see if they just make you feel so safe 1404 01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:33,400 Speaker 16: and they've done an amazing job. Hope people are hearing that. 1405 01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:35,560 Speaker 1: And Shane, we're going to let you go now. I 1406 01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:37,960 Speaker 1: hope your wife does get the help. Shinese buddy, please 1407 01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:40,400 Speaker 1: send her us our best knows anything we can do 1408 01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:41,760 Speaker 1: for you or your wife or your baby. 1409 01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:42,040 Speaker 14: Please. 1410 01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:44,040 Speaker 6: No, we're good, mate. 1411 01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:46,920 Speaker 16: But if I could just say Christian that the thing 1412 01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:50,160 Speaker 16: that communities like Melanicuter rely on the most is tourism, 1413 01:04:50,240 --> 01:04:52,280 Speaker 16: and if people can just get back there as soon 1414 01:04:52,320 --> 01:04:54,520 Speaker 16: as possible and support the communities because that's what they 1415 01:04:54,560 --> 01:04:55,280 Speaker 16: rely on the most. 1416 01:04:55,720 --> 01:04:57,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right. I mean most of the people on 1417 01:04:57,240 --> 01:04:59,160 Speaker 1: the beach were holiday makers. Weren't that Jack, you were there? 1418 01:04:59,240 --> 01:04:59,840 Speaker 1: Didn't you go there? 1419 01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:00,360 Speaker 9: Yeah? 1420 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:01,560 Speaker 3: I mean I love Melicoua. 1421 01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:04,440 Speaker 1: It's a beautiful planning. My wife and I went there. 1422 01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,480 Speaker 3: I have great memories of eating at Lucy's and sitting 1423 01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:10,240 Speaker 3: on the deck with a beer and it's a loving 1424 01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:12,560 Speaker 3: place and I will get back there again when the 1425 01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:13,520 Speaker 3: town's rebuilt. 1426 01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:16,000 Speaker 16: Yep, yeah, that's what they rely on. 1427 01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:18,720 Speaker 1: Shane. We'll let you go. Enjoy your time at your 1428 01:05:18,760 --> 01:05:21,320 Speaker 1: mum's and lots of love from us. 1429 01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,200 Speaker 16: Thanks. Very much, Christian, appreciate the call, matey, it's. 1430 01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:26,080 Speaker 1: A pleasure to look after yourself and your family as well. 1431 01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:30,840 Speaker 1: Let's get Lisa on. Then Lisa was also rescued from Manicouter, 1432 01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:33,000 Speaker 1: the place that everyone's till at the moment. Lisa was 1433 01:05:33,040 --> 01:05:34,840 Speaker 1: one of the people was rescued with a seventeen year 1434 01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:37,480 Speaker 1: old daughter and dog. I believe it was a part 1435 01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:40,320 Speaker 1: rescue ship and also part arc as they were taking 1436 01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,080 Speaker 1: animals on board to try and keep them alive as well. 1437 01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:46,120 Speaker 1: I do want amazing story the whole the warship turning 1438 01:05:46,160 --> 01:05:48,120 Speaker 1: up there, but Lisa was one of the people on there. Lisa, 1439 01:05:48,200 --> 01:05:51,440 Speaker 1: good morning, Good morning Christian. So Lisa, how are you 1440 01:05:51,520 --> 01:05:52,200 Speaker 1: this morning, mate? 1441 01:05:53,480 --> 01:05:55,920 Speaker 17: A lot more rested than I have been? 1442 01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:59,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I bet so. If it's okay with you, I 1443 01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:01,200 Speaker 1: are you okay to tell us what it was like 1444 01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:02,520 Speaker 1: being rescued from Anacuta. 1445 01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:05,120 Speaker 6: Yes, absolutely. 1446 01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:06,240 Speaker 15: So. 1447 01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:09,640 Speaker 17: They picked us up in buses and took us down 1448 01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,800 Speaker 17: to the wharf at Bastin Point. Then we were placed 1449 01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:18,440 Speaker 17: on small boats and ferried to medium sized boats and 1450 01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:24,640 Speaker 17: then those boats took us onto the HMS Schools and 1451 01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:28,680 Speaker 17: these boats drove into the guts of the ship. And 1452 01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:35,440 Speaker 17: we were welcomed so hospitably by the Navy who looked 1453 01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:38,160 Speaker 17: after us with incredible care and compassion. 1454 01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:40,560 Speaker 1: It's amazing, isn't it? Because the story's own reading, it 1455 01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:42,560 Speaker 1: was like they turned into a cruise ship for you, like, 1456 01:06:43,200 --> 01:06:45,080 Speaker 1: are you running low on that, Margarita? It was like, 1457 01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:50,600 Speaker 1: you know, this is a warship, armed forces, But what 1458 01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:53,360 Speaker 1: an amazing thing they did to go and rescue all. 1459 01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:57,600 Speaker 17: Oh, look, it was incredible. And they provided for so 1460 01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:02,520 Speaker 17: many people of different ages and needs. You know, they 1461 01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:06,640 Speaker 17: even food wise, they had vegetarian options. There was ice 1462 01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:10,720 Speaker 17: cream and jelly beans for kids, activities. There was even 1463 01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:11,640 Speaker 17: a cinema in there. 1464 01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:18,680 Speaker 1: So amazing. I mean, are they taking bookings? That's incredible. 1465 01:07:18,760 --> 01:07:21,480 Speaker 1: I mean, how lovely after being in such a desperate, 1466 01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:25,680 Speaker 1: terrifying situation for a huge act of kindness like that. 1467 01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:27,520 Speaker 1: They don't need to do. That's enough to rescue you 1468 01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:29,440 Speaker 1: can get you guys out there, but to put that 1469 01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:31,200 Speaker 1: on for you all is incredible. 1470 01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:32,720 Speaker 3: What movie did everybody watch? 1471 01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:37,120 Speaker 17: I didn't bother, but my daughter spent quite a bit 1472 01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:39,960 Speaker 17: of time up there with other friends that she met 1473 01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:44,520 Speaker 17: at the campground. So he came together and supported each other. 1474 01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:48,160 Speaker 17: We were lucky. We found a place on the floor 1475 01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:53,240 Speaker 17: to sleep in the gymnasium and so we were very 1476 01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:59,120 Speaker 17: lucky and comfortable enough there. But you know, the service 1477 01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:04,080 Speaker 17: people Army Navy were just just incredible. You know, these 1478 01:08:04,120 --> 01:08:07,840 Speaker 17: guys have all been called in from their holidays. Holiday's 1479 01:08:07,880 --> 01:08:12,320 Speaker 17: canceled back at base within forty eight hours, and you 1480 01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:14,800 Speaker 17: would never have picked it up because there was nobody 1481 01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:19,320 Speaker 17: resentful of, you know, holidays canceled or anything. Though, just 1482 01:08:20,080 --> 01:08:22,040 Speaker 17: was so caring and thoughtful. 1483 01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:22,720 Speaker 5: At one point, I. 1484 01:08:22,720 --> 01:08:25,439 Speaker 17: Struggled with my back and people rushed up to help 1485 01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:29,320 Speaker 17: me carry that or give me assistance. You know, it 1486 01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:32,040 Speaker 17: was limitless what they could do for us. 1487 01:08:32,160 --> 01:08:34,759 Speaker 1: And how was your seventeen year old daughter? Is she okay? 1488 01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:40,400 Speaker 17: Oh, look, she's fine. They're quite resilient at that age. 1489 01:08:40,920 --> 01:08:45,000 Speaker 17: She's going into VCE this year. She's had no sort 1490 01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:48,160 Speaker 17: of idea of what she's really wanted to do, and 1491 01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:51,800 Speaker 17: this experience has been really positive to her because she's 1492 01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,560 Speaker 17: sort of thinking, well, maybe the Navy is something. 1493 01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:55,280 Speaker 6: That she would like to do. 1494 01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:59,000 Speaker 1: Oh wow, good, yeah, Look, I. 1495 01:08:59,360 --> 01:09:01,599 Speaker 17: Just can't be said, ain't ful enough to the Navy 1496 01:09:01,640 --> 01:09:03,920 Speaker 17: and Yami and the Red Cross were on the boat, 1497 01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:07,599 Speaker 17: helping and providing emotional support and things as well. 1498 01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:11,120 Speaker 1: Just extraordinary, just extraordinary. Now thinking that your doors is 1499 01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:13,439 Speaker 1: going to go to like the Navy recruitment center and 1500 01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:15,479 Speaker 1: they go what area of the Navy. We'll just in 1501 01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:22,439 Speaker 1: charge the cinema and the ice cream. Yeah, that's my 1502 01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:28,880 Speaker 1: kind of And so Lisa, how are you now? Emotionally 1503 01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:31,640 Speaker 1: do you do you still have because something like this, 1504 01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,080 Speaker 1: I know you can, you're speaking so clearly about it, 1505 01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:36,680 Speaker 1: but it's going to have an effect on all of you. 1506 01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:38,960 Speaker 1: And this speaks all over people in New South Wales 1507 01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:41,840 Speaker 1: and Victoria that were actually there. And you're safe now, 1508 01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:43,760 Speaker 1: but you weren't and you didn't know how it was 1509 01:09:43,800 --> 01:09:44,400 Speaker 1: going to play out. 1510 01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:50,760 Speaker 17: No, it's a adrenaline, it's flying and sort of rise 1511 01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:54,280 Speaker 17: to the occasion. You know, if you'd ask me would 1512 01:09:54,439 --> 01:09:57,679 Speaker 17: I have coped with this before and said way, it'd 1513 01:09:57,720 --> 01:10:00,960 Speaker 17: be terrible to the occasion. 1514 01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:01,479 Speaker 1: I think. 1515 01:10:03,640 --> 01:10:07,320 Speaker 17: The survivors, you know, a week, two weeks down the track, 1516 01:10:07,400 --> 01:10:10,280 Speaker 17: I think that's when they'll need. 1517 01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:11,560 Speaker 6: A lot more support. 1518 01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:18,840 Speaker 17: Because they're adrenaline worked off, they're in their own back, 1519 01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:23,000 Speaker 17: in their own lifestyle. They've had this event happen that 1520 01:10:23,160 --> 01:10:27,880 Speaker 17: has made them look at their lives and what's going 1521 01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:28,559 Speaker 17: on around them. 1522 01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:30,400 Speaker 1: So what have you what have you learned from it? 1523 01:10:30,479 --> 01:10:32,800 Speaker 1: I guess you've learned that you what, you're surprising, what 1524 01:10:32,880 --> 01:10:33,760 Speaker 1: you can actually cope with. 1525 01:10:34,360 --> 01:10:37,720 Speaker 17: Oh, yes, and that people are innately good. 1526 01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:41,120 Speaker 12: You know, there was so many. 1527 01:10:41,479 --> 01:10:44,560 Speaker 17: People at the campground down at the wharf on the 1528 01:10:44,680 --> 01:10:50,720 Speaker 17: night of the thirtieth. We're sitting on boats, cowering woolen blankets, 1529 01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:55,360 Speaker 17: and you know, people come around offering water or more. 1530 01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:59,040 Speaker 17: You know, people are just caring and rising to the occasion, 1531 01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:03,519 Speaker 17: looking after other people on the boat. You know, there 1532 01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:07,880 Speaker 17: were elderly people in our areas and young people. At 1533 01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:10,280 Speaker 17: sort of eight o'clock in the evening came up and said, 1534 01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:14,479 Speaker 17: we've been given bed, but we see there are people 1535 01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:16,040 Speaker 17: who might need them more than us. 1536 01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:18,599 Speaker 1: And this was just the best thing to hear right now, 1537 01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:20,400 Speaker 1: to come out of all of this. Are these are 1538 01:11:20,439 --> 01:11:22,519 Speaker 1: these you know, the things that you're sharing with us, Lisa, 1539 01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:24,320 Speaker 1: that people are doing that looking out for each other. 1540 01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:27,879 Speaker 17: Yeah, look, it restores your faith in humanity. 1541 01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:31,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, it does really need that. Yes, absolutely, So, Lisa, 1542 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,439 Speaker 1: let me tell you this, right, if you could have 1543 01:11:33,560 --> 01:11:35,360 Speaker 1: not you can either have not had or had the 1544 01:11:35,439 --> 01:11:38,000 Speaker 1: experience you've had, Which would you choose right now? 1545 01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:46,920 Speaker 17: Well, realistically I'd say not have, but it would be 1546 01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:52,360 Speaker 17: better but to be able to come out of it 1547 01:11:52,439 --> 01:11:56,320 Speaker 17: the other side and come away with a more positive 1548 01:11:56,360 --> 01:12:01,720 Speaker 17: attitude on humanity and our services and things. You know 1549 01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:06,840 Speaker 17: what the Fiber gay c f A s. Yes, you know, 1550 01:12:07,920 --> 01:12:11,800 Speaker 17: they just put themselves on the line all the time 1551 01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:15,280 Speaker 17: and we take them for granted. And I think that 1552 01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:21,000 Speaker 17: this will show people and perhaps get them some more 1553 01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:22,840 Speaker 17: recognition that they deserve. 1554 01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:24,080 Speaker 1: Pay rises as well. 1555 01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:26,519 Speaker 7: And definitely how is the dog? 1556 01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:28,200 Speaker 1: One final question? How's the pooch? 1557 01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:34,080 Speaker 17: She's fine, she's I actually put a little one of 1558 01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:36,120 Speaker 17: the breathing masks that were given to us. 1559 01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:37,120 Speaker 6: On her as well. 1560 01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:44,519 Speaker 1: There's a photo of that. Or didn't a dog with 1561 01:12:44,640 --> 01:12:46,800 Speaker 1: a breathing mask? Stop the show? Now I'm going to 1562 01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:48,120 Speaker 1: have to go. This is too much. 1563 01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:52,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was very cute. 1564 01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:53,840 Speaker 11: It was more of a photo of. 1565 01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:58,439 Speaker 1: An intos for your daughter. 1566 01:13:00,200 --> 01:13:01,800 Speaker 17: That's exactly all right. 1567 01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:04,400 Speaker 1: Well listen, Lisa, we'll let you go. Thank you so 1568 01:13:04,600 --> 01:13:07,000 Speaker 1: much for speaking so clearly about what you and your 1569 01:13:07,040 --> 01:13:09,280 Speaker 1: family went through, and also not just for that, but 1570 01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:12,559 Speaker 1: you know, the learnings and what you've noticed to share 1571 01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:15,920 Speaker 1: with us about the innate your words, the innate kindness 1572 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:18,040 Speaker 1: in us as well, and that you've seen it firsthand. 1573 01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:20,040 Speaker 1: That is a lovely thing for all of us too, 1574 01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:23,320 Speaker 1: And amidst all these the relentless horror photos that we're 1575 01:13:23,320 --> 01:13:25,560 Speaker 1: seeing and then images on the news, amongst all of that, 1576 01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:27,840 Speaker 1: to also be reminded of the innate goodness as you 1577 01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:30,120 Speaker 1: said that it exists too. Both are there right now? 1578 01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:32,400 Speaker 17: Yeah, thank you, Christian, I. 1579 01:13:32,479 --> 01:13:34,599 Speaker 1: Know, thank you. Lisa. Look after yourself and the dog 1580 01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:38,160 Speaker 1: and your daughter as well. Yep, we'll do all right. 1581 01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:40,040 Speaker 1: Take care, Lisa. Lots of love from us by. 1582 01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:44,240 Speaker 2: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show Melbourne's Gold one oh four point. 1583 01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:46,080 Speaker 1: Three ink on Gold one of four point three. It 1584 01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:48,760 Speaker 1: donated half a million dollars along with Nicole and Keith. 1585 01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:51,120 Speaker 1: Urban still want to hear what released the sounds are 1586 01:13:51,120 --> 01:13:54,200 Speaker 1: going to donate even if we donated all the money 1587 01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:57,559 Speaker 1: we've made from the T shirts, so it's probably better. 1588 01:13:57,360 --> 01:13:58,799 Speaker 3: Than just dip into our own pockets. 1589 01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:03,840 Speaker 1: Every Bit eight thirty seven and Gold one four point 1590 01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:06,680 Speaker 1: three Christian O'Connor with Jack Post. We came back in 1591 01:14:06,760 --> 01:14:08,800 Speaker 1: this morning to do Today's show to try and do 1592 01:14:08,920 --> 01:14:11,080 Speaker 1: our little bit whatever way we can. Thank you so 1593 01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:14,080 Speaker 1: much for listening today's show. And just Jack and I 1594 01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:16,760 Speaker 1: were just saying during the news how it's been a 1595 01:14:16,800 --> 01:14:19,080 Speaker 1: privilege to do today's show and to actually just hear 1596 01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:24,559 Speaker 1: these amazing first hound accounts from Lisa, from Shane, from Jasper, 1597 01:14:25,040 --> 01:14:28,280 Speaker 1: you know, of what they've been through is just extraordinary. 1598 01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:30,880 Speaker 1: You know, I'll always remember today's show and just hearing 1599 01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:33,720 Speaker 1: these amazing stories and what people are capable of as 1600 01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:36,800 Speaker 1: well in a very challenging and fronting situation. Now, I 1601 01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:38,800 Speaker 1: know a lot of people have been contacting the show today. 1602 01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:40,559 Speaker 1: The big thing we all want to know is how 1603 01:14:40,600 --> 01:14:42,600 Speaker 1: can we help? And I thought the best person to 1604 01:14:42,640 --> 01:14:44,439 Speaker 1: get that is someone on from the Red Cross. Red 1605 01:14:44,479 --> 01:14:48,439 Speaker 1: Cross an amazing organization all over the world, but here 1606 01:14:48,479 --> 01:14:50,599 Speaker 1: in Australia. Over the last couple of days, the last 1607 01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:52,400 Speaker 1: couple of weeks with all the bush Fies, they've been 1608 01:14:52,439 --> 01:14:55,559 Speaker 1: doing some amazing work and on behalf of the Red Cross, 1609 01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:58,439 Speaker 1: we have Noel Clement on the line. Now, Good morning, Noel, 1610 01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:03,040 Speaker 1: Good morning Christian. Okay, So no what do you need? 1611 01:15:03,320 --> 01:15:04,680 Speaker 1: What is the best thing that we can do to 1612 01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:06,200 Speaker 1: support the great work of the Red Cross. 1613 01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:09,680 Speaker 6: Sure, so we've already been getting amazing support and thank 1614 01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:12,080 Speaker 6: you to you Christian for your personal support and your listeners. 1615 01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:17,640 Speaker 6: So it really is about donations. Cash donations is the 1616 01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:19,840 Speaker 6: most effective thing that we can use at the moment. 1617 01:15:20,479 --> 01:15:24,120 Speaker 6: We've already received incredibly generous support, over twenty three million 1618 01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:27,880 Speaker 6: dollars just raised since New Year's Eve, so that's quite amazing. 1619 01:15:27,920 --> 01:15:31,439 Speaker 6: People are certainly digging deepened. That will go a long 1620 01:15:31,479 --> 01:15:34,040 Speaker 6: way to supporting these communities across the country. 1621 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:37,120 Speaker 1: And no, let us know that what is the money 1622 01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:39,599 Speaker 1: used for, because obviously I know that the great work 1623 01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:41,040 Speaker 1: that you do. But I was having a look on 1624 01:15:41,080 --> 01:15:43,160 Speaker 1: the website yesterday and you can see it very very 1625 01:15:43,240 --> 01:15:45,960 Speaker 1: clearly laid out. But tell everyone listening right now, what 1626 01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:47,160 Speaker 1: is the money used for? 1627 01:15:47,880 --> 01:15:50,120 Speaker 6: Yeah, very happy too. So it's used for a few things. 1628 01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:52,439 Speaker 6: So firstly, it ensures that Red Cross can be there 1629 01:15:52,479 --> 01:15:55,760 Speaker 6: when these emergencies happen, so aw as US Relief and 1630 01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:58,479 Speaker 6: Recovery fund enables our teams to be there, to have 1631 01:15:58,640 --> 01:16:02,679 Speaker 6: trained volunteers on the ground. So we provide psychological first aid, 1632 01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:06,200 Speaker 6: which is dealing with the initial impacts of trauma of 1633 01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:10,000 Speaker 6: these experiences for people. We register people who've been evacuated 1634 01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,760 Speaker 6: from disasters in Victoria, we provide some food and water, 1635 01:16:14,080 --> 01:16:18,040 Speaker 6: We provide very practical support across the country. It also 1636 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,960 Speaker 6: enables us to commit to the long term with communities, 1637 01:16:21,240 --> 01:16:23,519 Speaker 6: because events like this do take a long time for 1638 01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:27,639 Speaker 6: communities to recover, and we're committed to being there overcoming years. 1639 01:16:28,280 --> 01:16:31,080 Speaker 6: And then we're looking also, we've got some emergency grants 1640 01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:35,679 Speaker 6: that we're providing already for people who've lost their principal place, residents, 1641 01:16:35,680 --> 01:16:38,599 Speaker 6: their own home, and will continue to scale up those 1642 01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:40,640 Speaker 6: sorts of supports. So the more money we get, the 1643 01:16:40,680 --> 01:16:42,880 Speaker 6: more we can scale up the support to these communities. 1644 01:16:43,360 --> 01:16:45,080 Speaker 1: And you must have been a little Red Cross are 1645 01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:48,599 Speaker 1: in incredible areas all over the world, But for you guys, 1646 01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:50,479 Speaker 1: you must have been overwhelmed with the offer of not 1647 01:16:50,680 --> 01:16:53,880 Speaker 1: just cash, but clothing that people have offered, and food 1648 01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:55,519 Speaker 1: and water and anything and everything. 1649 01:16:56,320 --> 01:16:58,519 Speaker 6: We certainly get a lot of offers, and we've had 1650 01:16:58,760 --> 01:17:01,280 Speaker 6: a very consistent message for a long time Christian about 1651 01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:04,400 Speaker 6: donated goods. We're not in a position to be able 1652 01:17:04,439 --> 01:17:09,400 Speaker 6: to distribute goods, and we often find that really the 1653 01:17:09,479 --> 01:17:12,840 Speaker 6: goods well people are giving them from incredible generosity of 1654 01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:16,439 Speaker 6: their heart. We're not always confident that the cost of 1655 01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:20,120 Speaker 6: distributing and storing them is worth the cost of those goods. 1656 01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:23,439 Speaker 6: So we'd really encourage people, if you want to give goods, 1657 01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:26,200 Speaker 6: check out that there's an organization that is calling for 1658 01:17:26,360 --> 01:17:29,160 Speaker 6: them and saying they're needed and has capacity to be 1659 01:17:29,240 --> 01:17:32,519 Speaker 6: able to distribute them. But certainly we can't. We have 1660 01:17:32,680 --> 01:17:35,800 Speaker 6: had various goods in kinds that have been offered, so 1661 01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:40,120 Speaker 6: we've had truck shower, trucks and masks, various things, and 1662 01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:42,519 Speaker 6: occasionally we're able to accept some of those things and 1663 01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:45,160 Speaker 6: say yes, that's useful to us. So I just always 1664 01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:46,559 Speaker 6: encourage people to check first. 1665 01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:50,080 Speaker 1: Okay, So the big thing if anyone can is cold 1666 01:17:50,120 --> 01:17:51,200 Speaker 1: podcast that you need. 1667 01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:54,519 Speaker 6: Absolutely and it's us. And i'd also recognize there are 1668 01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:58,160 Speaker 6: a number of organizations via services and other charities obviously 1669 01:17:58,200 --> 01:18:00,240 Speaker 6: there doing great work as well in a raising money. 1670 01:18:00,320 --> 01:18:04,720 Speaker 6: So we love the people support us. We just clean 1671 01:18:04,800 --> 01:18:06,479 Speaker 6: for people to support all of the efforts that are 1672 01:18:06,479 --> 01:18:07,240 Speaker 6: happening at the moment. 1673 01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:09,799 Speaker 1: Well, good on your Red Cross. I've been doing amazing 1674 01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:13,320 Speaker 1: stuff throughout the bushfires, so keep on doing your great 1675 01:18:13,360 --> 01:18:15,560 Speaker 1: work and NOL thank you very much a chance to 1676 01:18:15,640 --> 01:18:16,839 Speaker 1: us this morning pleasure. 1677 01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:18,400 Speaker 6: Thank you very much, Christian appreciate it. 1678 01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:20,479 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot. That's a bit awkward. I was hoping 1679 01:18:20,479 --> 01:18:22,400 Speaker 1: to offload an old Christmas tree I can't get rid 1680 01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:24,200 Speaker 1: of to the Red Cross and say, does anyone need 1681 01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:26,240 Speaker 1: this seriously up the front of my house right now? 1682 01:18:27,320 --> 01:18:29,479 Speaker 1: I misread an email there was some sort of local 1683 01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:31,880 Speaker 1: organization that we're going around picking up Christmas trees. You 1684 01:18:31,960 --> 01:18:34,280 Speaker 1: just had to dump it outside the front, and I 1685 01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:36,600 Speaker 1: thought it was meant to drag the tree out on 1686 01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:38,519 Speaker 1: January the third, it turns out, was the day before 1687 01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,599 Speaker 1: the tree up the house. My wife is like, when 1688 01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:43,040 Speaker 1: is that tree goings thating? 1689 01:18:43,080 --> 01:18:43,280 Speaker 11: We go. 1690 01:18:43,439 --> 01:18:45,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what to do for the next year. 1691 01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:46,720 Speaker 3: You can break it up bit by bit and put 1692 01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:48,960 Speaker 3: it in the green bin like a serial killer. 1693 01:18:50,760 --> 01:18:52,880 Speaker 1: So anyway, just listen to Nold then talking about how 1694 01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:55,720 Speaker 1: they need money. Obviously it's January, okay, and people are 1695 01:18:55,760 --> 01:18:57,800 Speaker 1: skin You know, you're back at work and you haven't 1696 01:18:57,800 --> 01:18:59,840 Speaker 1: got much money, so it's very it's a hard thing 1697 01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:02,160 Speaker 1: to give money for some people. So we're trying to 1698 01:19:02,200 --> 01:19:05,600 Speaker 1: think and support any fundraising activities that you've got coming up. 1699 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:07,400 Speaker 1: That we can talk about on the radio and let 1700 01:19:07,439 --> 01:19:09,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people know about it. And also the 1701 01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:11,479 Speaker 1: big thing that I personally, I know Jack wants to 1702 01:19:11,560 --> 01:19:13,720 Speaker 1: do as well. We really want to be able to 1703 01:19:13,880 --> 01:19:16,720 Speaker 1: use this show to raise money somehow. I don't have 1704 01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:18,280 Speaker 1: an idea. I wish I did it a thig about 1705 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:20,519 Speaker 1: all weekend of what that is the only idea I've 1706 01:19:20,560 --> 01:19:22,320 Speaker 1: had over the weekend. And I mentioned that when we 1707 01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:24,439 Speaker 1: were talking to Daniel Angels. The premier about an hour 1708 01:19:24,479 --> 01:19:27,639 Speaker 1: ago was about Australia Day in January? Could we make 1709 01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:31,640 Speaker 1: that a kind of national fundraising day? When all the 1710 01:19:31,720 --> 01:19:34,439 Speaker 1: barbecues and parties that you have to celebrate Australia Day, 1711 01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:36,880 Speaker 1: we use that to try and raise whatever money we 1712 01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:39,639 Speaker 1: can When it's five or ten bucks and everyone tries 1713 01:19:39,680 --> 01:19:41,800 Speaker 1: to chip in somebody towards the Red Cross and the 1714 01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:44,920 Speaker 1: Victoria Bushfire relief fund as well. Maybe could that be 1715 01:19:45,160 --> 01:19:47,880 Speaker 1: something that we could all make that one day something 1716 01:19:47,920 --> 01:19:50,080 Speaker 1: when we all tried to do something matter how big 1717 01:19:50,200 --> 01:19:52,360 Speaker 1: or small, to try and raise money. I don't know. 1718 01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:54,000 Speaker 1: So if you've got any ideas what you think the 1719 01:19:54,080 --> 01:19:56,280 Speaker 1: show could be doing, please let us know and if 1720 01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:59,320 Speaker 1: we can support any of your fundraising activities and also 1721 01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:01,800 Speaker 1: if you want my Christmas tree is out the front 1722 01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:04,680 Speaker 1: there in Hampton, please swing by nine four four one 1723 01:20:04,720 --> 01:20:06,000 Speaker 1: o four three We speech. 1724 01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:09,400 Speaker 2: You next the Christian O'Connell breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one 1725 01:20:09,439 --> 01:20:10,479 Speaker 2: oh four point three. 1726 01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,599 Speaker 1: I justied I was squeaking. Everything is in this studio. 1727 01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:15,759 Speaker 1: You know where the studios are meant to be signed, 1728 01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:19,160 Speaker 1: aren't they. This is the noisiest studio, isn't it. We've 1729 01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:21,800 Speaker 1: got that the airproof in that is the soundproofing. That 1730 01:20:21,880 --> 01:20:23,880 Speaker 1: is not soundproofing, is it? And then this is the 1731 01:20:24,040 --> 01:20:26,519 Speaker 1: microphone stand. Have you heard it? Is there any one 1732 01:20:26,560 --> 01:20:30,880 Speaker 1: in Melbourne's got a creak it in this? This is 1733 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:33,880 Speaker 1: the standard that my microphone. I've never been in a 1734 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:36,280 Speaker 1: studio that is so noisy as this one. We need 1735 01:20:36,360 --> 01:20:40,120 Speaker 1: some you know, I just bought some silicon spray for 1736 01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:43,879 Speaker 1: some hinges. We need it for this last week. Anytime 1737 01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:48,920 Speaker 1: my nudgets crypt opening, All right, then we're going to 1738 01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:52,439 Speaker 1: take some calls right now. Hopefully this is Michelle who 1739 01:20:52,520 --> 01:20:55,360 Speaker 1: told Brad u producer that she's a little bit nervous 1740 01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:58,000 Speaker 1: and she may hang up before actually getting to speak 1741 01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:01,760 Speaker 1: to us. But Michelle stayed with us. Michelle, are you there, Yes, 1742 01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:05,479 Speaker 1: I am Christian in there. I'm good and listen. Thanks 1743 01:21:05,640 --> 01:21:07,680 Speaker 1: thanks for giving us a call. And I know it's 1744 01:21:07,720 --> 01:21:10,360 Speaker 1: hard calling a radio show, so thanks for rubbing big 1745 01:21:10,479 --> 01:21:13,160 Speaker 1: enough to stand by and give us a call. Michelle. 1746 01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:14,160 Speaker 1: How can we help? Mate? 1747 01:21:14,920 --> 01:21:17,080 Speaker 4: Well, thank you for coming back from the holidays for 1748 01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:21,479 Speaker 4: a start, because I think everybody feels in touch with 1749 01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:24,639 Speaker 4: you and what you're doing. But what I'm ringing about 1750 01:21:24,680 --> 01:21:28,280 Speaker 4: this morning is that we've lost supposedly four hundred and 1751 01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:33,800 Speaker 4: fifty million of our wildlife and Zoo's Victoria have gone down, 1752 01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:37,000 Speaker 4: all their vestas down there now trying to do as 1753 01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:39,840 Speaker 4: much as they can for the wildlife, and they're calling 1754 01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:42,320 Speaker 4: for donations, and I just thought i'd give you your 1755 01:21:42,439 --> 01:21:45,560 Speaker 4: call and let your listeners know that they can go 1756 01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:49,599 Speaker 4: to a zoo's website and click straight onto the link. 1757 01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:53,559 Speaker 4: There's a special site set up just for raising money 1758 01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:57,840 Speaker 4: for the wildlife and the work that they're doing. 1759 01:21:58,000 --> 01:21:59,720 Speaker 1: Sorry, Michell, Yeah, thanks, let us know. So that's the 1760 01:21:59,760 --> 01:22:00,759 Speaker 1: Male and Zoo website. 1761 01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:03,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, yes, the Melbourne Zoo web site. And it's a 1762 01:22:03,400 --> 01:22:07,719 Speaker 4: specific link that goes straight the donations go straight into 1763 01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:11,760 Speaker 4: the works that it's doing down in gifts Land. 1764 01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was one that there have been many sad 1765 01:22:14,160 --> 01:22:17,200 Speaker 1: things about what's happened with the bushfires and the loss 1766 01:22:17,200 --> 01:22:19,880 Speaker 1: of homes and habitats and beautiful bush land as well, 1767 01:22:20,360 --> 01:22:23,000 Speaker 1: and then the images of you. 1768 01:22:23,120 --> 01:22:23,920 Speaker 4: Seeing the animals. 1769 01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:28,160 Speaker 1: To be honest, you've seen images of kangaroos burnt, carcasses 1770 01:22:28,200 --> 01:22:30,880 Speaker 1: and habitats were wiped out. It's not just obviously, if 1771 01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:33,759 Speaker 1: the bushes wiped out, that's a whole ecosystem and trees 1772 01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:36,519 Speaker 1: for the birds, and there are species that may never 1773 01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, ninety five percent I've read yesterday of Koala's 1774 01:22:39,640 --> 01:22:42,360 Speaker 1: being wiped out, and there are already a virtually extinct 1775 01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:45,320 Speaker 1: species as well, but so many other very rare and 1776 01:22:45,520 --> 01:22:49,240 Speaker 1: native animals and species have been wiped out. And it's heartbreaking, 1777 01:22:49,479 --> 01:22:53,040 Speaker 1: heartbreak and truly heartbreaking. Seeing the damage that, you know, 1778 01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:55,400 Speaker 1: what is natural disaster and what's been caused by us 1779 01:22:55,439 --> 01:22:57,280 Speaker 1: as well to these poor animals that we share the 1780 01:22:57,320 --> 01:22:59,960 Speaker 1: planet with has actually been really heartbreaking. And the small 1781 01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:02,519 Speaker 1: and we've been so busy, Michelle, I feel bad that 1782 01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:04,519 Speaker 1: we haven't even been able to mention or touch on 1783 01:23:05,040 --> 01:23:08,320 Speaker 1: the damage that has been done to the wildlife. Has 1784 01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:11,400 Speaker 1: been truly heartbreaking. So thanks for actually reminding us of that. 1785 01:23:11,600 --> 01:23:13,720 Speaker 1: And you're right. There are these services that people are 1786 01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:16,200 Speaker 1: doing that actually really do need support, that aren't getting 1787 01:23:16,240 --> 01:23:18,759 Speaker 1: much support at the moment that people aren't talking about. 1788 01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:22,040 Speaker 1: So Melbourne Zoo on the website there people can put 1789 01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:24,120 Speaker 1: some money their way to the vets on the zoos 1790 01:23:24,120 --> 01:23:25,960 Speaker 1: that have already gone down. We're trying to do what 1791 01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:27,800 Speaker 1: they can right now, which is good on this Yes. 1792 01:23:27,720 --> 01:23:32,200 Speaker 4: They are, they're now, yes, and it's coming up on 1793 01:23:32,320 --> 01:23:36,280 Speaker 4: Facebook now, the photos of the vits working with the wildlife. 1794 01:23:37,080 --> 01:23:40,240 Speaker 4: It's the important start to hopefully everybody will get on 1795 01:23:40,320 --> 01:23:43,080 Speaker 4: board with them too, because they aren't funded by the 1796 01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:43,960 Speaker 4: state government. 1797 01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:45,920 Speaker 1: No, I bet they're not. Well, they really need some 1798 01:23:46,040 --> 01:23:48,280 Speaker 1: of our money as well. Okay, well, listen, Michelle, Obe 1799 01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:49,800 Speaker 1: wasn't too bad talking to us on the road. 1800 01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:51,599 Speaker 4: It wasn't. It's just that I didn't want to get 1801 01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:54,679 Speaker 4: emotional about the issue of the wildlife because I'm fine. 1802 01:23:54,760 --> 01:23:58,720 Speaker 4: It's very distressing. Well, everything that's coming up on Facebook 1803 01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:00,080 Speaker 4: with the wildlife. 1804 01:24:00,600 --> 01:24:03,680 Speaker 1: Still so useless, Well, it's okay to get emotional about it. 1805 01:24:03,800 --> 01:24:07,240 Speaker 1: We're living in emotional scary times. Is terrifying that it is. 1806 01:24:07,600 --> 01:24:10,040 Speaker 1: It's the right response. Be strange if we weren't feeling 1807 01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:12,280 Speaker 1: emotional about what what's happened those poor animals, isn't. 1808 01:24:12,120 --> 01:24:12,680 Speaker 8: That what is? 1809 01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:14,920 Speaker 1: Michelle? Thank you very much reminding us of what can 1810 01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:16,519 Speaker 1: be done. Good on you. Okay, you did a great 1811 01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:17,040 Speaker 1: thing today. 1812 01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:18,439 Speaker 4: Thanks Christian. 1813 01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:21,639 Speaker 1: Bye, all right, take care. Let's go to Josh. Good morning, Josh. 1814 01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:26,200 Speaker 1: I'm good Josh. And how can we help you this morning? 1815 01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:30,559 Speaker 10: I'm basically on a part of the Victorian and four 1816 01:24:30,680 --> 01:24:33,519 Speaker 10: x four community that we mainly run through Instagram, but 1817 01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:36,439 Speaker 10: we're trying to really do our part in helping you 1818 01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:39,080 Speaker 10: the bush wise really oh brilliant. 1819 01:24:39,120 --> 01:24:40,880 Speaker 1: Good for you guys, and so what can we do 1820 01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:42,680 Speaker 1: support that? Have you got a Facebook group that we 1821 01:24:42,760 --> 01:24:43,160 Speaker 1: can plug? 1822 01:24:43,880 --> 01:24:44,080 Speaker 16: Yeah? 1823 01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:46,400 Speaker 10: Yeah, so we also we have a Facebook group it's 1824 01:24:46,439 --> 01:24:49,599 Speaker 10: on I am big four by four community bush Bar 1825 01:24:49,720 --> 01:24:50,800 Speaker 10: Appeal that. 1826 01:24:52,360 --> 01:24:54,920 Speaker 1: What is about these Facebook groups that are amazing? But 1827 01:24:55,000 --> 01:24:56,759 Speaker 1: the names? Is that the name of it? Josh? 1828 01:24:57,080 --> 01:24:58,320 Speaker 10: Yeah, yeah, that's the name of its. 1829 01:24:58,439 --> 01:24:59,240 Speaker 1: Take me through it again. 1830 01:25:00,479 --> 01:25:05,720 Speaker 10: So we're basically just where Instagram influencers with the four 1831 01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:12,120 Speaker 10: draft community and we're already raised twenty six thousand heading 1832 01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:15,680 Speaker 10: into the OMEO region Deep high Country this weekend, so 1833 01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:19,920 Speaker 10: basically handed over to the CFA and donate to them. 1834 01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:23,679 Speaker 10: And we're also taking up suppliers because we're more focusing 1835 01:25:23,720 --> 01:25:26,559 Speaker 10: on the more isolated towns. Really, they're in the high 1836 01:25:26,640 --> 01:25:29,680 Speaker 10: country that don't get enough truction as much as the 1837 01:25:29,800 --> 01:25:32,200 Speaker 10: band's dull and you know, the bigger places. So we're 1838 01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:33,880 Speaker 10: trying to help the little guys a bit more. 1839 01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:36,760 Speaker 1: That's brilliant because we had a call earlier from a 1840 01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:40,120 Speaker 1: captain of Coldstream Fibrigade and he said he's got something 1841 01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:42,760 Speaker 1: like six hundred palettes and they don't know how to 1842 01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:45,280 Speaker 1: get it out to those really ultra sort of rural 1843 01:25:45,360 --> 01:25:47,360 Speaker 1: and remote areas. It's very hard to reach them. 1844 01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:50,519 Speaker 10: Yeah, well, if you're able to get us in contact 1845 01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:52,600 Speaker 10: with them, they'll be a great help. And were I 1846 01:25:52,640 --> 01:25:55,160 Speaker 10: think this weekend, Yes. 1847 01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:57,360 Speaker 1: That'd be absolute brilliant because that's what he was calling about. 1848 01:25:57,400 --> 01:25:58,720 Speaker 1: It wasn't the give us of a pout in the back. 1849 01:25:58,720 --> 01:26:00,559 Speaker 1: He was just so, we don't know who to give 1850 01:26:00,600 --> 01:26:02,519 Speaker 1: this to now, and obviously you know you're doing to 1851 01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:05,600 Speaker 1: cause more trouble when obviously people are trying to firefight 1852 01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:08,000 Speaker 1: in various places all over Victoria. But yeah, he's got 1853 01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:11,200 Speaker 1: some like six hundred palets of donations in a warehouse. 1854 01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:13,280 Speaker 1: They want to get it out there. So you guys, 1855 01:26:13,360 --> 01:26:15,960 Speaker 1: with you four by fours, you're uniquely equipped to go 1856 01:26:16,040 --> 01:26:18,080 Speaker 1: and take it out there. So yeah, we'll get you 1857 01:26:18,120 --> 01:26:20,200 Speaker 1: in touch with him. Josh, beautiful. 1858 01:26:20,200 --> 01:26:22,920 Speaker 10: That good banks. We've got basically forty to fifty four 1859 01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:25,880 Speaker 10: drives waiting ready to roll to how everyone'm out. 1860 01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:28,320 Speaker 1: Okay, and if people listening to this and therefore wheel 1861 01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:30,320 Speaker 1: drive owners like your sound, I want to take part 1862 01:26:30,360 --> 01:26:32,519 Speaker 1: what you do. The Facebook group is called. 1863 01:26:33,920 --> 01:26:37,880 Speaker 10: The Victorian Are Big four four Community Bush Bar Appeal, 1864 01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:41,040 Speaker 10: and we also have a go fund me page and 1865 01:26:41,200 --> 01:26:44,519 Speaker 10: that that is under the ww dot go find me 1866 01:26:44,760 --> 01:26:49,040 Speaker 10: dot com, Forward Splash Victorian Barr relate what we. 1867 01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:51,160 Speaker 1: Do, Josh. We'll put everything up on our radio station 1868 01:26:51,320 --> 01:26:54,120 Speaker 1: website and our Facebook and instapages as well to support 1869 01:26:54,160 --> 01:26:55,479 Speaker 1: you guys and give that a push. 1870 01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:57,600 Speaker 10: Too, Beautiful. Thank you very much for that. 1871 01:26:57,920 --> 01:26:59,679 Speaker 1: No, no, thank you guys. You're doing great work. Listen 1872 01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:02,080 Speaker 1: day safe this weekend as well, but well done. 1873 01:27:03,040 --> 01:27:04,559 Speaker 10: Yep, no, thank you very much. 1874 01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:07,599 Speaker 1: All right, that is the end of today's show for us. Oh, 1875 01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:09,120 Speaker 1: we've got time for one more call. Let's get one 1876 01:27:09,160 --> 01:27:11,360 Speaker 1: more call in. Jack was just give me the wrap 1877 01:27:11,439 --> 01:27:13,799 Speaker 1: up side. He wants to go now. Brendan, good morning, 1878 01:27:14,360 --> 01:27:16,600 Speaker 1: Good morning Christian. Hey Brendan, thank you very much for 1879 01:27:16,720 --> 01:27:19,080 Speaker 1: calling us today. And how can we help you. 1880 01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:22,400 Speaker 6: Well, I'm from the Port of Melbourne and one of 1881 01:27:22,439 --> 01:27:24,960 Speaker 6: our staff members came to work and said, you're looking 1882 01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:28,160 Speaker 6: for some shippy containers to get up to the Clifton 1883 01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:32,560 Speaker 6: Creek Primary School. So we're happy to organize that and 1884 01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:35,040 Speaker 6: get the containers and get them transported up there. 1885 01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:38,680 Speaker 1: Oh that is incredibly fantastic. Seriously, Yeah, we're Daryl is 1886 01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:40,760 Speaker 1: a guy who's he's got all the equipment the school 1887 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,719 Speaker 1: that burnt to the ground. It's a tiny little school, 1888 01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:45,120 Speaker 1: little school that makes a big difference in a community. 1889 01:27:45,200 --> 01:27:47,920 Speaker 1: There's only ten pupils there and the schools has been 1890 01:27:48,160 --> 01:27:51,679 Speaker 1: you know, incinerated and the school bus. They've they've replaced 1891 01:27:51,720 --> 01:27:55,040 Speaker 1: all the equipment, from computers to barbecues, but one thing 1892 01:27:55,080 --> 01:27:57,080 Speaker 1: they couldn't do is a shipping container to get all 1893 01:27:57,120 --> 01:27:59,320 Speaker 1: the stuff. And obviously it's a store out there until 1894 01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:02,240 Speaker 1: they've managed to rebuild the school. So we were looking 1895 01:28:02,360 --> 01:28:04,360 Speaker 1: for a large shipping container and I guess, as the 1896 01:28:04,439 --> 01:28:07,519 Speaker 1: CEO of Port of Melbourne, I guess you can easy 1897 01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:09,320 Speaker 1: to squirrel one away down the back, aren't you. 1898 01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:12,920 Speaker 6: I think we can get one through through through the 1899 01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:16,320 Speaker 6: port through you know the people that work on the port. 1900 01:28:16,439 --> 01:28:18,960 Speaker 6: So we'll do that and have a transport up there 1901 01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:22,599 Speaker 6: and do whatever's necessary to get the help that they need. 1902 01:28:22,800 --> 01:28:24,960 Speaker 1: Oh that's brilliant. Those little kids, you know that. That's 1903 01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:27,519 Speaker 1: just fantastic. That's really making a difference in the little 1904 01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:31,639 Speaker 1: areas as well. So Brendan, CEO of the Port of Melbourne, 1905 01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:33,599 Speaker 1: you're a great man doing that. Thank you so much. 1906 01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:35,000 Speaker 6: Thanks Christian. 1907 01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:37,800 Speaker 1: All Right, cheers, that's amazing. We got down and the 1908 01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:41,040 Speaker 1: kids there in the Clifton Creek Primary School the shipping container. 1909 01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:43,679 Speaker 1: All right, well, listen, it's been a it's been a pleasure. 1910 01:28:43,960 --> 01:28:45,840 Speaker 1: I feel really guilty when people are saying thank you 1911 01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:48,599 Speaker 1: for coming back it really it has been no big deal. 1912 01:28:48,640 --> 01:28:50,080 Speaker 1: It was an easy decision to come back in and 1913 01:28:50,120 --> 01:28:53,360 Speaker 1: do the show with Jack today. And actually personally, I 1914 01:28:53,479 --> 01:28:56,000 Speaker 1: hope i'm speaking for you Jack. It's been an actual 1915 01:28:56,080 --> 01:28:59,479 Speaker 1: privilege to hear these amazing stories of our just people 1916 01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:02,519 Speaker 1: who have survive something really terrifying and scary, but also 1917 01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:04,280 Speaker 1: to be come out of that, come on the show 1918 01:29:04,280 --> 01:29:07,439 Speaker 1: today to speak so eloquently and emotionally and intelligently to 1919 01:29:07,560 --> 01:29:09,880 Speaker 1: better thank people who've helped them. And I think your 1920 01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:13,160 Speaker 1: premier Daniel Andrews spoke really well this morning and he 1921 01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:16,200 Speaker 1: has really stepped up the last couple of days as well. Today, 1922 01:29:16,240 --> 01:29:18,080 Speaker 1: in this week isn't the time for politics or any 1923 01:29:18,160 --> 01:29:20,559 Speaker 1: kind of parties own views on which party is handling 1924 01:29:20,560 --> 01:29:22,640 Speaker 1: it better. But Daniel Andrews deserves some credit for what 1925 01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:24,559 Speaker 1: he's done so far and what he's doing as well. 1926 01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:26,800 Speaker 1: But if you want to continue the conversation, you can 1927 01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:29,840 Speaker 1: go on Facebook page. You can email me. Many of 1928 01:29:29,880 --> 01:29:31,479 Speaker 1: you will now have been replying to all your emails 1929 01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:33,479 Speaker 1: over the weekend. If you want to email me if 1930 01:29:33,479 --> 01:29:34,920 Speaker 1: you've got anything more we can do, if you've got 1931 01:29:34,920 --> 01:29:36,439 Speaker 1: any ideas what you think the show can do when 1932 01:29:36,479 --> 01:29:39,000 Speaker 1: we return. Is Christian at Gold one o four three 1933 01:29:39,160 --> 01:29:41,720 Speaker 1: dot com dot au for now. Thank you very much 1934 01:29:41,800 --> 01:29:44,080 Speaker 1: all the calls today, Thanks for listening. Thanks you always support, 1935 01:29:44,360 --> 01:29:46,960 Speaker 1: look after yourself. We will speak to you very soon. 1936 01:29:47,240 --> 01:29:50,800 Speaker 2: The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show, Melbourne's Gold one oh four 1937 01:29:50,880 --> 01:29:51,360 Speaker 2: point three