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Speaker 1: Now joining me live in the studio because we know

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Speaker 1: the annual Bombing of Darwin commemoration service is going to

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Speaker 1: be held at the Darwin Cenotaph tomorrow, and joining us

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Speaker 1: in the studio to talk a little bit more about

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Speaker 1: what is planned is indeed Darwin counselor Mick Palmer, Good

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Speaker 1: morning to you, Meck.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the showmate, Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for your time this morning. Now tell us what time

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Speaker 1: does that service get underway? Tomorrow?

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Speaker 2: Gets underway at about nine, you know, we lot of

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Speaker 2: people there a bit early so it can properly organize

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Speaker 2: theres plenty of seeding and plenty of shade, and hopefully

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Speaker 2: the weather will be a bit more clement than it

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Speaker 2: was last year, which is shaping up that way. Unfortunately

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Speaker 2: this year we're not having a flyover from the military

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Speaker 2: because of operational requirements with the exercise going on at

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Speaker 2: the moment right so that that's and we we're in

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Speaker 2: time to organize Stephen's DC three.

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Speaker 1: Oh they couldn't get him lined up fast enough, but

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Speaker 1: I suppose, you know, you've got to deal with those

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Speaker 1: operational issues, and first and foremost, if they've got you know,

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Speaker 1: an operation that they've got to be too people understand.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, And anyway, when it does happen, he goes

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Speaker 2: wosh and it's gone.

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Speaker 1: It goes pretty fast. Mick tell us, I know the

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Speaker 1: mayor had said to us last week that it could

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Speaker 1: you know, that the commemorations could be moved if the

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Speaker 1: ground was too soggy. But it doesn't look like that

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Speaker 1: to concern this year, is it.

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Speaker 2: No? No, I don't think so. It all if they

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Speaker 2: bring in the big artillery pieces, it can be a

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Speaker 2: problem the ground is soggy, But this year it seems

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Speaker 2: even though we're all about on average for the wet season, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's not saturated. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And Mick, are they doing the re enactment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they Yeah, we're doing the reenactment. It's probably a

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Speaker 2: bit more realistic than Monty Python's re enactment of the

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Speaker 2: Battle of argent Core.

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Speaker 1: But I reckon it will be I reckon. So now, mate,

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Speaker 1: tell us, how many people are you expect into a teends.

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Speaker 2: You'd probably get twelve fifteen hundred, you know, that's that's

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Speaker 2: pretty average.

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Speaker 1: It's about twelve fifteen hundred. And have we got any

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Speaker 1: dignitaries this year, not that I know of, So no

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Speaker 1: Prime minister rocking up or anything like that.

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Speaker 2: Of the trees, I'm not included a bunch.

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Speaker 1: You reckon, You reckon, you're not important enough to find out. Well,

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Speaker 1: I bet you know. You never know. Maybe if this

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Speaker 1: rate cut happens this afternoon, you might get word that

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Speaker 1: you know, they're all flying to die, and very quickly

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Speaker 1: an elections band called.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well it might be. I don't know if we

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Speaker 2: will get a rate capbin it seems likely.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we're waiting. See, so we don't know if

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Speaker 1: there's any sort of I mean, there's always the usual

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Speaker 1: digna trees, isn't there at this time?

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Speaker 2: I would expect the Senators and the federal members to attend.

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Speaker 2: Obviously the Lord mayor will be there because soon there's

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Speaker 2: a council yeah, or nized function, the administrator yep. The

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Speaker 2: bishops I think generally attend, the church leader. So it's

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Speaker 2: it's always well attended. It is such respect.

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Speaker 1: It is such an important event, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you know I watched eighty the years since

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Speaker 2: the initial bombing has in February forty two, my father

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Speaker 2: was actually here. Would it happen well.

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Speaker 1: Really, yeah, was he living here in Darwin.

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Speaker 2: Or was there was every point in the Coastal Artillery.

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Speaker 1: And as a young fellow, what did he sort of

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Speaker 1: say to you in terms of what had happened?

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Speaker 2: Well, he tells me that they're on the Coastal Artillery

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Speaker 2: sixte inch gun, so they never could get the elevation

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Speaker 2: to shoot at planes. And they were all sixteen year

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Speaker 2: olds out of Sydney, so they elevated behind me, climbed

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Speaker 2: out and sat on the end of the barrel. Because

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Speaker 2: he'd never seen an he like it Sydney. Absolutely, yeah,

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Speaker 2: young kids, they're only kids.

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Speaker 1: Sixteen? Was your dad sixteen?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Oh that's crazy. And in terms of you know, like

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Speaker 1: in terms of what he's told you, I mean, obviously

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Speaker 1: they were sitting sort of watching because they'd never seen

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Speaker 1: anything like it, but was at a pretty frightening time

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Speaker 1: for them? Or what's he say?

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Speaker 2: I don't know, you know, you've been young fellows like that.

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Speaker 2: You don't get frightened, you know, it's just four teenage boys.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, Yeah, Yeah, it's it's really interesting. It's really interesting,

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Speaker 1: isn't it. And then when you sort of think of

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Speaker 1: just how many times we were bombed and the you know,

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Speaker 1: like how dangerous it would have been.

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Speaker 2: If you ever go to Adelaide River War Cemetery. It's

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Speaker 2: really how would I say it, sobering to look at

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Speaker 2: the age of them kids. You know, you tend to

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Speaker 2: think of their all old fellows that died, the kids,

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Speaker 2: the babies.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's you're spot on, you know, like when you

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Speaker 1: said then sixteen years old, like that is so young

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Speaker 1: to be living through that and to be going through

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Speaker 1: that and have shigned.

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Speaker 2: Up for the army. You know, they were in the

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Speaker 2: in the militia.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, look, it is going to be It's always

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Speaker 1: a like it's always a really important day for Darlin

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Speaker 1: is the Bombing of Darwin commemorations. So I've no doubt

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Speaker 1: it's going to be really well attended. So get there

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Speaker 1: before nine o'clock even probably, Hey, for most people.

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Speaker 2: You get a good suaitin. Yeah, you know, it's nice

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Speaker 2: if they're there early so that things can proceed on time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, it is always great to catch up with you.

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Speaker 1: Counselor for the Darwin City Council, Mick Palmer, thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for your time this morning. Thanks Katie, Thank you