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Member for Namatjira Bill Yan says he was forced to climb a tree after being stalked by a crocodile while out fishing · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And we were talking just a little while ago, or
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  Speaker 1: a bit earlier this morning to Mark Turner, the member
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  Speaker 1: for blame. We know that he'd certainly had an interesting weekend.
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  Speaker 1: He'd been in a situation where it'd helped to arrest
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  Speaker 1: a man who was acting erradically at a service station.
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  Speaker 1: But it sounds as though he's not the only politician
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  Speaker 1: who's been in an interesting situation. Another Polly, Bill Yan
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  Speaker 1: had to climb a tree to escape from a crocodile
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  Speaker 1: while out fishing, and it was well, Bill Yan joins
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  Speaker 1: me on the line right now, Good morning to you, Bill.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you going?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Not too bad mate. When did this happen?
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  Speaker 2: It was Sunday week ago, on National Gone Fishing Day.
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  Speaker 2: I had a bit of time up me sleeve. On
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  Speaker 2: the Sundays, I thought, well, National Gone Fishing Day, Better
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  Speaker 2: get out for a fish.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it sounds like it was easier said than done.
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  Speaker 3: What happened with the crocodile?
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  Speaker 2: Well, oh, went from fishing to tree climbing really quickly.
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  Speaker 2: I've had a bill of bye, I know, out of town,
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  Speaker 2: and I knew I'd get a couple of fish out there,
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  Speaker 2: so I shot out there and fishing off the bank.
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  Speaker 2: I was walking around the back of the bill of
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  Speaker 2: wonging to get to another spot, and walking on a
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  Speaker 2: game trail, so the croc slide and the game trail.
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  Speaker 2: Crock slide, okay, going in under a tree, but it
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  Speaker 2: was pretty old because there was footprints across it. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: But as I went to step over the croc slide,
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  Speaker 2: there was a fair commotion from under the tree. So
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  Speaker 2: it was like there was a bit of a one
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  Speaker 2: of those come to God moments, as you would say,
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  Speaker 2: I can't say what I really said on the radio
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  Speaker 2: and the channel my inner youth and went up straight
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  Speaker 2: up the tree next to me, and that's when the
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  Speaker 2: Mexican standals started.
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  Speaker 3: How long were you then up the tree for a bell?
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  Speaker 2: Well, like, it wasn't up there for really long, cad,
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  Speaker 2: I reckon, it's about five minutes. I was calling the
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  Speaker 2: crocodile all sorts of horrible names and fashion me fishing
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  Speaker 2: and ride and make a noise and trail and sticks
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  Speaker 2: at it, trying to figure out when one of us
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  Speaker 2: was going to move first. But after about five minutes,
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  Speaker 2: the crop sided that it was heading to the Billbong,
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  Speaker 2: so it shot off to the billbong, and I didn't
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  Speaker 2: have to worry about coming up with a plan B
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  Speaker 2: to get out of the tree and get away from them.
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  Speaker 3: Where So whereabouts were you?
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  Speaker 1: And I suppose people will be asking were you too
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  Speaker 1: close to the water or were you being crock wise?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? I know certainly been crockwise. I fished this billboard
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  Speaker 2: quite a few times, and I know there's a really
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  Speaker 2: big crocs there, so I was being extra careful. The
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  Speaker 2: water was law so you could see them in the
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  Speaker 2: water quite easily. But of course this run was anywhere
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  Speaker 2: near the water. It is a long way back from
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  Speaker 2: the billi bong, And at this I had my brains
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  Speaker 2: about me. When I seen the croc slide, went oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's a croc slide. Because if I didn't see that
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  Speaker 2: and hadn't taken the nails of the noise, it may
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  Speaker 2: result into something a little bit different.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I reckon.
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  Speaker 1: So were you pretty scared or did you sort of
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  Speaker 1: feel as though you're okay once you got up that tree. Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Once I was up the tree, I was pretty okay.
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  Speaker 2: But it was that when that first big noise happened
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  Speaker 2: under tree right beside my left foot. It's just like, oh, oh,
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  Speaker 2: it's time to get out of here in a hurry,
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  Speaker 2: sou up the trail went.
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  Speaker 3: Oh nice. Did you end up going for a fish
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  Speaker 3: after that?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? I did? Yeah, No, I kept fishing. I got
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  Speaker 2: probably about half a dozen barrow. I done pretty good
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  Speaker 2: actually for the day, and I probably dropped about half
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  Speaker 2: a dozen. But I got I got a dog by
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  Speaker 2: this freshy as well to try to eat one of
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  Speaker 2: my barre. And everywhere I went after that, this freshy
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  Speaker 2: stalking up and down the bank kind of get a
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  Speaker 2: cheat feet.
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  Speaker 3: Oh jeez.
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  Speaker 1: A bit different to what it's like in central Australia
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  Speaker 1: where you usually be.
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  Speaker 2: Well, as I said, the lizards down here a little
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  Speaker 2: bit smaller reptiles, not as big as your reptile.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Time watch it got to watch out for. But you've
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  Speaker 2: got to get out about it. And this bill. It's
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  Speaker 2: just so beautiful out there at the moment, so much,
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  Speaker 2: so much flora and fauner with at the start of
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  Speaker 2: the wet coming in and geese and dark and seeing
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  Speaker 2: heaps of water monitors and it's just it was really nice. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: apart from the croc, I want to take a piece
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  Speaker 2: out of it.
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  Speaker 3: Apart from being stalked by a crocodile.
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  Speaker 1: Bill, any tips for territories following that ordeal or even visitors, Well, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think the thing to take away from it, Katie, is
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  Speaker 2: that you always got to be careful around the water.
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  Speaker 2: And I always am careful around the water, but particularly
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  Speaker 2: this time here when they're starting to nest, the crops
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  Speaker 2: can be quite a way back from the water. So
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  Speaker 2: that's the one thing I'm going to take away from
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  Speaker 2: it is even though I'm around the waterways I'm being
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  Speaker 2: crop wise along the water's edge, is that they can
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  Speaker 2: be found way way back from the water, and you
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  Speaker 2: need to be looking out and keeping your wits about you,
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  Speaker 2: that's for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I reckon. So it sounds like.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think Leader have forgive me. If I didn't
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  Speaker 2: show up for PARM, I might get in a bit
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  Speaker 2: of trouble.
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  Speaker 3: That's exactly right. Even if it was due to a crocodile,
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  Speaker 3: she'd think that.
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  Speaker 1: She'd probably think you're making it up, Bill, if you said,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I couldn't get their duetial crocodile situation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, so sorry, sorry, Boss, I didn't make it
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  Speaker 2: to Palm. I'm still suck up this tree with the crocodile. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think I could pull that one off. It's
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  Speaker 2: like the dog ate my homework.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's exactly right.
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  Speaker 1: Oh well, we're pleased that you are all okay, and yeah,
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  Speaker 1: certainly an interesting one. Did your friends and family believe
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  Speaker 1: you at first?
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  Speaker 3: Bill?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well my kids because I know what I'm like
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  Speaker 2: and they've been out fishing with me before, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they thought it's just another day in dad's life, that dad,
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  Speaker 2: you'd be crazy. Yeah, they got a good laugh at it.
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  Speaker 2: But the first thing that's did you get any fish?
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  Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, well that's exactly right.
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  Speaker 1: That was whatever I was wondering Bill, speaking of crazy,
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  Speaker 1: I saw you out there doing Park Run on the
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  Speaker 1: weekend too.
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  Speaker 3: It was a warm one, wasn't it.
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  Speaker 2: For me? Katie was more like park Shuffle. I'm on
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  Speaker 2: a bit of a comeback trail to the run, but yeah, no,
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  Speaker 2: it was pretty steamy out there on Sunday morning. But
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  Speaker 2: it was a great day and I see lots of
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  Speaker 2: people out there on the Espna. It was really good.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to having in the cracket another one
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  Speaker 2: and maybe actually making the entire five k is running
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  Speaker 2: rather than sort of doing the creep young shuffle ah.
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  Speaker 1: Good stuff. Well, Bill Yane, good to speak with you
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  Speaker 1: this morning. Thank you for having a chat to us
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  Speaker 1: about that situation with the crocodiles.
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  Speaker 2: Katy, thanks for having me on.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.