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Katie Woolf spoke with Pete Garnish who is in quarantine at Howard Springs · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 2: Join the conversation with Katie Wolf. You are our eyes
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  Speaker 2: and ears in the Territory Mixed one oh four point nine. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we know that there's plenty of people who are out
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  Speaker 2: at the Howard Springs facility at the moment as a
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  Speaker 2: result of the hot spot that was declared well last
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  Speaker 2: week around Victoria. We also know that in Victoria today
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  Speaker 2: was reported a little bit earlier five new cases. So
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  Speaker 2: at this stage they are keeping a very close eye
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  Speaker 2: on whether those cases are linked to the existing outbreaks.
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  Speaker 2: But it does bring the total number of locally acquired
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  Speaker 2: coronavirus cases across Victoria to forty six. But what it's
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  Speaker 2: also meant is that here in the Northern Territory, well,
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  Speaker 2: there has been a number of Territorians who've been forced
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  Speaker 2: into quarantine out at Howard Springs. One of those people
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  Speaker 2: joins me on the line right now. Good morning, Pete,
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  Speaker 2: good bring cat. How are you not too bad mate?
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  Speaker 2: How are you going out there at Howard Springs.
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  Speaker 1: Look, we're coping pretty well. I've just had a couple
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  Speaker 1: of boxes of high can zero delivered from Idea to Totally,
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  Speaker 1: so me and the other inmates in my block and
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  Speaker 1: nursing a non alcohol year as we speak.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, there you go, so you're allowed to have the
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  Speaker 2: non alcoholic version. That's okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a bit like the Betty Ford Clinn exp
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  Speaker 1: is just a bit cheaper.
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  Speaker 2: Oh goodness me, how lo how's your experience been? How
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  Speaker 2: are things when you were first? I guess coming through
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  Speaker 2: at the airport.
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  Speaker 1: Look, it was a bit of a debarkle at the airport,
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  Speaker 1: to be honest. Our flight arrived at about half out
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  Speaker 1: midnight and we didn't get into how to bringuntil about
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  Speaker 1: four am. It's about two and a half hours at
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  Speaker 1: the airport without water. There were some young mothers there
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  Speaker 1: from oversized baggage, and when we asked for water, considering
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  Speaker 1: we all could be COVID with, we were all told
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  Speaker 1: to use the same water bubbler, which I found pretty
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  Speaker 1: astonicent that. Yeah, after about three and a half hours
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  Speaker 1: we were here, I've processed pretty quickly, and since THENDAL,
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  Speaker 1: I've been pretty good. I think I think that we've
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  Speaker 1: got it pretty easy up here compared to some of
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  Speaker 1: the other hotel quarantine programs around the country.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're spot on. I mean my assumption is that
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  Speaker 2: it's possibly a little bit more comfortable. At least you've
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  Speaker 2: got a bit of an outdoor, like you've got a
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  Speaker 2: little balcony and stuff out there, don't you.
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  Speaker 1: We do indeed, so you know most of us spend
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  Speaker 1: pretty much all our time outside. It's not really like
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  Speaker 1: solitary confinement, which I think you would probably be one
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  Speaker 1: of the hardest things about the Hotel Clarentine program.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And how things going like food wise, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I understand that there was a video on the socials
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  Speaker 2: of you warming up your croissants that was cold.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so we're not allowed. There's no heating, microwave posters
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  Speaker 1: or anything in the room. So and of course souls
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  Speaker 1: came around really cold. So I had the idea to
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  Speaker 1: throw one in the tumble dryer, give it a few
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  Speaker 1: minutes and have worked like a tree. It was. And
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  Speaker 1: we've just got croissants again this morning. So I'm saving
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  Speaker 1: micraft of the call and I'm going to have a
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  Speaker 1: nice warmth from morning tea.
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  Speaker 2: Oh good on you. I love your innovation, mate.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know you're going to work with what you've got.
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  Speaker 1: So many other things we're doing out here, the neighbors
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  Speaker 1: and I start a little bit of workout group. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: people's occupied. I think we've got pilate's today from one
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  Speaker 1: of the other in making my song yep. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: trying to pat the time and make the most of it. Really.
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  Speaker 2: Oh good on you. And have you seen the Chief
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  Speaker 2: Health officers out there as well? Do you hegy?
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  Speaker 1: I did hear that you He was in here and
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  Speaker 1: I don't think he was on my flight, But I'm
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  Speaker 1: teping my fingers stusted that the numbers go down in Melbourne,
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  Speaker 1: you might be able to pull a few strings and
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  Speaker 1: we'll be able to get out early.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon everybody's probably thinking the same thing. And in
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  Speaker 2: all seriousness, you know how he sort of how's everybody
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  Speaker 2: feeling out there mentally? You know, I know that we
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  Speaker 2: spoke to a dad on Friday whose wife's out There
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  Speaker 2: were two very little kids. It must be tough for
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  Speaker 2: some people out there.
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  Speaker 1: Look, I'm sure it is the families that are separated.
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  Speaker 1: I had to high caul it back to Melbourne as
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  Speaker 1: soon as the lockdown happened, which cuts short my weekend
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  Speaker 1: with my kids down there. So you know, I can
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  Speaker 1: understand the emotional strain that some others are going through.
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  Speaker 1: But to be honest, the people that are around me
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  Speaker 1: and our dollars, you know, we're all keeping each other
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  Speaker 1: entertained and telling lots of jokes. We're saving all our
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  Speaker 1: water bottles and oranges. So hopefully we're going to have
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  Speaker 1: a game of been bowling this afternoon, you know. Just
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  Speaker 1: you know, overall, everyone thinks pretty chairpy. They're exercising and
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  Speaker 1: walking around talking to each other. Morale is pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, good on you, Pete. I'm glad to hear. I
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  Speaker 2: am glad to hear that morale is good out there.
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  Speaker 2: And you know that your experience since arriving out there
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  Speaker 2: at the Howard Springs Quarantine Facility has been fair good.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, thank you. I do pity people in other
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  Speaker 1: parts of the country. Yeah, I think it'll be a
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  Speaker 1: lot more challenging than it is here.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Pete, we really appreciate you having a chat with
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  Speaker 2: us this morning. I'll tell you what, if you come
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  Speaker 2: up with any more innovative ways to you know, heat
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  Speaker 2: food or do various other things keep us in the loop,
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  Speaker 2: I'm totally impressed.
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  Speaker 1: I will do. Thank you, Katie. I'm sure there'll be
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  Speaker 1: other innovations as the next ten days rather than let.
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  Speaker 2: You know about them, no doubt about it. Good on you, Pete,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your time today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: That is Pete Garnish there he is in the Hard
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  Speaker 2: Springs facility at the moment. Said that, you know, it
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  Speaker 2: was pretty tough out at the airport in terms of
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  Speaker 2: having to wait more than two hours to be processed.
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  Speaker 2: There was mums out there not able to enviously get
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  Speaker 2: their hands on strollers, et cetera. But since being out
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  Speaker 2: there things have been going okay, everything's going pretty well
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  Speaker 2: at this point in time.