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Jo Hersey takes Katie Beyond the Berrimah line · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: We are just about to head beyond the bear of
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  Speaker 1: a line. We used to head beyond the barra of
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  Speaker 1: line every Thursday. We stopped for a little while because
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  Speaker 1: we were sort of we were we're quite often here
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  Speaker 1: from beyond the bear of my line. But I reckon
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  Speaker 1: it's a good idea for us to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: we are focusing beyond the bear of the line as
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  Speaker 1: often as we can. And joining me on the line
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  Speaker 1: right now is the member for Catherine, Joe Hersey. Good
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  Speaker 1: morning to you, Joe.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning listeners. Welcome beyond the
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  Speaker 2: bear and Maline, Katie, I.
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  Speaker 1: Bet Joe will we know we've got plenty of listeners
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  Speaker 1: in Catherine as well, so it's good to catch up
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  Speaker 1: with you and find out what's happening.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's absolutely busy as down here in Catherine at
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  Speaker 2: the moment. You know, it's the dry season when all
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  Speaker 2: the events are on and tourists around town, the caravan pass,
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  Speaker 2: the fool, you know, the tourism operators having a having
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  Speaker 2: a busy time. So it's great, it really is great
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  Speaker 2: for the community.
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  Speaker 1: That is good to hear and and Joe. Before I
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  Speaker 1: get into some of the more serious stuff. I know
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  Speaker 1: that even when it comes to the weather, well, yesterday
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  Speaker 1: you guys were meant to get that dry surge a
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  Speaker 1: little bit sooner than what we did. Has it been
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  Speaker 1: good weather the last couple of days we did?
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  Speaker 2: It kicked in last night, Katie, and it was fresh
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  Speaker 2: this morning? Oh god, what could we even see what
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  Speaker 2: temperature it was? But when I went out exercising early
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  Speaker 2: this morning, it was fresh.
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  Speaker 1: Did you need a jumper, Joe? I think that's did
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  Speaker 1: you need a jumper? That's the important question.
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  Speaker 2: Well, my daughter had a jumper on, but I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: You probably could have had a light, a light jumper on.
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  Speaker 2: But even now it is absolutely beautiful outside, and we've
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  Speaker 2: actually got to have our office doors open. I'd just
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  Speaker 2: like to tell the community of Catherine that the Benigo
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  Speaker 2: Bank is back open again today. They've had wrapped in
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  Speaker 2: their ceilings, so they actually had the closed yesterday. It
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  Speaker 2: is future.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, what do you mean?
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  Speaker 2: There was a smells coming that had rated sort of
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  Speaker 2: died in their ceilings and so they couldn't even be
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  Speaker 2: in there. I went in the Yes, it was dreadful.
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  Speaker 2: So they ended up they ended up closing and the
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  Speaker 2: smells coming to our office to we're right next door.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, as anyone knows, did rat it's discussing.
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  Speaker 1: Oh the poor buggers. Well, hopefully that's all all sorted
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  Speaker 1: and they're able to get back in there and yeah,
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  Speaker 1: get back operating again.
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  Speaker 2: They're back in there today, but the steatch is pretty bad.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, you know, they they can't even have their
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  Speaker 2: doors open at least weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Oh that's no good to hear any.
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  Speaker 2: More important matters. Yeah, there's been a lot going on
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  Speaker 2: in Catherine. Yeah, we've had the recently, we've had out
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  Speaker 2: by two yearly by annual Museum Option dinner, which raised
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  Speaker 2: over seventy seven thousand dollars for our beautiful little museum,
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  Speaker 2: which loan and the staff up there were fantast the
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  Speaker 2: job keeping going and that's always a fantastic night. Lots
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  Speaker 2: of people in the community donate to that event and
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  Speaker 2: it's very well supported in the community. How wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Seventy seven thousand dollars did you say?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's that's the that's not the final figure.
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  Speaker 2: They haven't put the final figure out yet, but that
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  Speaker 2: was on the night the auction items raised. Yeah, over
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  Speaker 2: seventy seven thousand dollars, which is fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: That's wonderful stuff. And is that the only fundraiser that's
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  Speaker 1: been happening or what else has gone on. I understand
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  Speaker 1: there's been quite a bit.
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  Speaker 2: We've had the Dreaming under the Stars to do It
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  Speaker 2: for Dolly fundraiser and a big shout out to both
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  Speaker 2: these events and all the volunteers that do work and
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  Speaker 2: help behind the scenes, because without them it wouldn't happen.
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  Speaker 2: So Dreaming under the Stars they raised over one hundred
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  Speaker 2: and twenty seven thousand dollars KDE. It was just a
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  Speaker 2: fantastic night. It was a beautiful drive eas evening the
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  Speaker 2: camp draft, the ash Camp Draft was on that weekend
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  Speaker 2: as well, so there's lots of station people in town.
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  Speaker 2: It was really great.
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  Speaker 1: That's phenomenal. What an enormous amount of money, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty seven grand and it is for
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  Speaker 1: the do for Dolly fundraiser or for their foundation which
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  Speaker 1: we know just do such important work, such important work.
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  Speaker 2: It absolutely is, Katie. Yeah, So other things that we've
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  Speaker 2: had going on top pitch, Patrina Allison's gallery out on
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  Speaker 2: Gorge Road had their official openings. They opened up their
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  Speaker 2: gallery they build a new gallery out there on Gorge Row,
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  Speaker 2: which for you know, they are always busy with manual
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  Speaker 2: doing the cultural experiences and lots of busloads of tourists
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  Speaker 2: go through there.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: They have a purpose built gallery which is just superb.
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  Speaker 2: The art's great. They've got a great little dish shop there.
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  Speaker 2: It really is fantastic. And we've also got the o'keef
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  Speaker 2: gardeners are back at it and that's open to the
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  Speaker 2: dry season there open Wednesday and Saturday is nine till
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  Speaker 2: twelve and again a whole heap of volunteers in there.
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  Speaker 2: It's a heritage listard hush and the gardens are beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: They open up in the in the shady ground. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you Devin's year teas and this year they've also Katie
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  Speaker 2: got seedlings available, so I've already spotted up my seedlings
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  Speaker 2: for our show stores coming up into July and if
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  Speaker 2: anyone wants seedlings, yeah, they are open for on Saturday
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  Speaker 2: morning now nine till twelve.
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  Speaker 1: How wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: They do extremely well there.
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  Speaker 1: Well, jo it sounds like there is an enormous amount
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  Speaker 1: happening in Catherine at the moment. In fact, it sounds
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  Speaker 1: like if you don't already have plans for the long
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  Speaker 1: weekend take a drive to Catherine.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's right, we've got the Speedway Round two happening
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, KATI two on Saturday. The following weekend, we've
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  Speaker 2: got then Pride Festival, which always brings a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people from Darwin down to the cast and Pride Festival.
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  Speaker 2: It was I think last year was the first time
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  Speaker 2: we had it, certainly the first time I've yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: think last year was the first time here in Catherine
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  Speaker 2: and it was a fantastic weekend. We recently had a
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  Speaker 2: book there by all of the Catherine authors at the
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  Speaker 2: town library. What else we had recently this week our
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  Speaker 2: office we do community barbecues out and about. This week
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  Speaker 2: we had a community barbecue at Rockhole and we just
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  Speaker 2: happened to be there when say, the children were there
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  Speaker 2: for their play to learn, which was great because all
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  Speaker 2: the little kids are there and we do a community
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  Speaker 2: barbecue just to get to know the people of community,
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  Speaker 2: listen to their concerns. And one of the teams up
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  Speaker 2: there it was about the bus pulling up out the
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  Speaker 2: front to pick up the children in the morning and
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  Speaker 2: the bus pulling up on the opposite side of the road.
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  Speaker 2: Just a simple thing like that to bring to attention.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's dangerous for grandmothers walk across the road
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  Speaker 2: Florina Road when it's busy in the morning. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: potentially the bus could come into the community and you know,
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  Speaker 2: pick the kids up from the bus stop rather than
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  Speaker 2: having them cross the road.
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  Speaker 1: So well, yeah, absolutely, and try to get it sorted. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we might, We might see if we can get a
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  Speaker 1: bit of an update from you in that space with
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  Speaker 1: the bus situation. We are going to have to leave
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  Speaker 1: it there because we understand that the Chief Minister is
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  Speaker 1: just now making an announcement about this vaccine, the vaccine mandates.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Hersey, thanks so much for heading beyond the bear
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  Speaker 1: of the line with us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, and I hope to talk to you again
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  Speaker 2: beyond the barra of the Ligne scene.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds like a plan. Good on you, Joe, you too,