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Katie Woolf spoke with Northern Australia Parks Director Lincoln Wilson · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Mix one of four point nine dot com for all
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  Speaker 1: the latest news and information Now three sixty with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone is listening Mix one O four point nine one.
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  Speaker 2: You are listening to Mix one O four point nine
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  Speaker 2: and I know plenty of you heading out on the
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  Speaker 2: weekend to enjoy the spectacular Northern Territory. Some of our
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  Speaker 2: wonderful territory run parks and reserves and joining us on
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  Speaker 2: the line to tell us, well, what's opened and what
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  Speaker 2: even might be a great spot to visit. Northern Australia
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  Speaker 2: Parks Director Lincoln Wilson, Good morning.
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  Speaker 3: Lincoln, Good morning Katie Lincoln. What's opened on the weekend
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  Speaker 3: h dependens where.
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  Speaker 4: You want to go, As we discussed early. If you
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  Speaker 4: want to get down to Lichfield, you've got swimming at
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  Speaker 4: Florence and Beully in the Upper Cascades or Green Ant.
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  Speaker 4: If you want to get into a bit of fishing,
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  Speaker 4: you get down the Mountain Dam. We're out to the
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  Speaker 4: Mary River. If you're looking for a quiet fishing experience,
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  Speaker 4: I probably wouldn't go in your shady camp at the moment,
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  Speaker 4: but yeah, it's just that change in the season. Some
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  Speaker 4: things are still closed slowly will open up now.
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  Speaker 3: What is still close that we need to sort of
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  Speaker 3: be aware of.
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  Speaker 4: I guess it depends how far down the road you
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  Speaker 4: want to go. Like with Mary River, some of the
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  Speaker 4: main sites are open, like just around the bird Billabong
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  Speaker 4: or May River rock Hole area, but the Wilburn Rock
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  Speaker 4: Hole is still closed. Most tracks out that way forward
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  Speaker 4: drive tracks are all closed and the same as Lichfield,
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  Speaker 4: the forward drive tracks are closed. Well, yes, sorry, you
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  Speaker 4: go if you want to get down the road. Mumber
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  Speaker 4: Warriors open, Edith Falls is open. Nit, Look, the park's
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  Speaker 4: open there the short walks and that I think the
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  Speaker 4: Southern Rock Hole is open for swimming as well. Down there?
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  Speaker 2: Are you anticipating some of these places are going to
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  Speaker 2: be quite busy and I would imagine you know, quite
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  Speaker 2: a few people are going to hit out camping.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, look, I think the fishing groups are out and
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  Speaker 4: about definitely this weekend, and as the where they've improved,
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  Speaker 4: we'll see some campers out this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a bit of advice I suppose for people
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  Speaker 2: if they are looking to you to head out camping
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  Speaker 2: in terms of I know that booking system isn't in
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  Speaker 2: play shit, but you know there is there sort of
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  Speaker 2: a way that we can maybe check out where are
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  Speaker 2: good sites to go or maybe where is best to
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  Speaker 2: avoid at this point in time.
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  Speaker 4: Look, if you just go to the ourw dot entity
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  Speaker 4: dot dot au leisure parks page, it tells you what's
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  Speaker 4: open and what's closed. Still there a lot of information there.
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  Speaker 4: Please check there. But look, it's not our peak time
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  Speaker 4: a season. It's a busy time normally, but we don't
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  Speaker 4: have that natural visitation. So it's still going to be
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  Speaker 4: quite enjoyable out now parks and reserve. It's not going
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  Speaker 4: to be too overcrowded.
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  Speaker 2: Have we seen quite a dip in numbers I guess
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  Speaker 2: to people visiting our parks and reserves are given the
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  Speaker 2: fact that we don't have the same volume of international
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  Speaker 2: visitors and also I guess not as many interstate.
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  Speaker 4: But that's correct. The vacancy rates are much more available
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  Speaker 4: higher on our parks and other areas at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: Now, where's your topic to go?
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  Speaker 2: Do you reckon this weekend's Lincoln anywhere that you are
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  Speaker 2: like heading out too?
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  Speaker 4: I've I've got a bit of family time, but I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to sneak out to a couple of their favorite
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  Speaker 4: fishing spots out at Mary there the land based fishing
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  Speaker 4: for me, Yeah, probably a couple of weeks more before
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  Speaker 4: I go camping yet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's still slightly warm, isn't it, But some
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  Speaker 2: of the die hard campers are still keen to get
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  Speaker 2: out there.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, just take a tarp. You never know if it's
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  Speaker 4: going to rain at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Good advice mate sounds like somebody spoken by somebody who
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  Speaker 2: has maybe made that mistake in the past.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yes, definitely, And I just thought they just want
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  Speaker 4: to remind listeners that if there's no sign, don't swim,
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  Speaker 4: please be crock wise and croc safe. No one wants
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  Speaker 4: to have a bad weekend.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah on that night.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, is there any are there any good little
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  Speaker 2: swimming spots which which are safe to swim that are
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  Speaker 2: maybe a little closer to town, you know, for someone like
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  Speaker 2: me maybe who doesn't doesn't go out camping all too often,
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  Speaker 2: or would like to head out and about, but maybe
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  Speaker 2: not go too far afield.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it looks very springs are still close to swimming
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  Speaker 4: at the moment, but how it's rock pools. Those areas
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  Speaker 4: are open for swimming. Unfortunately, there's not much else close
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  Speaker 4: to day on at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's all right.
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  Speaker 2: I always think, you know, it's good to get out
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  Speaker 2: and about. I know there'll probably be plenty of people
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  Speaker 2: heading out to the Wildlife Park as well.
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  Speaker 3: That's always nice spot to visit.
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  Speaker 4: That's always a great place to get out with the
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  Speaker 4: family there and enjoy the animals and the sort of
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  Speaker 4: information that you learn out there about them. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, well, I tell you what, Lincoln, good to catch
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  Speaker 2: up with you this morning. And that website again, if
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  Speaker 2: people are keen to get a little bit more information,
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  Speaker 2: where can they head to just.
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  Speaker 4: The ww dot etty dot gov dot au leisure Parks page.
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  Speaker 3: Good on your Lincoln.
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  Speaker 2: Lincoln Will's there, of course, the director of the Northern
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  Speaker 2: Australia Parks.
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  Speaker 3: I really appreciate your time today.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks you, Katie, have a good day you too, are.
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  Speaker 3: Lincoln Wilson there.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry I only read out half the half his surname
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  Speaker 2: Northern Australia Parks Director. And I know plenty of you
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  Speaker 2: heading out this weekend fore so let us know what
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  Speaker 2: you are planning for the for the Easter long weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you're working all weekend. I know plenty of our
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  Speaker 2: hospitality businesses are. Although I've spoken to a couple over
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  Speaker 2: the last few days and some of them are taking
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  Speaker 2: a bit of time off as well, which is nice.