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Katie Woolf spoke with Noonamah Tavern Owner Tony Innes about the Noonamah Rodeo selling out · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf thanks to Joyce Main Dowin
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  Speaker 1: Homes on Stuart Highway, Burromot.
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  Speaker 2: I tell you what, there has been a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people questioning whether they can still get tickets to the
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  Speaker 2: Nunama Tavin rodeo. We know that they have now sold out.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, they sold out a few days ago. And
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  Speaker 2: joining us on the line is the Nunama ta An
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  Speaker 2: owner Tony Inns. Good morning to you, Tony.
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  Speaker 1: Oh you Katy?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, really well mate, you sold out for well, you
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  Speaker 2: sold out the rodeo a few days ago. Has this
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  Speaker 2: ever happened before?
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  Speaker 1: No, No, In the past we always used to just
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  Speaker 1: sell about half online and then keep so many at
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  Speaker 1: the gate.
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  Speaker 2: Yeap.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, with the contact tracing with COVID, now we made
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  Speaker 1: the decision, which is you know, on advice at health
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  Speaker 1: department anyway, put the whole woll event online. So all
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  Speaker 1: the contact tracing has done through the organizations, so that
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  Speaker 1: takes a huge pressure off of us. But they're now
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  Speaker 1: will be looking out for its responses and the worker
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  Speaker 1: we just payable weirs emails, so that basically everyone that's
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  Speaker 1: on the site, whether there gets contract there our own stuff,
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  Speaker 1: so everyone has to be traceable for this. Well, I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you what.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it is wonderful news to hear that it
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  Speaker 2: has sold out because I know, you know, it hasn't
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  Speaker 2: sort of been an easy run for you guys over
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  Speaker 2: the last twelve months or so, particularly then when you
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  Speaker 2: you know, you talk about COVID and and it really
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  Speaker 2: prevented you from from having a rodeo for for quite
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  Speaker 2: a while there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it certainly has. It was a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: wake up call, to be honest, because you know, during
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  Speaker 1: that period, you know, once we realized we could not
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  Speaker 1: run last year, it gave us time to look and
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  Speaker 1: reevaluate the whole event. And so that through especially twenty
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  Speaker 1: eighteen and ninety, you know, we weren't struggling, you know,
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  Speaker 1: into economy wasn't in great shape. And that's that's the
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  Speaker 1: one positive out of what I've seen out of COVID,
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of people in the hospitality industry would agree,
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  Speaker 1: is the fact that everyone's holidaying home and then with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of interstate people with towns and buzz again,
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  Speaker 1: so there's a really good blade going around and you know,
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  Speaker 1: creating that urgency with the ticket sales which we had
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  Speaker 1: to Yeah, it's actually worked. So yeah, we sold out
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  Speaker 1: officially Wednesday night at six pm, I think at six
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  Speaker 1: thirty when we closed off the last few tickets. Oh
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  Speaker 1: good on you great position to be in. Yeah, yeah, I.
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  Speaker 2: Reckon it will be. And I suppose you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's too early to tell realistically whether you're going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to go down the path of you know,
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  Speaker 2: planning your next rodeo after this one. But Tony, do
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  Speaker 2: you have any idea how many you know of those
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  Speaker 2: tickets that have sold, how many of them are local,
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  Speaker 2: or how many of them are traveling from from interstate
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  Speaker 2: or another location.
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  Speaker 1: That information will be available very chickeny boo once we
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  Speaker 1: compile it, because I will post code you in there,
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  Speaker 1: so it's there now, we just got to we'll compile
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  Speaker 1: that after the event, and then that will help us
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  Speaker 1: give a breakdown of whose you know, my gap feel
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  Speaker 1: is it's a very strong local influence, but there's definitely
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  Speaker 1: a lot of serious around. You know, already, the city's
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  Speaker 1: a real buzz, so it's a real good positive vide
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  Speaker 1: going around the hospitality side of things at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, absolutely, And well we saw that last night
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  Speaker 2: at the Hospitality Awards and well done to you guys
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  Speaker 2: named the best draft beer quality. It was fantastic, fantastic
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  Speaker 2: to see you guys pick up an award.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it was. It was really really excellent actually a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, but we thought we were in with a chance.
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  Speaker 1: We do pride ourselves on their hygiene and boring good beer,
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  Speaker 1: so yeah, that was a good win actually, so I'm
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  Speaker 1: really proud of the girls for that.
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  Speaker 2: Oh good on you. Well, I'll tell you what I reckon.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be a busy one for you this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: What can people expect out there at the Rodeo.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there's not much of a variation from the traditional
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  Speaker 1: show because of the formula has worked over the years.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, definitely got the freestyle motocross riders back,
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  Speaker 1: the ball riding is obviously the prize event for the night,
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  Speaker 1: and Battle bron Care back still got the barrel rating.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, it'll be a big night for everyone. I think.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you're on your joys themselves.
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  Speaker 2: It'll be fantastic. You know, nothing better than heating out
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  Speaker 2: to the Rodeo, and I think it'll be Yeah, you'll
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  Speaker 2: have a wonderful night. I hope it all runs really
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  Speaker 2: smoothly for you. And yeah, we'll have to catch up
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  Speaker 2: once you've got all those stats compiled. I'll be really
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  Speaker 2: interested to see whether we've had many people out there
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  Speaker 2: from interstate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, no worries as well. We'll catch up for
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  Speaker 1: another chat after and I give you give you the rundown.
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  Speaker 1: That'd be great.
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  Speaker 2: Good on your tony. Lovely to catch up with you, mate,
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  Speaker 2: And well done last.
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  Speaker 1: Night likewise yourself well well compared.
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  Speaker 2: Oh thank you, thank you very much. Good on your
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  Speaker 2: tiny talk soon