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Katie Woolf spoke with Darwin Waterfront Corporation General Manager Sam Burke · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mixed
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  Speaker 1: one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 2: Joining me live in the studio is the dar and
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  Speaker 2: Waterfront Corporation General manager Sam Burg.
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  Speaker 1: How are you good, Akatie. Thanks for having me on.
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  Speaker 2: It's good to have you in the studio to find
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  Speaker 2: out more about the Beach Club. We know that obviously
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  Speaker 2: there's been a few hurdles in the past with the
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  Speaker 2: with the takeaway cocktails and things like that, but sounds
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  Speaker 2: like it's going to be back, bigger and better than ever.
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  Speaker 3: It's huge, it's huge. So it's set up now. The
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  Speaker 3: official launches this weekend and it looks amazing.
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  Speaker 1: We've done.
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  Speaker 3: We've done a great partnership with a bunch of local businesses.
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  Speaker 3: We've got all new lounges along with the existing ones.
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  Speaker 3: We've got these giant sun lounges that you have to
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  Speaker 3: see about six people can sit on them. They're call
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  Speaker 3: for Instagram. We've got what's been called like Boho Tpe sunbeds.
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  Speaker 3: So this is all very cool, tropical and like I said,
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  Speaker 3: all done so local businesses.
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  Speaker 1: Exhibitionists.
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  Speaker 3: Harvey carpentry services, little mixed flowers, the light lab.
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  Speaker 1: They've all come on with us and it looks great.
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  Speaker 2: And is it set up already or is it going
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  Speaker 2: to be unveiled on the weekend.
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  Speaker 3: So it's set up now. You can see it now.
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  Speaker 3: So the Beach Club signage is up, all the chairs
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  Speaker 3: are out. Endless Summer is all the theme, the music's going.
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  Speaker 3: People are already having drinks, cocktails and food on them.
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  Speaker 3: But then we've got this launch on the weekend which
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  Speaker 3: people have to get down to.
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  Speaker 2: So and so you've given me in my hand, I've
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  Speaker 2: got this scan to dine and drink the Beach Club
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  Speaker 2: Endless Summer Seat sixteen, this little pass.
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  Speaker 1: What is this?
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  Speaker 3: So this is one of these free food for a weekend.
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  Speaker 3: It's not sorry, I'll get you the gold card afterwards.
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  Speaker 3: It's a special Waterfront Gold card for coated. This is
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  Speaker 3: an addition that we've done just to make things even
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  Speaker 3: easier for people. You can scan that QR code on
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  Speaker 3: your chairs within the Beach Club. It brings up all
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  Speaker 3: the menus you can order through your phone, and some
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  Speaker 3: of the venues will even deliver to your chair. But
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  Speaker 3: in any event, it means you only have to do
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  Speaker 3: one run up to up to the venue to pick
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  Speaker 3: up your food. It just makes it easier. It makes
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  Speaker 3: it feel even more like a resort, and people are
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  Speaker 3: gonna love it.
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  Speaker 2: How cool that makes things like it makes it You
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  Speaker 2: can be a bit lazy.
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  Speaker 1: Let's be honest.
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  Speaker 3: You can just want people to be relaxed. That's what
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  Speaker 3: I think. Endless summer. When you're down there, it's really
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  Speaker 3: hard to work.
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  Speaker 1: I look out my window and.
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  Speaker 3: It's a struggle because it looks so holiday, it looks
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  Speaker 3: so tropical. People are relaxed, people are having a great time.
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  Speaker 3: So the launch is Saturday, and that's the like family
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  Speaker 3: fun day launch. We've got this thirty seven meter long
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  Speaker 3: inflatable obstacle course for the kids. There's zorbing balls that
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  Speaker 3: adults and kids you climb inside them and they roll
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  Speaker 3: around and yep. So the guys have done that fun.
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  Speaker 3: There's entertainment with hair braids. We've got hennah art, glitter tattoos,
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  Speaker 3: slime making, still walkers.
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  Speaker 1: It's all happening for the kid by for the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly right.
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  Speaker 3: So that's that's on Saturday, and then on Sunday from
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  Speaker 3: about lunchtime it's more of the adult beach club thing.
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  Speaker 3: So we've got DJs, we've got you know, the music,
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  Speaker 3: the drinks, people chilling.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be great.
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  Speaker 2: So this weekend it's going to be a lot of fun,
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  Speaker 2: fantastic stuff I'm looking forward to. I wouldn't mind trying
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  Speaker 2: those zorb things.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, we'll get you in one. Everything's a physical challenge.
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  Speaker 3: Get mixed update it's liability insurance and we'll get you
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  Speaker 3: in one.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know last time you were in here or
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  Speaker 2: a while ago, you challenged me to have a go
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  Speaker 2: on that that you know, the water play on our
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  Speaker 2: We had the best fun. It's fantastic a workout too.
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  Speaker 1: To work out. My kids absolutely loved to save money
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  Speaker 1: on a gym membership and get down there.
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  Speaker 2: It's good fun, there's no doubt about it. But what
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  Speaker 2: I like is it's also like it's fun for the
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  Speaker 2: whole family. So you know, if you're trying to entertain
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  Speaker 2: the kids something like that's fantastic. But even with the
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  Speaker 2: beach club, you know, it's the perfect thing to be
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  Speaker 2: able to do with you with your whole family on
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  Speaker 2: a Saturday or a Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: So that's what we want We want this to be
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  Speaker 3: a relaxed environment wherever one has a good time, everyone's welcome.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, anyone with kids knows that sometimes going
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  Speaker 3: into venues can be a hassle and frankly, in this weather,
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  Speaker 3: why wouldn't you want to be outdoors and enjoying it.
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  Speaker 1: The kids can run around.
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  Speaker 3: But then equally, if you're a young adult to be
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  Speaker 3: young again, it would be great or older adult, whatever
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be, come down, relax on a deck
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  Speaker 3: chair and soak it up and have a great time.
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  Speaker 2: If it was opening today, Ronnie and I'd knock off now.
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  Speaker 1: You can come down now.
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  Speaker 3: We'll arrange some fish, tacos and sangree for you ladies.
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  Speaker 1: No worries at all. Oh we wish good on you.
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  Speaker 2: Sam. Great to catch up with you and no doubt
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  Speaker 2: we'll be talking again in the very near future.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic Thanks, Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Sam Burke there, who is of course the Dale and
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  Speaker 2: Waterfront Corporation General Manager,