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NT Major Events CEO Suzana Bishop says the Darwin Supercars program has been launched with the event to take over Hidden Valley in June · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now we know that the territory's largest music festival, based
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  Speaker 1: in the grass it wrapped up for another year on
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  Speaker 1: the weekend, fourteen thousand people packing out Mindle Beach and
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  Speaker 1: enjoying the music from some of Australia's brightest music stars.
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  Speaker 1: But then we know that the supercars are set to
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  Speaker 1: roar into town next month for three days of NonStop
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  Speaker 1: action for the Darwin Triple Crown Supercars Indigenous Round. Now
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  Speaker 1: joining me on the line to talk about both of
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  Speaker 1: these wonderful events is the NT Major Events CEO. It
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  Speaker 1: is Susanna Bishop. Good morning to you. Susanna, all, good morning,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Lovely to have you on the show. Now, firstly,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about Bass. We know that it went off
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  Speaker 1: on the weekend about fourteen thousand people.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. We had quite a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: having a great time last Thurtyday.
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  Speaker 1: It's always a wonderful event, there is no doubt about that.
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  Speaker 1: And today we know that the supercar program has been launched. Susanna,
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  Speaker 1: how's it looking for twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we're really excited. We hardly cool down from base
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  Speaker 2: and we're hitting up already with supercars which happened just
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  Speaker 2: in a couple of weeks. So we have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of action, a lot of activity for modest sport lovers,
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  Speaker 2: but also for families and even students with our Friday.
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  Speaker 2: So lots of activity coming up.
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  Speaker 1: And the program launched today. Anything sort of a bit
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  Speaker 1: different for this year for the Indigenous round or what
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  Speaker 1: can we expect?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're really excited. You know, we've been working really
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  Speaker 2: closely with different partners including Larkia Nation and we'll have
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  Speaker 2: the libraries for the cars coming back and coming back
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  Speaker 2: really strong this year, so some fantastic artwork to look.
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  Speaker 2: I think one different thing this year that we're really
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  Speaker 2: proud is that we're extending Deny Transport at Convoy all
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  Speaker 2: the way to Palmerston so more people can can chack
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  Speaker 2: and get excited. I also come up to the waterfront
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  Speaker 2: where fans can meet their more sport heroes and there
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  Speaker 2: will be a Nitro up North car there on display
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  Speaker 2: as well. So a very action packed week. Yeah, the
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  Speaker 2: three Days of Modern Sport.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, people are going to be very excited to hear
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  Speaker 1: that that night Convoy. So is it going to start
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  Speaker 1: in Palmerston or how's it going to work?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's we're doing the whole tour, so from the
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  Speaker 2: city to Palmerston obviously to get more details and know
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  Speaker 2: exactly where you can be at what time. Has it
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  Speaker 2: The website the www. Dowin Supercars, dot com dotu and
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  Speaker 2: you can see these. You haven't hate your tickets. There's
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity there to buy as well.
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  Speaker 1: How wonderful and like I said, I think a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people are going to be pretty excited to hear that,
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  Speaker 1: so that'll sort of kick things off. And then we've
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  Speaker 1: got the supercars. You've got the Australian superbikes, the Porsche,
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  Speaker 1: the Porsches, and there are the Aussie racing cars combined
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  Speaker 1: with Sedan's also hitting the track.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you know, a little bit for everyone, that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to achieve. So if you are a loyal
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  Speaker 2: motivesports fan, you have plenty to keep you busy. But
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  Speaker 2: if you're part of a family, there'll be lots of
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  Speaker 2: activities in your children age thirteen and nunder teens for free.
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  Speaker 2: That's a fantastic opportunity to be really inclusive in this event.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we'll continue to have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: those activities that were available for kids will have music,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we'll have students on track the easter around
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  Speaker 2: a band on stage. So much there really is activities.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, honestly, it's like such a massive sort of week
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  Speaker 1: of action. And you see so many people travel from
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  Speaker 1: all around Australia to get here for the supercars as well,
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  Speaker 1: don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely we're looking at around forty five percent of attend
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  Speaker 2: event coming from in and maybe even international, so it's
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  Speaker 2: a great way to showcase that with the back we've
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  Speaker 2: got to offer in the Northern Territory. At the same time,
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  Speaker 2: she really proud about our destination and welcome people from everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: How many people are we expecting, well, listened last year
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  Speaker 3: we probably had about forty thousand air tends across all
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  Speaker 3: the day, so we know.
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  Speaker 2: It's looking really hot. At the moment, all of our
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  Speaker 2: hospitality has been sold out except from the Gravel Trap.
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  Speaker 2: We are tracking a little bit ahead in sales from
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  Speaker 2: where we were last year, so we think it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a really really big event.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt it will be.
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  Speaker 2: It is.
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  Speaker 1: It's always a fantastic time to be in Darwin lent
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  Speaker 1: Tea Major Events CEO Susanna Bishop, thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for your time this morning, much appreciated.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you