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Katherine father Trent De With plans to swim 16kms this month raising funds for the Starlight Foundation which recently helped his daughter · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: It's head across and catch up with with Trent. Do
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  Speaker 1: with in Catherine. Good morning, Trent.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, long time.
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  Speaker 1: How are you good mate? How are you good?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks? Trucking a long trucking a lot down here.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wonderful. Now I understand you're doing something. Well, it
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  Speaker 1: sounds slightly crazy. You're swimming sixteen kilometers. When are you
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  Speaker 1: doing this?
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  Speaker 2: So it's a it's a stage thing. So I'm doing
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  Speaker 2: especially a kilometer a day for sixteen days for Starlight
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  Speaker 2: Children's Foundation, for a worthy cause.
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  Speaker 1: Now this is wonderful. So sixteen so a kilometer a day.
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  Speaker 1: That is much more attainable. Trent. I was thinking, you're
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  Speaker 1: going to swim sixteen k's in one go and I thought,
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  Speaker 1: goodness me, mate, that's going to.
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  Speaker 2: Be a slot.
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  Speaker 1: Rather be in a boach than swimming that far. Trent,
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  Speaker 1: tell me why you've decided to do this.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a super swim thing organized by the Starlight
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  Speaker 2: Children's Foundation. And that's for me. That's a cause that's
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  Speaker 2: pretty close to my heart because I have seen what
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  Speaker 2: they do personally with my little girl and stuff in
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  Speaker 2: the hospital. You know, they bring so much joy to
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  Speaker 2: kids who are struggling and hospitals are a scary place,
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  Speaker 2: and they just make it a lot more easy for
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  Speaker 2: the kids to relate to people and things like that,
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  Speaker 2: and a few toys and that. So yeah, it's a
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  Speaker 2: great cause and I'm trying to raise five thousand bucks
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  Speaker 2: for it. I think I'm up to about two and
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  Speaker 2: a half grand, so I've got a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: to go. But it is only day two. I knocked
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  Speaker 2: out a cana half this morning, so we're getting there slowly.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you, mate, That is awesome. Now talk me through, like,
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  Speaker 1: how are you going? How long has it been since
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  Speaker 1: you got in the water and swim a kilometer? I
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  Speaker 1: know you've done one now in the last day, but
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  Speaker 1: how long had it been?
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  Speaker 2: So the last time I did it was the Catherine
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  Speaker 2: Ultra Challenge. I got roped into swimming. It was three
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  Speaker 2: point two kilometers back when it used to be a
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  Speaker 2: little bit longer. I got roped into doing that probably
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  Speaker 2: six years ago now, and now Katie, I'm a one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and ten kilos. I'm a front roller. When I
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  Speaker 2: was playing footage, so I think I don't swim, so
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  Speaker 2: back then I had to sort of trade myself to swim,
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  Speaker 2: and so that was the last time I did it, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: about six years ago. And I pulled my goggles out
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  Speaker 2: the other day and the bloody strap snapped on the things.
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  Speaker 2: It's been that long. It's a bit of a tough battle.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I thought it was a worthy cause because
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  Speaker 2: I'm swimming. You know, if you're not a swimmer, it's
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  Speaker 2: a hard thing to do. So sixteen k is going
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  Speaker 2: to knock me up, So it is.
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  Speaker 1: It is very hard. Very important question though, Trent. You're
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  Speaker 1: doing it without flippers?
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  Speaker 2: I hope absolutely, no flippers, no boy, and see none
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  Speaker 2: of that. I've got plenty of flubber to keep me
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  Speaker 2: soloat it's more than propelling going forward that I struggle with.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, good on you mate. Now tell me a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about your little girl.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So when she was about I think she was
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  Speaker 2: eight or nine months old, we just noticed when she
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  Speaker 2: was crawling that she was favoring one hand and it
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't she wouldn't put any weight on it. When we
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  Speaker 2: put her in the car seat, she was crying and
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  Speaker 2: wincing a bit, and we went up to the hospital
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  Speaker 2: and sort of, you know, the guys at the hospital
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  Speaker 2: up here are so good within I don't know. It
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  Speaker 2: was about forty five minutes to an hour. There's a
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  Speaker 2: care flight on the way, and she's on her way
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  Speaker 2: to darl And. Then there's some I can't pronounce what
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  Speaker 2: it is, but there's something in the an infection that
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  Speaker 2: gets into their bones, and so she had to be
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  Speaker 2: flowing to darl And and she spent sort of three weeks
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  Speaker 2: up there in the hospital on antibiotics and all that
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  Speaker 2: sort of stuff, and my wife spent most of the
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  Speaker 2: time up there with her. But the Starlight Children's Foundation
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  Speaker 2: would come and see her almost daily and give her
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  Speaker 2: little toys and just entertain her, and she absolutely loved them.
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  Speaker 2: And the other thing on that as well. It's been
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  Speaker 2: a personal thing with the little girl, but also Chris
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  Speaker 2: Willow Wilson, he was always pestering me all the time
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  Speaker 2: for donations for children's foundations for the auction ball. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so it's always been something that I've been involved in. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a really good cause and something that I've seen
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  Speaker 2: firsthand what they actually do.
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  Speaker 1: What a beautiful thing to do. What's your little girl's name,
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  Speaker 1: ayala Ayla? I bet she is just gorgeous And you
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  Speaker 1: know that first hand. Experience of you know, what you've
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  Speaker 1: gone through and what your family's gone through, and knowing
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  Speaker 1: what a phenomenal job they do, I think is you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's a real example of why that money does need
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  Speaker 1: to be raised. But then you know, as you've touched
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  Speaker 1: on there, you mate Willow and the work that he
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  Speaker 1: used to do, and you know, supporting the Starlight Foundation,
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  Speaker 1: I think that they're both such beautiful reasons for you
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  Speaker 1: to do this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, we've got to carry on the mantle for
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  Speaker 2: the big follow And actually I slipped up the door
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  Speaker 2: and you said, actually I had to do my first
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  Speaker 2: swim at Pratt Pool yesterday because it was the first
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  Speaker 2: of the month. So I was in Dar and I
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  Speaker 2: actually did my first one up there. But as I
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  Speaker 2: was driving into Dar and a Tiger Brennan, I looked
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  Speaker 2: over on the right there and here's that massive grader
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  Speaker 2: all done up in the Starlight Children's Foundation from Willows
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  Speaker 2: that he's painted in the whole Starlight Children's Foundation. So
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  Speaker 2: if you're cruising along and you see that over there,
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  Speaker 2: it's a pretty cool thing.
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  Speaker 1: That's beautiful, mate, that's a really what a nice thing
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  Speaker 1: to do, and what a nice thing to say now
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  Speaker 1: tell me if there is anybody listening this morning who
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  Speaker 1: wants to donate to your very worthy cause and very
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  Speaker 1: worthy fundraising efforts, where can they go?
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  Speaker 2: So the easiest thing will probably be to jump on
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  Speaker 2: the Roden Rifle Facebook page and you'll see my ugly mug.
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  Speaker 2: They're doing a video on me on the actual swim
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  Speaker 2: and there's a link underneath that which will take you
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  Speaker 2: directly to my page where you'll be able to donate there.
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  Speaker 2: And the choice is less. You can donate a dollar
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  Speaker 2: if you want, It doesn't matter. Absolutely anything will help.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people sort of won't realize. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the Starlight Foundation and what it does, but you won't
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  Speaker 2: realize it until you need it, until you use it,
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  Speaker 2: and then you'll go, jeez, that's a really worthy thing.
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  Speaker 2: Because the hospital is a scary place for a kid,
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  Speaker 2: but they just make it that little bit easier.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you spot on trend to. I sometimes jump into
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  Speaker 1: the barrapool and swimm kilometer as well, generally while my
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  Speaker 1: children are doing laps in the squad. If I see
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  Speaker 1: you there, well I won't put my flippers on next
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  Speaker 1: to you because I feel embarrassed while you're swimming without
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  Speaker 1: yours on.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you'll know it's me, Katie, because I'm pretty sure
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  Speaker 2: I go like a hurricane down there, splashing and all
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  Speaker 2: sorts of things. Most people think I'm drowning half the time.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon, So do not resuscitate you, do not try
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  Speaker 1: to pull you out.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not drowning. Don't train me the life ring. I think.
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  Speaker 1: Your aleegend vay. Good on you. I think it's fantastic
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  Speaker 1: what you're doing. And as you've seen, people can jump
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  Speaker 1: on the Roden Rifle Facebook page and find out a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more if they want to make a donation.
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  Speaker 1: It is such a worthy cause. Good on your Trent.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, cheers for the thanks.
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  Speaker 1: Mate. Good to talk to you.