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Katie Woolf spoke with Mindil Markets general manager Peter Ayre · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: But we do know that the Mindle Beach markets were
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  Speaker 1: able to go ahead yesterday. And joining us on the
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  Speaker 1: line right now is the general manager, Peter Air.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 3: Peter, Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 2: How are you very well? How are you going? How'd
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  Speaker 2: it go last night?
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  Speaker 3: We had a very good market actually, lots lots of
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  Speaker 3: people and you know, our storeholders did very well. It
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  Speaker 3: was a good night.
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  Speaker 2: That's fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, any idea of how many people were there
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  Speaker 1: or is it a bit too hard to tell.
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  Speaker 3: It's a little bit tricky for us because we have
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  Speaker 3: so many entry points, exact numbers difficult, but it would
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  Speaker 3: have been probably five to seven thousand.
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  Speaker 2: Other say, oh fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: Are you surprised that many turned out after, you know,
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  Speaker 1: after those restrictions had been lifted.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was a little bit unsure of how it
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  Speaker 3: would go. But per op markets on Saturday were very,
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  Speaker 3: very busy, so that's you know, can be an indicator
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  Speaker 3: for us as well.
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  Speaker 2: And Peter, how did those stallholders go?
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  Speaker 1: Much feedback from them in terms of you know, what
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  Speaker 1: people were keen to get back in there and purchase.
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  Speaker 3: Well, by all accounts, a very wide variety of things.
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  Speaker 3: The craft people indicated to me that they had quite
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  Speaker 3: a good night and a lot of our food stores
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  Speaker 3: actually sold out of food.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's fantastic to hear.
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  Speaker 1: We were you anticipating that it would sort of be
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  Speaker 1: that big to have food stalls running out on that
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  Speaker 1: first night back.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think, you know, we were all a little
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  Speaker 3: bit surprised, to be honest. You know, we're very lucky.
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  Speaker 3: We do attract very good crowds anytime, but you know,
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  Speaker 3: due to the circumstances, you know, everything was a bit
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  Speaker 3: of an unknown. But you know, and people and the
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  Speaker 3: tourists that are in town supported us very well.
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  Speaker 2: That's great to hear, Peter.
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  Speaker 1: Did you have to do anything a little bit different,
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  Speaker 1: you know to what you usually would?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we had, you know, we have our COVID safety
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  Speaker 3: plan in place and we have had all this year
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  Speaker 3: and of course last year, and so you know, we're
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  Speaker 3: very used to the following direction from the Health Department,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, the indications to us were that you know,
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  Speaker 3: we could open with our current safety plan, so you know,
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  Speaker 3: we didn't have to really change anything.
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  Speaker 2: That's good. That is good to hear.
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  Speaker 1: We know as well that the Chief Minister's been out
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  Speaker 1: this morning saying that territory check in app is mandatory
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  Speaker 1: for all places to collect customers and visited details, no
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  Speaker 1: matter how long they're Therefore, is that something that you're
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  Speaker 1: finding most patrons are fairly happy with doing and there's
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  Speaker 1: you know, most of cooperatives.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, you know, people are getting quite used to it
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  Speaker 3: and they're quite good. It's a little bit more difficult
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  Speaker 3: for us because we have so many entry points, but
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  Speaker 3: all our stools have the QR code which covers the
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  Speaker 3: whole of mindle on each stool and all the most
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  Speaker 3: common entry points. So we're trying to capture as many
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  Speaker 3: people as possible.
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  Speaker 1: And Peter, do you feel ASO at this point in
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  Speaker 1: time the restrictions on that will Sydney being a hotspot,
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  Speaker 1: do you feel like that's having much of an impact
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  Speaker 1: for us here in the territory when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: the markets and the volume of people you've got visiting.
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  Speaker 3: Look, I think the next few weeks or will tell
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  Speaker 3: you know. I think we're okay with Melbourne at the moment,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, we did get lots of visitors from
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  Speaker 3: there and there's a lot of people coming by road
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  Speaker 3: as well, so you know, our car park last night
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  Speaker 3: was very very full with cars with number plates outside
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  Speaker 3: of the territory.
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  Speaker 2: Well, good on you guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's fantastic to hear that it was a you know,
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  Speaker 1: that it was a really successful market, and great to
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  Speaker 1: hear that everybody's turned up in dry to get there,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to get whatever they're after at the markets,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's the arts and craft and whether it is
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  Speaker 1: the food. I think it's wonderful that everybody's back out
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  Speaker 1: and about.
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  Speaker 3: Indeed, and we're eternally grateful for the great support that
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  Speaker 3: we get.
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  Speaker 2: Good on your Peter, thanks so much for your time
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  Speaker 2: this morning.
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  Speaker 3: We really appreciate it absolutely, Sasure Katie, thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: That is the mindle Beach Markets general manager.
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  Speaker 1: They're Peter Air and how wonderful to hear that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they had a cracking evening, plenty of people between five
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  Speaker 1: and seven thousand turning up for the markets to support
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  Speaker 1: all of those wonderful stareholders that we've got. I know
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  Speaker 1: a lot of them are you know a lot of
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  Speaker 1: you that do run those stools are good local people.
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  Speaker 1: There are a couple there I think that you know,
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  Speaker 1: travel around each year, which is wonderful as well. So fantastic,
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  Speaker 1: The variety that we've got at all of our markets