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A listener production.

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Crocks rocks, prehistoric

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animals capable of leaping from

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the water to eat a raw chicken off

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a stick, to the delight of tourists

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in a nearby boat. Apart

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from the chicken, a situation in

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which everyone wins. All.

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So you think these

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displays have been the lifeblood

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of two of the Northern Territory's proudest

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businesses for decades spectacular

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croc jumping tours and original

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croc jumping tours. However,

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sadly, the small business

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waters between the businesses

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have historically been

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anything but calm. Years

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of high jinks and tricks,

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some verging from cheeky

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to dirty, have created

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a rift between these two dragons

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of the airborne croc tourism

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game, a rift many

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thought could never be repaired.

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But not the Hamish

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and Andy podcast. Refusing

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to take the several good opportunities

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to let this story arc Peter

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out. The boys now

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venture to Darwin to

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achieve what many believe

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impossible a

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truce. Can Hamish

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and Andy do it? Can

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they bring peace in the North?

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And then, if time permits,

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and only if time permits,

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go on a two hour jet ski

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tour and have a big night

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out at the Caz. We'll

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find out soon. But

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first, let's catch you all

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up and go back in time

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to May 2023

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when on a routine Andy

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Ellie trip to Darwin, some

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afternoon entertainment was required.

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We decided to go on a crocodile jumping to jumping.

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Yes, you get dirt bikes and you jump over.

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No no no, you're in a boat and

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the crocs do the jumping.

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The naming of the two tours and

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their origins was intriguing.

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There were two tours to choose from,

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a company called the Original

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Croc Jumping Tour. Okay, that's

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a whole lot of chickens. A

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lot more original.

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Content.

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Or its direct competitor spectacular

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croc jumping tour.

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If you were opening a one of a kind

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tour, you would never think to call it original

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first. Yes, without competition,

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and you could never call it original if you were second

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to market because you're not.

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Yes, and it was fun to

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imagine some decades old feud

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at two ends of a bridge over

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the Adelaide River.

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If it's war, it's war. We're going to call ourselves

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the original croc jumping tours brackets. Who

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also happened to be spectators.

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Yeah.

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Oh, or to go extra

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teeth like to remove your hands completely

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of any wrongdoing. You just include

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quotes from customers that all include

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the word spectacular. Like

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the most spectacular thing I've ever seen. Boy oh

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boy. Now this is spectacular. I've

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never seen anything so spectacular.

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But the boys soon discovered

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that reality would deliver them.

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Just the river rivalry they

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were after.

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I got an anonymous tip that came in my side. The fence.

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She says. Look, I work in the territory in the tourism game

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and they are big rivals, these two

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companies. Yeah, we've got a trade show

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each year and they have to separate them. So there's no beef

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at the trade show.

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It's a rivalry, but.

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It's not like like it's not a dictatorship.

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Where are you going to go in? Like someone's going to get shot

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for crossing the line. Like it's not going to happen like

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that. In saying that, there

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definitely would be a like,

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you don't come on my turf. I don't go on your turf. There's

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an understanding. It's like the DMZ,

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you're not crossing the line.

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And the bombshells from Bill

3:54

didn't end there.

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The original fun fact is not actually

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the original.

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Oh.

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Oh, hang on, this is huge.

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Hang on, hang on a second. So

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is spectacular. The original

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spectacular.

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Is the original.

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Then what is going on with the rail? How

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are the original calling themselves the original?

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Your guess would be as good as mine.

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Information started to come in from

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informants left, right and

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centre and some clarification

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was offered.

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There was two going at it Frontier

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and Adelaide River. Frontier went out of

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business to Adelaide River. Have called themselves

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a wrench at all, but they've only slapped original

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on the on their name.

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When in spectacular.

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Came it came on so but

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they still more original than spectacular

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I think so.

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That's splitting hairs. But

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and also that's obviously not as catchy

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a slogan.

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No. Yeah.

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More original, more original than the other guys.

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Maybe not the original, but certainly more original.

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Now you get into shades of originality.

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That is interesting. But the Croc.

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Wars got even more interesting

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with information from a source

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deep within the NT government.

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Back in the day, things got so

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bad between the operators we had

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to officially step in and mediate.

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The bridge is in fact now an official

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no man's land and neither

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shall pass onto other side. The

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person who said that there is a big rub

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between the operators wasn't exaggerating. Back

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in the old territory days, there were lots of

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shenanigans going on between them.

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And if this show loves anything,

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it's shenanigans.

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Sources have reported to me that

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in around the Covid times, there

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was some border dealings in shenanigans with

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signs.

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Oh, so the.

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Defacing of signs or.

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The defacing of signs? Allegedly,

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the.

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Pods insider Kip also

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got some Intel of incursions into

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each other's territory. Original.

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What they said to me was they're happy

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where they are, but they do go north from time

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to time. Yep, spectacular. Only

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went up north from what I could see.

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You get the feeling from spectacular that when

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original does go north of the bridge that's kicking

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the hornet's nest a bit and spectacular.

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Doesn't like that.

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That's the feeling on the water hand. Yeah.

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In any investigation, misinformation

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sows doubt and insecurities

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can start to rise. But

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anonymous emails help

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steady the boat.

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Yes. Don't give up on

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the croc thing. You're closer than you think. It's

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just it's out there

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and it's simmering. Yes. And people are thinking

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about it.

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And the more the boys thought about it,

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the more they knew what they

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had to do.

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Wouldn't it be an incredible thing? They're in the hat of

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the Hamish Nandy show. If we could travel

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to the territory and negotiate a peace deal.

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Bring peace to the region.

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To the territories. That's our best

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shot at a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Like bringing down the Berlin Wall. Do we bring down

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the bridge?

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Oh, no. No, you need that. You

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need that. It's one of them anyway.

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And the last thing we've got to say is may

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the bridge forever be down. What

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are you doing? That

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bridge, you girls.

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Having decided not to blow it up,

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the bridge did seem like a

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focal point.

7:14

We hold some sort of party on the bridge

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in the middle of the bridge. They come and shake

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hands. The two tours and then

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the town celebrates and we all party

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into the night.

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It's like it's North Korea. It's very north

7:25

South Korea that you meet. Or Berlin really

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barely feels like a bridge.

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Are you guys envisaging.

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Basically the bridge from like Cold

7:33

War movies between East and West

7:35

Berlin?

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Yeah, right. It's like

7:37

a very well

7:39

used highway.

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Like it's a road.

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Bridge. It's a road bridge. Cars

7:45

like we're in the middle of it. Cars are going

7:47

at 130.

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I'm right. It's a freeway. Yeah.

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It's like it's quite a.

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I feel like a jack. But I still like the idea

7:53

that maybe made under the bridge. Can we do

7:55

that and bury a hatchet?

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That's where the crocs live.

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And so a peace

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mission was decided upon.

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Flights were booked, sunset

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jet ski tours were arranged.

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The whole team was Darwin bound

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on the first weekend in November

8:14

until.

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Press release from the original Adelaide

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River Queen jumping croc cruises.

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So the original the original. The original for short.

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Yep the original it

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is the original jumping crocodile

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cruises will close on the 31st

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of October 2023, after 38

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years of operation on the Adelaide River.

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Unbelievable.

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We still going? We just take your holiday.

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I mean.

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We booked it and we got so excited. We were looking

8:43

at, like, again, it's

8:45

like nothing.

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It's really the first for St Peter

8:48

out. Usually where.

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It is, it is.

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In charge of our Peter out.

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We're for the first time ever where

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the opposite of a Peter out. We're we're the ones

8:56

clinging on and someone else

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has opened the door in Peter's left hand.

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Cling on. They did. They

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found any excuse to go.

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But it doesn't necessarily mean that we can't create

9:08

peace between the two businesses.

9:10

There'd be a nice way to close.

9:11

One doesn't exist.

9:13

Yeah.

9:14

It does seem like an easy peace deal. Just.

9:16

Just as he's taking his cardboard

9:18

box full of stuff to his car. And, Tony,

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do you agree to peace? Yeah, mate. Whatever. See it?

9:22

Well, we got it, we got it,

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we got peace. Sure,

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mate. Have 100 of them. You beauty. We

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did it. We did it.

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But nothing would stand in the way

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of these brave warriors of peace.

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We've had to think about it. And

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we're still going to go up. Yay!

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Jack wants the tour. Jack wants

9:46

the chances.

9:47

And what we'll do up there, we don't know.

9:50

Will we.

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Be out of.

9:53

Crowbar? Some kind of peace talks and

9:55

claim a triumph?

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Probably so. Their mission was

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clear.

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Peace in the north. Peace in the north. Hear ye,

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hear ye. Peace in the north.

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And no one could tell them otherwise.

10:05

We got accused on email

10:07

of forging forth with

10:09

this for the want of

10:12

a fun trip to Darwin. Now that

10:14

could not be what? Yeah.

10:17

Because of the jet ski tours. Yeah.

10:19

Luckily that

10:21

could not be further from.

10:23

Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah. Here's me

10:26

with a wife and two kids. Wife

10:28

and two kids. I'm like, oh, let me, you know,

10:31

I'm just going to go to Darwin just because

10:33

we're sitting in the casino, you know,

10:35

that's that is that's gross.

10:38

That's gross. But

10:43

you're not the only one crying. I'm crying

10:45

because that's a really hurtful thing to say.

10:49

Oh, boy. And

10:52

that's what these teeth represent. These

10:54

tears are for. And

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you do this for small

10:59

business. Peace. And you get

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a kiss. I mean, just being

11:03

trivial anyway. And not. No

11:05

need more of a need than ever. There is

11:07

more of a need than ever for this.

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And so our heroes set

11:11

forth on their journey north.

11:13

We will not rest until peace

11:15

is bought on Saturday afternoon. Then

11:17

we will not rest because doing the biggest

11:19

thing. But then we will rest

11:21

and then we'll go home. You.

11:27

You for peace. I've got.

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We join our worries of peace now

11:36

at the Howard Springs Tavern outside

11:38

Darwin, where they're chatting to the

11:40

locals as they wait for their Palmer

11:43

and chips.

11:44

Hey, Miss Hot, it's hot.

11:46

We're here in the Howard Springs

11:48

in the. Howdy. I've always just called it the howdy.

11:50

We're sitting with Renee. Renee, how are you going? I'm

11:52

marvelous.

11:53

I'm marvelous. Yes.

11:54

Now, one of the.

11:55

Bartenders here, and I. Have you heard

11:57

of spectacular jumping croc tours?

11:59

I have, I have, it's one of the good ones.

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What about the original Jumping Croc tour?

12:04

Yeah, it's one of the better ones as well. Okay,

12:06

great.

12:06

They've been feuding for many, many years.

12:08

They have you do you know the feud?

12:10

Yes. Yeah, they're all feud.

12:13

Well, I mean, we heard about the feud.

12:15

Obviously we're just lowly East Coasters,

12:17

but we heard about the feud and

12:19

we've been following it all year.

12:21

Wow.

12:22

Now, Renee, we've come here

12:24

to negotiate a peace between original

12:26

and spectacular.

12:27

Oh, wow. This is interesting.

12:29

Do you think that's achievable?

12:31

I think if anybody can do it, you guys

12:33

can. Yeah.

12:33

Thank you. Yeah. Do you feel like the territories behind

12:35

us as we try.

12:36

And I feel like 100%. I live

12:38

under a rock and I'm sure everybody else knows

12:40

what you're doing, but 100%. If

12:42

you can make these guys sort that. Yeah,

12:46

yeah, yeah, that'd be great. Well, as.

12:47

Soon as I walked in, the jack

12:50

who works behind the bar, he looked at me and said,

12:52

you're here for peace. And I said, yeah, that's exactly

12:54

what we're doing, mate. So, Renee,

12:57

we wanted to get a territorial

12:59

and a member of of

13:01

this fine establishment want to get their blessing as we

13:03

head out because our next stop, we're heading

13:06

out to the river.

13:06

Well, you're going to need it. You're going to need my blessings.

13:09

Yeah, you need my blessing. Shenanigans.

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Have you heard of the what? Have you heard about

13:13

the feud?

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No, I just heard it. Nobody can get along.

13:16

Right.

13:16

So it's just. And then it's devolved into possibly

13:18

dirty tricks. And the thing is, that is

13:20

fertile ground for peace, isn't it? We're know.

13:23

So when no one can get along. I mean, you would have

13:25

seen a few scuffles here at the bar over the

13:27

years.

13:27

Every Wednesday night. Why Wednesdays.

13:29

Fight night.

13:30

Wednesday night. Titty night. Oh. It

13:34

brings out the best in everyone. Gotcha. All

13:36

the worst. Gotcha.

13:38

Gotcha.

13:38

Well, I'll tell you what. That's goodness. Plan B.

13:40

Thank goodness we're not trying to solve this

13:43

thing and get a peace deal done on a Wednesday.

13:44

Yeah. You don't want to keep.

13:45

It to a Saturday.

13:46

As they say at the UN. Pointless

13:48

trying to negotiate. Peace on titty. No, you

13:52

wait till Thursday lunchtime when everyone's

13:54

cool down. All

13:56

right. Renee.

13:57

Thank you. We had some bad news

14:00

earlier in the week. In fact,

14:02

I think we're going to play that for everybody.

14:04

Yeah, so.

14:05

We're heading out to negotiate peace between Wes and

14:07

Tony. And we hadn't spoken

14:09

to Tony from original. Yeah, we

14:11

heard earlier in the week a couple of days ago,

14:13

Tony wanted to talk and we jumped into the studio and

14:15

had a chat to Tony. Have a listen to

14:17

this for now.

14:20

An emergency jump back into the studio

14:22

today, guys. Lovely to see you both. Yeah.

14:25

Good to see you. This warrants it. Yeah.

14:27

People will be hearing this knowing

14:30

that we're already in Darwin. Yeah, but

14:32

a vital piece of the puzzle is

14:34

not going to be there.

14:36

And we thought, let's capture

14:38

this moment because I never thought

14:40

that this was going to play out like a true crime podcast.

14:42

But it's going to have those pieces,

14:44

isn't it? We have to, like, have the phone

14:47

calls and the bits of evidence and the pieces

14:49

of the journey. This is the bit

14:51

where we've just found out that as

14:53

we are about to head in a couple of days to Darwin

14:56

to visit the

14:58

owners of spectacular croc jumping tours,

15:00

that's Wes and original croc jumping tours.

15:02

That's Tony to negotiate peace between the

15:04

businesses. Tony's

15:06

not going to be there. Mm hmm. Now,

15:09

this is our this is our. We've had this

15:11

weekend blocked out. We're very excited

15:13

about this weekend. As has been previously discussed,

15:16

excited for the notion of peace.

15:18

It turns out that he's on Sunshine Coast. He's way.

15:21

Yeah, but. Can

15:24

we do something still? I mean,

15:27

if Covid taught us anything, you don't actually have to

15:29

be in the physical location. Well, we're going to be

15:31

there. We'll be in Darwin. And I think we've still

15:33

got a commitment from Wes to join us in neutral

15:35

territory between the two businesses.

15:37

I'm not sure if Wes knows that Tony's not going to be there

15:39

in person, but.

15:40

Don't tell Wes because we need Wes to show up because we're

15:42

going to look like absolute idiots if we. We

15:45

fly all the way up from the eastern coast.

15:47

We're the only two guys standing out there in a

15:49

field, and Jack's holding a laptop or something, and no

15:51

one's there.

15:52

Well, we've had further contact

15:54

with Tony. He's happy to take a call from us.

15:56

That's what we've raised back in the studio. Let's give him a buzz

15:58

now and find the lay of the land. This

16:01

is the owner of original.

16:03

What are we trying to get out of him? Just a commitment. Would he,

16:05

like, zoom in or face

16:07

to piece? Is he open? Yeah. And that's it. Like, is

16:10

he open to piece? Would he virtually join this tiny

16:12

rooms?

16:13

Tony, it's Hamish and Andy here.

16:16

Yeah. Same as in Andy.

16:17

Get a tiny. What an honor to speak

16:19

to you, sir.

16:21

Oh, well, I wouldn't say it's a real honor.

16:23

A lot of people would think it's a bit

16:25

downmarket.

16:26

Never mind. Not us, mate, for us. Time.

16:29

We've dedicated a lot of time to this.

16:31

We've found out that you. You're

16:33

not going to be there on

16:35

what we know.

16:38

Okay. So turn. We are heading

16:40

up. We're going to be in Darwin on Saturday to

16:43

hold a peace summit, a

16:45

small business peace summit, of which

16:47

you would have been and

16:49

are a 50%

16:51

of the esteemed guests at the peace

16:54

summit between original

16:56

croc jumping and spectacular croc jumping.

16:59

Given that you can't be there, can we just ask

17:02

you this if you had have been in

17:04

town, would you have been open to attending

17:06

the Peace Summit?

17:07

Um, I

17:10

wish you guys had a talk to me way back in

17:12

the early days, because it

17:14

weren't a lot particular. Well, well,

17:16

spectacular.

17:20

We'd love to follow this whole journey, but we

17:23

only came along in the 80s. Tony.

17:25

Our parents would have found it weird as two four year olds

17:27

charged off up north with some recording

17:29

gear.

17:30

Tony, tell me the truth. Is it a publicity

17:33

stunt or are you actually closing it down?

17:35

Yeah, we don't do publicity stunts.

17:37

Okay.

17:38

All right. So really. Okay, so the

17:40

situation has got untenable for

17:42

you there on the river, and you're closing it down,

17:45

and we read your press release. You make a lot of great points

17:47

for safety reasons. And that's

17:49

why you have been forced into this position.

17:52

Can we take you back a bit, tone,

17:54

to the days when spectacular

17:57

and original were there

17:59

was some shenanigans between the companies

18:01

we heard we can't remember who did

18:03

what to whom, but we did hear that someone

18:05

used to drive a sign down

18:08

and put it over the other person's sign.

18:11

Oh, I did more than that.

18:13

What was your best shenanigan? Tony, can you tell

18:15

us now? Now that you've closed down, what

18:17

was your best shenanigan?

18:19

Well, it wasn't a shenanigan. It was.

18:21

It was self defense. Oh,

18:23

basically. Yeah, they put up a sign, we

18:25

put up a sign to counter, you know, and it

18:28

just went on until the the corner

18:30

of Anzac Avenue was pretty much all signs.

18:33

Saying things like.

18:34

They never sign. You put a sign in front of that, they

18:36

put a sign in front of that and you put another sign.

18:39

Yeah, I heard a rumor that you

18:41

put a sign up their driveway that said, wrong

18:43

way. Turn back.

18:44

There.

18:45

Yeah, yeah, that was that was

18:47

the frontier days. Yeah. Good. We had

18:49

it. We had a sign more in the frontier days

18:52

too, because they were right next door.

18:53

Okay.

18:54

It's kind of the wrong way to go. It

18:56

was it was very effective.

18:59

Wrong way. Go. I

19:04

love that. Have you got any other tales

19:06

for us? Because what else?

19:08

What did they do to you? What did they what where

19:10

was the what was the dirtiest trick they did to you?

19:13

Oh.

19:14

You know, the the

19:16

problem, I guess, was the

19:19

fact that. You

19:21

know, we could see a very early on

19:23

that it wasn't going to work outside

19:25

of the bridge. I think I added it

19:27

up one day there was 13 cruisers

19:29

went up. Yeah. And you

19:32

can only feed crocodiles so

19:34

often? Yep. Yeah. Now, if a

19:36

crocodile didn't jump, you didn't have a product.

19:39

Yeah, exactly.

19:40

They're eating for pigs. They don't need

19:42

to jump.

19:43

Yeah, exactly. There's. It's

19:45

just it doesn't work, you know, and

19:48

it kind of. If you've

19:50

never seen it before, you can sort of say.

19:52

Oh, yeah, well, that was really good. But, you

19:54

know, crocodile might slip a metre

19:57

or so out of the water and say, oh, you know, get

19:59

a good photo of that. But,

20:01

you know, in this day and age, like this,

20:03

this last year, there's, there

20:05

was 5 or 6 males competing

20:08

for, for space on the

20:10

river. You know, and,

20:12

and once these we could

20:14

get these six metre crocodile

20:16

at once jumped almost as

20:19

high as the top deck of the boat.

20:21

Wow.

20:22

You know, and I mean, that's pretty spectacular.

20:25

Yeah.

20:27

Which is the other name, but

20:31

and so.

20:32

Completeness, complete misuse of words.

20:34

But was was there ever a situation

20:37

where, where one company

20:39

was like feeding the crocs too much

20:42

so they wouldn't jump for the other company?

20:44

Well, the behaviour was

20:46

that there was only one boat that they

20:48

had that could get under the bridge. Yeah.

20:51

And then from time to time

20:54

they would come under the bridge and they would make a

20:56

nuisance of themselves.

20:58

Yeah. In what way? Just

21:00

feed the crowd.

21:00

Well, it's not just feed

21:02

the crocs. It's. It's actually

21:05

shadowing our vessels

21:07

and getting in front of them. You know, seeing

21:10

a croc out in the distance and getting in front

21:12

of them. Oh.

21:13

Crocodiles problems.

21:15

Yeah. That's it.

21:16

Flying croc hogs. Well,

21:18

are you familiar with Wes over at

21:20

Spectacular? Tony?

21:22

Yeah, I know, yeah.

21:23

Okay, well, he would be the other participant

21:25

in this summit that we're

21:27

holding. Would you be willing?

21:30

I know you're going to be on the Sunshine Coast, but

21:32

would you be willing to

21:35

zoom in, like, virtually? Join us, perhaps

21:37

via zoom or FaceTime to

21:41

sit down, look Wes

21:43

in the eye and just go? It's been

21:45

a wild ride, but I officially

21:48

come here in the name of peace, and

21:50

you give each other one compliment and

21:53

we all shake hands and peace is struck

21:55

in the north. Um.

21:57

It I guess I don't

21:59

know. I'd probably

22:02

like to think that one through a little bit.

22:04

All right. Yeah, you can take that on notice and have

22:06

a think about it. And and

22:08

then hopefully on Saturday

22:10

at around about 330

22:13

we hear you log in. And

22:16

I mean, if you'd like Tony to make it even feel

22:18

like you're there, we could get a mannequin

22:20

and replace the head with a computer.

22:22

So it's just your head and we could dress the mannequin

22:25

like you dress. How? What kind of outfit do you

22:27

normally wear?

22:28

So I'm a dreadful dresser. Okay.

22:31

Um. No.

22:33

Would that would that help?

22:34

No. Not really.

22:37

Well, you still might do that. I mean, just for

22:39

the. Just for the spectacle.

22:42

It would look great.

22:44

Yeah, you do that, we'll get a mannequin. Head

22:46

is a laptop. You pop

22:48

up there. And what we're really. Ideally

22:51

the scenario would be, we'll say a

22:53

few short remarks, a formal recognizing

22:55

that any previous shenanigans

22:58

have now been put to bed to close the

23:00

chapter to this great territory

23:02

story.

23:03

Mm hmm. Leave

23:05

it hanging with me till Friday.

23:08

Yeah.

23:08

Can I say it's not a

23:10

no? You might join us

23:12

on Saturday.

23:14

Yeah I might. Yeah. I think

23:16

that's probably the best way to do it. And I'll.

23:19

I'll make a decision to

23:21

what I'm going to do probably Friday night.

23:23

So that is still you know, it

23:26

doesn't it gives you enough time to.

23:29

I think. Yeah. Give it to give it.

23:30

Give the story a decent burial.

23:33

Well, we'll.

23:34

We'll be there. We'll

23:36

be there in the dry scrub

23:38

land on Saturday afternoon.

23:40

We'll hopefully still have Wes. We'll

23:43

wait for your call. Obviously,

23:45

we can't force your

23:48

attendance, but

23:50

you know where to find us at 330 on Saturday

23:52

afternoon.

23:53

Yeah, well, that's that's probably the best

23:56

way.

23:56

Love it. Peace is always a positive step.

24:00

Thanks so much, mate, for taking our call.

24:02

We will wait with bated breath to see

24:05

what happens on the weekend. But take care yourself,

24:07

mate. Okay. All right.

24:09

Good on your time. Bye.

24:10

Take em by facing the north.

24:14

Oh, I thought it was

24:16

going to be more of a yes. Yes. I'll

24:20

be honest with you. All righty.

24:23

Thought it was a formality, to be honest. Exciting.

24:27

So Tony, the owner of original,

24:30

had made a lukewarm sort

24:33

of definitely, maybe

24:36

commitment to join the boys on

24:38

zoom at 330 Saturday

24:40

for peace talks with Wes.

24:43

I don't know. I'd

24:45

probably like to think that one through a little

24:47

bit.

24:48

And he really liked the idea of the

24:50

mannequin dressed like him

24:52

with an iPad for a face.

24:55

Oh, surely

24:57

it was all pointing to him turning

25:00

up on zoom?

25:01

Yeah, I might.

25:02

Well, that's good enough for this podcast.

25:05

So it was time to hit the dirt

25:07

roads out to spectacular

25:09

croc jumping tours to try

25:11

and lock in. Wes.

25:14

All right. And we've just pulled down

25:17

the three kilometer corrugated

25:19

dirt track to your

25:21

liking. Not great

25:23

to get here to spectacular croc

25:25

jumping tours. Yes.

25:26

Jack keeps asking, can we stay

25:28

till Wednesday? And I don't know why.

25:30

Jack. Why? What's happening Wednesday night at the.

25:33

At the pub? No. Why

25:35

do you want. Why did you book a flight back for Wednesday

25:37

morning and ask if you

25:39

could do your radio show from here on

25:41

Thursday? I don't know what's

25:43

not. What's chippy night that you can't tell. Oh,

25:46

I know what you were saying. I mean.

25:49

I actually don't know what happens on Wednesday night.

25:51

Oh, I heard.

25:53

You don't have to do your rehearsals to us. Just

25:55

say it for the first time to Bianca, and just

25:57

say it as if you believe it.

25:59

Jack. Well, you weren't there when we heard from

26:01

Renee. No, but.

26:02

From from the gig. Schoolboy giggling up the

26:04

front, guessing what it's about.

26:06

I mean, it was one of the great lines,

26:09

but anyway, here we are. We're

26:11

here. It's Saturday, so tops are on.

26:15

We're here unfortunately for tops on Saturday.

26:17

Although I mean tops are on, but sleeves are never

26:19

on in the territory. We look like an absolute couple.

26:22

We look like a carload of idiots

26:24

for walking around in t shirts instead of singlets.

26:26

However, yeah, we are not playing favorites here,

26:28

but we want to experience a tour. And

26:30

of course original has shut down last

26:33

weekend.

26:34

So being convenient timing of our piece

26:36

to it, we want.

26:37

To confirm with

26:40

the businesses, but where's is here? And that

26:42

he'll come to the peace treaty

26:45

meeting. Now here's another update. We

26:47

haven't heard from Tony, he said.

26:50

He said Trish, I'll think about it. He

26:52

said he'd tell us Friday night. He hasn't. He said he's still thinking

26:54

about it. We're trying to make the 330 timeline.

26:56

All right.

26:57

So here we are. We're at Spectre. I can't believe we've talked about

26:59

this place all year. Spectacular croc jumping tours.

27:01

We're in the car park. We're about to

27:03

go, and we're about to see a croc jump out of the water

27:05

for a chicken on a stick. Get

27:07

fired up. Yeah, get fired

27:09

up about the concept. I mean, that's the that's

27:11

the business side of things.

27:13

And here, where's his side.

27:14

Of the story? Where's face to face? Like a lot is

27:16

about to happen. We're going to hear where's the side of the story.

27:18

Reconfirm reconfirmed that it's 330

27:22

at the blocks by the way. Yep I got the box

27:24

330. That is when the

27:26

peace talks are on. We've been to the pub.

27:28

We've met Renee. Yes. Let's go meet with.

27:30

Let's see a croc jump. Yeah. Great. How

27:32

are you feeling, Jack? What do you.

27:33

Need? This is going.

27:34

To sound a bit weak, but when the

27:36

road out here was really bumpy, I've

27:39

actually hurt my neck well.

27:49

We know we're trying

27:52

to win a peace prize. We

27:54

just do not hear

27:56

many peace convoys go. We.

27:59

I'm sorry, a North Korea. I've

28:01

got a I'm not going to be able to make it. I

28:03

stubbed my toe.

28:05

I'm just finding it hard to look

28:07

as far left as I can. Right.

28:09

So which which side.

28:10

Of the bus would you like to. Which would you like

28:12

us to ask for?

28:13

Which side of the boat you need to be on there?

28:15

Well, you.

28:15

Use keep a lookout on my left side for Crocs,

28:18

I guess because I can't.

28:20

They don't come out. You don't have to protect yourself.

28:22

So would you like to? Why don't you just sit facing

28:24

out and we'll ask if the crocodiles

28:26

could leap up on the side of the boat you're on.

28:29

Yeah, well.

28:29

I can if I need to see. I can see him on any side

28:31

just by turning my whole body. But I can't.

28:34

I can't move my neck as freely

28:37

as I usually do.

28:40

Sorry.

28:40

I thought it just I thought.

28:43

That's good to know. It's good.

28:44

Some tactic to get us to come back on Wednesday.

28:49

I know the real test. Bring him back on Wednesday

28:51

and put them to his left. Oh,

28:53

see the nicks better. It's

28:56

whipping all over the place down post.

29:01

All right, let's go.

29:02

All right, you brave souls. Let's go.

29:06

Oh, now, Wounded Warriors

29:08

of peace jumped on board a

29:11

spectacular boat and headed out

29:13

onto the Adelaide River, where

29:15

they were joined by the CEO

29:17

of spectacular.

29:18

Well, what a spectacular day for it.

29:21

So always a good day out on the river, mate. Spectacular.

29:23

We. It feels wild to be

29:26

here after so much, so

29:28

much. Thinking about this day. We're finally on the river.

29:30

We were on board. Spectacular croc jumping

29:32

to us. Not because we're playing favorites.

29:34

Just because you're open, you're. Yeah.

29:38

First thing we have to do is we say we saw the bridge.

29:40

Now we obviously veered straight

29:43

away from the bridge.

29:43

We went north. That's a good thing. Abiding by

29:46

the rules. Absolutely. When did the

29:48

bridge rule come in? Long

29:50

before I took over with spectacular. So I've

29:52

been here for five years. Yeah. And what do

29:54

you think brought on the bridge rule? Uh,

29:57

I've heard lots of different stories. And when I

29:59

took over here, I've got email.

30:00

Chains that go back many, many years.

30:02

Give us your best.

30:04

The crocodile. Crocodile? Oh.

30:07

Thank you, Jack.

30:08

Local. It's out to. It's it's

30:10

out to Jack's. Right. That's how he saw it.

30:12

Local Territorians. Jack post. Always

30:14

on the lookout. Good spot. Jacko.

30:17

No, as far as I'm aware, there was a

30:20

previous manager here between the previous

30:22

owners, a spectacular, and a Ricky Aboriginal Corporation

30:25

taking it over. There was a

30:27

great deal of fighting between the two of them, and it

30:29

resulted in all sorts of silliness.

30:31

Yeah.

30:32

Give us the top three silly incidents.

30:34

Well, it's far as I'm aware that particular

30:36

altercation wound

30:39

up with original coming down below

30:41

the bridge about 15 minutes before

30:43

each each tour to

30:46

basically fill up the crocodiles at this end of the

30:48

river with food before our boats went out.

30:50

Oh, and a full croc won't jump.

30:52

Well, basically, there's no point if you've already been

30:54

already had a fed, why would you go and do some more work?

30:56

Yeah, that's a good sneaky trick.

30:58

So that apparently went on for a while, and

31:00

that resulted in all sorts of fights

31:02

and bits and pieces.

31:03

Jack, is that the crocodile you called? Yeah,

31:06

it's like a goanna.

31:07

Technically cook it all like it's

31:10

a baby, right?

31:10

Well, in some, in some respects harder to

31:13

to point out, Jacko. So that would be

31:15

not as exciting.

31:16

How old is that, crocodile?

31:17

Was I genuinely.

31:20

It could be. I'd say under ten minutes.

31:24

Maybe under 3 or 4 years. What do you reckon, Wookie?

31:26

Yeah, 2 to 3 at most.

31:28

Yeah. Really?

31:29

Okay. So sorry we were.

31:32

That gives it some realism though, doesn't it? Having a chat with

31:34

the crocodile, we.

31:36

Just randomly turn up.

31:37

We heard from a bloke at the pub.

31:39

Where's that? That said, there was

31:42

a sideswipe from one

31:44

boat to another at one point. Does that ever happen?

31:46

I'm not aware of anything. He

31:48

thought it.

31:49

Was like in the 90s.

31:50

No? Well, it could well be the

31:52

I personally work for for

31:55

Sony down at original.

31:56

Really? You jumped ship?

31:58

Well, literally 20 years ago, five.

32:00

26 years ago.

32:01

Okay.

32:02

Um.

32:04

Were you part of the shenanigans at original?

32:06

Yeah, yeah. So

32:10

I was loyal to a paycheck.

32:11

Okay, so you've conducted operations

32:14

on both sides.

32:15

I did, for a little while. I was.

32:17

I was.

32:18

Mercenary.

32:19

Well, yeah. Look, I

32:21

want a paycheck.

32:22

Yeah, well, we get it. What?

32:23

What did you do?

32:24

Things like? We had.

32:26

It used to have a huge.

32:27

Road sign on the back of a vehicle, and it was

32:29

really silly, but we used to have to go down and park

32:32

at our front gate every drive. The 3

32:34

or 4 K's down the road every day and park it at our

32:36

front gate.

32:37

I think it's.

32:37

Spectacular. Spectacular.

32:39

So you cover their sign? Yeah, yeah, great.

32:41

Because we notice out on the highway now coming

32:43

in, there's still a sign from original

32:46

saying. As you head down here to spectacular,

32:48

there's a sign that goes, if you're looking for original, turn

32:50

around and go another three kilometres.

32:52

That's a bugbear of mine.

32:53

That's how when you were coming into a

32:55

live situation

32:58

that needs peace, when you've got competing

33:00

signs steering each other

33:02

away from each other's businesses.

33:03

The sign, the sign thing has

33:05

always been a

33:08

constant fight between the two of them. At

33:10

one stage, one of

33:12

the operators here, I said, had 16

33:14

road signs in a two kilometre space.

33:18

It seems to me you know how they talk about like, oh, look,

33:21

Russia and America might not go to war, but there'll be a cyber

33:23

war. Yeah, right. It seems they sign wars.

33:25

This is a sign of cyber war. This

33:28

seems like that.

33:28

As a sign. Sign? Arms race. Yeah.

33:30

This seems like the main weapon is

33:32

signs and signage. Yeah, it is like

33:34

cross, isn't it? Very territorial. Just fighting

33:37

for your patch of river.

33:38

I'll give him full credit for some of the things that he's

33:40

done in the past.

33:41

How is your relationship with him now?

33:43

It's not bad, like I. I get on

33:45

all right, like I don't have to duck

33:47

the next time I see him. Well, we.

33:49

Hope that could be this afternoon. Whereas because

33:52

we're here, we're on the river. We've

33:54

come to make peace. Even though he's not

33:57

in business currently, we

33:59

still think peace is a worthy pursuit.

34:01

Oh, absolutely.

34:02

Bygones.

34:02

Do you think it is?

34:03

Well he does, yes.

34:05

We said yes. So it's not just a trip

34:07

so we can come up here and see crocodiles and ride jet skis

34:09

and stay at the casino. It's a real peace

34:11

trip, and we

34:14

want it to happen this afternoon in about about

34:16

half an hour's time. All right, now we've

34:18

got our location. You're willing to be there is.

34:21

Absolutely. Tony says he's thinking

34:23

about it.

34:24

That'll be interesting.

34:25

I've got five different plaques

34:28

that will celebrate the various outcomes

34:30

depending on whether or not Tony

34:32

was there. But I needed you there, whereas

34:35

we needed you there because we can't have

34:37

a peace deal without any side of the parties

34:39

there.

34:39

Let's let's do it.

34:40

Let's do it. Let's do it. All right. We'll finish

34:42

the tour. We'll hop off and go and get organised.

34:44

Fingers crossed Tony shows up. Let it be known.

34:46

We can still do a peace deal with one side. Andy, do

34:49

you agree?

34:49

Oh, totally. And. And can I just say

34:51

spectacular out here?

34:52

It is spectacular out here. Can't recommend

34:55

it. Hollywood.

34:55

Well it's a very original tour.

34:59

Well that is debatable, but. All

35:02

right. Thanks, boys. We'll see you at the peace deal.

35:04

All right.

35:04

Look forward to this, mate.

35:11

To recap, the Hamish and Andy

35:13

podcast is on an epic mission

35:15

in the Northern Territory to bring

35:17

peace in the North and

35:19

end a decades long feud

35:22

between two Jumping Croc tours.

35:24

Anticipation was high for the

35:26

3:30 p.m. Peace Summit, which

35:28

was to be attended by Wes from

35:31

spectacular. Absolutely. And

35:33

maybe by Tony from

35:35

original.

35:36

Yeah, I might.

35:37

So in the shadow of

35:39

the disputed Territory Bridge,

35:41

we join our intrepid peace

35:43

mission from the carpark of the

35:45

recently closed original

35:47

croc jumping tours.

35:50

Where the original. Yeah. Are you nervous?

35:52

Yeah, we can see. We can see. The boarded up original

35:55

croc jumping to is in the background.

35:57

Wes was happy to come to original

35:59

turf. He's happy to play an away game, which

36:01

was nice of him.

36:02

Yeah, especially because the guy who's playing a home game isn't

36:04

here.

36:06

That is rare. Isn't it rare

36:08

for the home team to take a holiday? Yeah,

36:11

for the big match. However, we push on

36:13

with negotiations. Andy.

36:15

15 minutes. We've got, by the way, 15 minutes.

36:17

And then we either we either know

36:20

he meant to call him or 15 minutes, he either picks up or

36:22

he doesn't.

36:22

Pace or not, I can't believe.

36:25

Just take a moment for a second to think about how

36:27

long this has been and how many options

36:29

we had to Peter this thing out and we didn't

36:31

take him. That's really like, that's one

36:33

victory for for the show, isn't

36:35

it? Is there a plaque.

36:36

That reflects that.

36:39

The blocks are pretty triumphant, right?

36:41

Okay. Well here's the here's the thing. Yeah. I

36:44

got us five plaques

36:46

that I think cover off

36:49

most of the permutations

36:51

that we could face. I realized I didn't

36:53

have one that covers off with saying I'm not coming

36:55

either. Okay. But you know

36:57

what? I might I might actually have

36:59

that. Okay. Plaque

37:02

number one, if things go really

37:04

well, we will lay this plaque

37:06

down in 15 minutes time on

37:09

this site. A business piece was negotiated

37:11

between spectacular croc jumping tours and original

37:13

croc jumping tours by the Hamish and Eddie podcast.

37:15

The piece is valid regardless of operational

37:18

status of either company. Date

37:20

of peace mid to late 2023.

37:22

Now I did that so in future generations

37:24

they don't pin the date on us to go.

37:27

Hang on. Didn't original close the weekend before

37:29

so let's just keep the dates vague. That's

37:31

plaque.

37:32

Keep that on hand because that's the one.

37:34

That's the one. That's what we hope to lay down

37:36

as we try.

37:37

Tony for the fifth time.

37:39

Yeah.

37:40

He hasn't picked up. So we can start to

37:42

probably put that plaque back.

37:43

If we can't get Tony on the phone, we then

37:45

move to this. On this site,

37:48

a small business piece was proposed by the Hamish

37:50

Nandi Podcast and two local croc jumping

37:52

operations. Sadly, due to logistical difficulties,

37:54

not everyone could be present to achieve a definitive

37:57

result. But the feeling on this day was

37:59

certainly one of peace which counts. Great

38:02

date of feeling mid to late 2023.

38:07

Lock number three. Yes, this

38:10

keeps it vague. Okay. On this

38:12

site, the concept of business peace between spectacular

38:15

tours and original camping tours was discussed

38:17

and celebrated as a concept. I

38:20

was facilitated by the ABC 90 podcast.

38:22

Neither of them rock up.

38:23

That's if neither of them rock up. And it's also if they

38:25

turn up and they say, where's they're

38:28

not that keen.

38:29

Yeah. Or they don't give compliments or something.

38:31

So they're not willing to follow through on all the stipulations

38:33

of the piece. But we can still say without lying,

38:35

it was discussed and celebrated as a concept.

38:38

If one calls the other one, that's.

38:40

Yeah, yeah, that's what

38:42

we're reaching for because.

38:44

We'll be celebrating pieces of concept.

38:46

Yes. And the discussions were facilitated

38:48

by us. So that's a good note. I feel like we've got all.

38:50

Bases covered, but I still see two.

38:52

More plaques. Yeah. Okay.

38:55

On this site, plaques. Number four, a small business

38:57

piece was rejected by one or more parties

38:59

involved in the podcast. And that's more if we want

39:01

to go honest broker in the piece in the North

39:03

croc jumping business peace talks date of rejection.

39:06

This is actually the only plaque that covers a flat

39:08

out loss.

39:08

Yeah.

39:09

Which I just thought of. Throw it in there as

39:11

an option. I'm not I'm not a fan of it because it

39:13

paints us like a failure. Failure? Yeah. But

39:16

I don't mind. The idea.

39:18

Is not I don't.

39:19

Mind the idea of being the world's, I would say only

39:21

plaque that commemorates.

39:23

Something that it.

39:24

Didn't like.

39:25

On this site. We invited the Prime

39:27

Minister to come and open the building. He couldn't make it.

39:33

I like the idea of a very honest. That's good.

39:35

Yes, final plaque is just the best. Not

39:37

lying I could think of. Okay, right.

39:39

This makes it sound no matter what

39:41

the result. This just makes it sound like a win

39:44

for us boys. Regardless, on

39:46

this side, the Hamish and Andy podcast weighed up all

39:48

available evidence in the rivalry between

39:50

original croc jumping tours and spectacular jumping

39:53

tours, and we're very happy to triumphantly

39:55

proclaim peace in the North.

39:59

That's perfect date of triumph mid

40:01

to late 2023. So. So when

40:03

you dig into it, all we have to do is weigh up the

40:05

evidence and see if we were

40:07

still happy to try and. Simply proclaim

40:10

peace in the North.

40:11

And I get a good feeling that we will keep.

40:14

Well, let's just see which one we go with.

40:16

Yes. Well, let's set up a table

40:18

outside. We've got a mannequin. Yeah.

40:20

You got a mannequin. We're going to gaffer tape the iPad to its

40:23

head.

40:23

And I think we've got the best replica

40:25

we can of Tony's clothes, so I think we

40:27

might not even tell the difference.

40:29

Oh, yeah, he should fall for it. You

40:34

guys ready to bring peace to the north? Yes, yes,

40:36

yes, boys.

40:37

Peace to all. Peace to us. Jet ski

40:39

to. It is also into our jet ski.

40:41

Soon. Then we go check in at the castle. Okay?

40:44

And so it was

40:46

time. Mannequin in place.

40:49

Zoom meeting online. Agents

40:51

of peace at the ready. All

40:53

the boys needed now was

40:55

both Tony and Wes to

40:57

come together in the name

40:59

of peace in the North.

41:02

Here we are. We're at the negotiating table. Where's?

41:04

He's not here yet. The zoom waiting

41:06

room is waiting. Ready? We're just. We've just set

41:08

everything up. We've got a giant crocs skull on the table.

41:10

I think.

41:11

A perfectly portioned mannequin for Tony

41:14

with a shirt that he would normally wear.

41:17

And iPad gaffer

41:19

taped to the head of the mannequins.

41:21

Where's this arriving? Yes. God, yes,

41:23

it would have. That would have been the all time stitch up if

41:25

he just told us to our face that he was

41:27

going to come and then didn't turn up.

41:29

We have the plaque for it though we do have. We

41:31

do the plaque. We have the plaque for it. What have we got,

41:33

Jack? You've got the plaques.

41:35

I've got all five plaques. And from

41:37

here we've got a great view of the actual bridge as

41:39

well, which is the dividing point between the two.

41:41

You can understand it to us, Jack.

41:42

Understand why now? We wouldn't do a meeting on

41:44

it. It's like a thoroughfare, semi-trailer freeway.

41:46

It'd be.

41:47

No make no sense for this table. And these chairs

41:49

set up to be in the middle of the bridge?

41:50

No. What? It makes sense for you to be strapping C4

41:52

to it right now to blow it up the.

41:55

I don't know, having been here and seeing that people

41:57

use it to get from one side of the river to the other, I

41:59

don't think we should blow it up. One of those.

42:01

Bridges, Jack

42:03

has positioned himself on a folding

42:05

chair so he can look directly at

42:08

the bridge without having to turn to his left.

42:10

Still nursing that slight

42:13

neck injury.

42:13

He's getting better, though.

42:15

That's good. He comes with.

42:17

It. Comes with thank you mate.

42:18

Thank you for coming to the talks.

42:20

We have two minutes from when we said we'd

42:22

try and connect Tony if he decides to connect,

42:25

whereas just quickly. Does that look

42:27

a lot like Tony?

42:28

Yeah. If you squint hard enough. Yeah, that's

42:30

pretty close.

42:31

A shirt like that.

42:31

Okay. We've set up a zoom. He

42:34

said he'd lock. Oh my God.

42:35

Oh, there we are. Tony, can you hear us?

42:39

I certainly can.

42:40

Oh my God.

42:41

Tony, can you see us? Yes.

42:44

And you've got where's here.

42:47

Oh yeah. Mr. Bloom, I.

42:47

Go where's there two. Yeah.

42:49

Wait. How are you, buddy?

42:51

Good.

42:52

Where's. Jeez.

42:54

This is beautiful. This is.

42:56

This is lovely.

42:57

Just quickly. Tony, how are you feeling? How

42:59

are the emotions?

43:01

Oh, look, I

43:04

guess I've got to say I'm bored.

43:06

Hell as hell. Just waiting

43:08

for you to turn up.

43:11

Well, we first want to recognize both of

43:13

you gentlemen, the great Spirit and

43:15

the goodwill. With you've shown coming

43:17

together to sit here at these

43:19

two plastic outdoor tables covered

43:21

by an official cloth. We

43:24

followed the dramas. Our listeners have followed

43:26

the dramas and the stories, the stories

43:28

of decades of shenanigans.

43:30

But today, I

43:32

think there's a wonderful mood in the air as we put that all

43:34

to bed. Andy.

43:35

Yes, we thought for ease. Gentlemen,

43:38

we're going to read out something kind

43:41

of like a marriage, and all you have

43:43

to do is say, I do, and I do. So,

43:46

Hamish, you've got the the details there.

43:49

Are you ready to read that out?

43:50

We'll start with you. Where's where's

43:53

do you agree that all small business shenanigans

43:56

between spectacular and original,

43:58

up to and especially including

44:01

sign based warfare, are

44:03

officially in the past?

44:05

Absolutely.

44:06

We have won.

44:07

I have won, Tony.

44:08

Tony, do you agree

44:10

that all small business based shenanigans

44:13

between spectacular and original, up to and

44:15

especially including sign based warfare,

44:17

are officially in the past?

44:21

Well, yeah, they are.

44:23

Just the where they are was fine. That's just

44:26

against.

44:26

Yes. Okay. We got

44:28

two yeses now.

44:29

Now the final bit of the peace process

44:32

is the passing of a compliment from one

44:34

to the other. Wes, we'll

44:37

start with you. Do you have a compliment for Tony?

44:39

You look fantastic, Tony.

44:40

That's great.

44:40

Okay. That's nice, that's lovely.

44:42

Tony.

44:43

Tony, do you.

44:44

Have a compliment for where's.

44:46

Where's is.

44:47

The best operator on

44:50

the north side of the bridge. And I'm

44:52

the best operator on the south side.

44:54

Yeah, I reckon that's pretty good.

44:56

You that compliment.

44:57

Thank you. Tony.

44:58

Since the pledge has been agreed to and

45:00

the compliments have been exchanged.

45:02

One last thing to Hamish. Would you remove

45:05

Tony's so words can shake

45:07

it? Yeah.

45:07

Can do. Sorry about this time.

45:10

I think you may drop him if you go that way, boys.

45:13

There we go.

45:15

Perfect. And,

45:17

Tony, would you mind just mimicking handshaking

45:20

just so it looks like you are as well. Just reach

45:22

out with your lovely.

45:25

Okay.

45:26

By the power vested in us as

45:28

peace envoys, we now declare

45:30

taste in the north.

45:32

Taste in the north. There's

45:34

a peace in the north. I did not expect

45:37

Tony to be triumphantly raising his arm

45:39

up. Joan,

45:42

you're a legend. Whoa!

45:46

So, with peace very much

45:48

intact. And the mannequin?

45:50

Less so, all that remained

45:53

was to lay a plaque commemorating

45:55

the heroic efforts of our

45:57

peace force in the north.

46:00

What plaque did you choose?

46:01

We went with. We were able to do the best case scenario where we.

46:03

Jack.

46:03

This is the best of the best.

46:05

We have now sunk into the dirt outside.

46:07

The location was on this side of business. Peace

46:09

was negotiated between spectacular croc jumping

46:11

tours and original croc jumping tours by the Hamish

46:13

Unity podcast. This piece is valid

46:16

regardless of operational status of either company.

46:18

Date of peace mid to late

46:20

2020.

46:21

Congratulations fellas. Well done guys. I'm really

46:23

proud of.

46:23

Policing the North. Well done.

46:25

Really proud of us. Really proud. And Jacko, you

46:27

did it.

46:27

Wounded.

46:28

Yeah.

46:30

See, where am I?

46:31

See that dick? See, you left just as quickly

46:34

for you, Jackal, as peace discussions

46:36

were unfolding. Were you just quickly scanning

46:38

all five plaques? Like which ones are going to

46:40

be?

46:41

Because at the end, you handed me the perfect pass. Yes.

46:44

So well done.

46:46

And thank you for making me feel like I had a valid

46:48

role, because for a lot of that, I sat there and

46:50

it's true, I wasn't I wasn't doing

46:52

anything. So thank you for making me feel included.

46:55

Let me be really clear about this.

46:57

Block selection was very critical.

47:00

And but on that we all had a very

47:02

valid role. Yes. Having

47:05

said that, peace is now achieved. So

47:07

I suppose with some time left in

47:09

the day, have we got to.

47:10

Oh, I do have a bit of spare.

47:11

Time because our jetski

47:13

tour is still.

47:14

Is that still on?

47:15

Oh great.

47:18

Three cheers for.

47:19

Peace. Yes. Three cheers for peace. Who'd like a

47:21

great northern?

47:22

Yes. Yes. Peace.

47:33

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