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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And if you've just joined us, Kathleen and I have
been talking a little bit more this hour about some
of the Territory's best kept secrets and some of those
wonderful places that maybe not everybody knows about. And anyway,
Kathleen's in the studio with me. Good morning again, Kat.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I do like this message from Jill in Humpty Doo
and it says, Good morning, girls. I love listening to Kathleen.
Such a Territorium with her, yeah, nah. Cracked me up
this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I did like that message. I don't even realise I'm
doing it.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Jill, you don't want to hear us when we're off air.
You'll hear some other territory words.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'll bust out a gammon and a brush soon enough
if you want.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
It's the least of our worries.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
You talk like a pirate. More to the point, yes. Yes,
we have to censor ourselves a little bit, don't we?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Only a little.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Just so we don't get sued or anything.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Only a little.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Just a little. Just a little.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You can't take the.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Territory right out of the girl. A lot less Fs.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, God forbid I accidentally leave the microphone on one
day if I've done an interview that I don't like
so much. Interesting.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Anyway, that's a bit of insight for you all. I
won't touch that one.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Lots of lovely messages, though. People telling us what they like,
like some of the secret places. And Dave from Marara
said the best kept secret is having a smoking hot
chilli laksa. At the Peratt Markets, mid-November, go the Finns,
says Dave.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Oh, I reckon. Don't the tourists just look at you
when you're having a hot soup, just being like, what.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Are you doing?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
That's breakfast.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Do you know, it's so funny because after you've lived
in the Territory, you just assume that you can get
a Luxor anywhere. You go somewhere else, they're just not
as good.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
They're not.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
No.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Not by a long stretch.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
And Maddie Hepworth, one of your predecessors, who was on
this show for a long time, wonderful Maddie, He'd said
to me when he moved to Brisbane, oh, Wolfie, I
just cannot get a Luxor like I can in Darwin.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
No, that's right. Yeah, my brother, when he comes home,
even like Indian, he spent a fair bit of time
travelling India.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
And he goes to like Saffron and it's as good
as he reckons. Yum.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Mmm, so good.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Anyway, lots of other messages. Get down to the infamous
Cahill's Crossing and do beer in Kakadu. There's others. There's
one from Sauce who says, hey, girls, all our days
are better than being, well, than being too bloody cold.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
We love our.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Skies and the other aspects too.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
So they're just some of the messages. And Richard in
Faro said, good morning, Katie. I heard you. I just
heard you and how your life revolves around food and
the cafes and restaurants you go to. A suggestion for you.
You must try Fresh Batch at Koolalinga. There's a bunch
of us veterans who have breakfast there every second Tuesday.
It's delicious. It's owned and managed by a veteran couple
(02:48):
who we are very proud to support. Oh, that's really nice.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's awesome to hear.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah. Lots of others, but some of them I haven't
read through yet, so I just want to make sure
I don't read anything dodgy. No? One here, Katie, you're
spot on, our food scene. Dining and nightlife is second
to none. In terms of its place as part of
our lifestyle, a culinary... corroboree, if you will, flavours of
the world, making the Territory a great place to wine
(03:15):
and dine.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
It's so true. I hope the tourism mob are listening
to a culinary corroboree. What a great phrase. That is awesome.
That should definitely be taken up as a tourism slogan,
I reckon.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
That's bloody awesome.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
I think it's fantastic. One of the other things that's
been pointed out to me in the past as well
that's really wonderful about the Territory, and I think we
You know, like whether you're into Territory Day or whatever,
you know, whatever you like about the NT is that
we're sort of just, you know, a bit different. everywhere
else we're unique it's awesome just do.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Our own thing 100 it's a different flavor up here
for everything you know I just I used to love
it and I would say this to my friends when
I went to uni down south you know you walk
down the street in Sydney if you bump into someone
they don't even look twice yeah if you accidentally bump
into someone here in the in Darwin or the territory
yeah there's an apology oh hey how you going that
kind of stuff there's actually that And, you know, I
(04:13):
always say Darwin is a city with a country town feel.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
It certainly is.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
No doubt about that.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Natho's messaged and said, best kept secret, the Vernon Islands.
I've not been there.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I can't say that I have, but I don't know
if fishers think it's a best kept secret. They probably
know about it, probably.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, frothing over it, you reckon?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
That might be why. It's his favourite spot.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Natho, let us know, mate.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Anyway, we'd better get to the local news. Send us
some more.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, send us some more places and things that you
like about the NT. News today brought to you by
Motor Accidents Compensation. Have you moved to the Territory recently?
You must change or update your registration within three months.
Get NT registered today. No rego, no cover.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
NT Police is investigating a crash in which a pedestrian
was killed in Berrima overnight. Around 9.30 a report was
received of white Toyota Hilux had struck a man as
he crossed Berrima Road between the cross intersection of Moo
Street and Dennis Court. The driver stayed at the scene
and returned negative results to alcohol and drugs. Despite resuscitation
efforts by emergency services, the man died at the scene.
(05:17):
Anyone who was in the area at the time or
witnessed the crash and hasn't spoken to police is urged
to contact 131 444. Meanwhile, police believe speed may have
contributed to a three-vehicle crash at Koolalinga. Around 10.30 last night,
police received reports of a crash near a takeaway restaurant
at Koolalinga Central. Initial investigations point to a vehicle travelling
(05:39):
along the service road beside the Stuart Highway before colliding
with another vehicle as it turned onto the service road.
The impact pushed the second car into the car park
where it struck a parked vehicle. The occupants of the
first car left the scene before emergency services arrived. A
29-year-old had to be freed from the second vehicle and
taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a 50-year-old in
(06:01):
the parked car suffered minor injuries. A short time later,
a 17-year-old boy handed himself in to police and returned
positive alcohol reading and was arrested to undergo further breath testing.
He was later released into the care of his mum.
NT police are searching for a man who allegedly stole
a cash register during an armed robbery in Berrima overnight.
(06:23):
The man is accused of entering a business in Northcrest,
armed with an edged weapon just before 9pm, where he
struck tables with the weapon several times and threatened staff.
He allegedly removed the entire cash register from the counter
before fleeing into nearby bushland. Witness statements have been provided
to police. However, the man remains on the run. And
(06:45):
that's it. What is your best kept tourism secret? The
NT government has launched a new tourism campaign called Best
Kept Season to promote the territory's off-peak tourism season. It's
the second time a campaign like this has been undertaken,
with the first campaign of its kind reaching 55 million
(07:08):
people with the government claiming it had led to a
$ 49 million investment into the economy. Territorians are being invited
to share their best-kept tourism secrets with the chance to
win a travel voucher. The competition runs until the 18th
of October. Oh, it's the worst when you can't get
your words out, hey? Got there in the end.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Happens to me often. That's why I laughed.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
I thought so, yes, exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Another message, yes, Katie and Kathleen. Darwin is brilliant for
food and many other things and people. I landed here
in the mid-1980s and I haven't looked back.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Yeah, that's it. That's such a similar story to so many.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, and do you know what? Really good point too.
It is the people. It is.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I mean, how many people come and then leave and
then make their way back? And come back, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I will say as well, something else I really enjoy
about Darwin, it's not really a tourism thing though, is
Nothing's too far to drive.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Oh, that should be promoted.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I mean, unless you're driving interstate, then it is a
bit far. Yeah, there.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
But if you're driving to sport or school or whatever.
That would be a way to promote to those Southerners,
you know, stuck on a highway, a motorway or a freeway,
whatever they are, whatever the difference is for hours. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Stuff that.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, bugger that.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Anyway, I'll let you go, Kathleen. Thanks so much for
keeping us up to date with local news and having
a laugh. Great as always.
And if you've just joined us, Kathleen and I have
been talking a little bit more this hour about some
of the Territory's best kept secrets and some of those
wonderful places that maybe not everybody knows about. And anyway,
Kathleen's in the studio with me. Good morning again, Kat.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
I do like this message from Jill in Humpty Doo
and it says, Good morning, girls. I love listening to Kathleen.
Such a Territorium with her, yeah, nah. Cracked me up
this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I did like that message. I don't even realise I'm
doing it.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Jill, you don't want to hear us when we're off air.
You'll hear some other territory words.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I'll bust out a gammon and a brush soon enough
if you want.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
It's the least of our worries.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
You talk like a pirate. More to the point, yes. Yes,
we have to censor ourselves a little bit, don't we?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Only a little.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Just so we don't get sued or anything.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Only a little.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Just a little. Just a little.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
You can't take the.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Territory right out of the girl. A lot less Fs.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Yeah, God forbid I accidentally leave the microphone on one
day if I've done an interview that I don't like
so much. Interesting.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Anyway, that's a bit of insight for you all. I
won't touch that one.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Lots of lovely messages, though. People telling us what they like,
like some of the secret places. And Dave from Marara
said the best kept secret is having a smoking hot
chilli laksa. At the Peratt Markets, mid-November, go the Finns,
says Dave.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Oh, I reckon. Don't the tourists just look at you
when you're having a hot soup, just being like, what.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Are you doing?
Speaker 2 (01:33):
That's breakfast.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Do you know, it's so funny because after you've lived
in the Territory, you just assume that you can get
a Luxor anywhere. You go somewhere else, they're just not
as good.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
They're not.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
No.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Not by a long stretch.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
And Maddie Hepworth, one of your predecessors, who was on
this show for a long time, wonderful Maddie, He'd said
to me when he moved to Brisbane, oh, Wolfie, I
just cannot get a Luxor like I can in Darwin.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
No, that's right. Yeah, my brother, when he comes home,
even like Indian, he spent a fair bit of time
travelling India.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
And he goes to like Saffron and it's as good
as he reckons. Yum.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Mmm, so good.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
Anyway, lots of other messages. Get down to the infamous
Cahill's Crossing and do beer in Kakadu. There's others. There's
one from Sauce who says, hey, girls, all our days
are better than being, well, than being too bloody cold.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
We love our.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Skies and the other aspects too.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
So they're just some of the messages. And Richard in
Faro said, good morning, Katie. I heard you. I just
heard you and how your life revolves around food and
the cafes and restaurants you go to. A suggestion for you.
You must try Fresh Batch at Koolalinga. There's a bunch
of us veterans who have breakfast there every second Tuesday.
It's delicious. It's owned and managed by a veteran couple
(02:48):
who we are very proud to support. Oh, that's really nice.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's awesome to hear.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Yeah. Lots of others, but some of them I haven't
read through yet, so I just want to make sure
I don't read anything dodgy. No? One here, Katie, you're
spot on, our food scene. Dining and nightlife is second
to none. In terms of its place as part of
our lifestyle, a culinary... corroboree, if you will, flavours of
the world, making the Territory a great place to wine
(03:15):
and dine.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
It's so true. I hope the tourism mob are listening
to a culinary corroboree. What a great phrase. That is awesome.
That should definitely be taken up as a tourism slogan,
I reckon.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
That's bloody awesome.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
I think it's fantastic. One of the other things that's
been pointed out to me in the past as well
that's really wonderful about the Territory, and I think we
You know, like whether you're into Territory Day or whatever,
you know, whatever you like about the NT is that
we're sort of just, you know, a bit different. everywhere
else we're unique it's awesome just do.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Our own thing 100 it's a different flavor up here
for everything you know I just I used to love
it and I would say this to my friends when
I went to uni down south you know you walk
down the street in Sydney if you bump into someone
they don't even look twice yeah if you accidentally bump
into someone here in the in Darwin or the territory
yeah there's an apology oh hey how you going that
kind of stuff there's actually that And, you know, I
(04:13):
always say Darwin is a city with a country town feel.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
It certainly is.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
No doubt about that.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Natho's messaged and said, best kept secret, the Vernon Islands.
I've not been there.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I can't say that I have, but I don't know
if fishers think it's a best kept secret. They probably
know about it, probably.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yeah, frothing over it, you reckon?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
That might be why. It's his favourite spot.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Natho, let us know, mate.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Anyway, we'd better get to the local news. Send us
some more.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah, send us some more places and things that you
like about the NT. News today brought to you by
Motor Accidents Compensation. Have you moved to the Territory recently?
You must change or update your registration within three months.
Get NT registered today. No rego, no cover.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
NT Police is investigating a crash in which a pedestrian
was killed in Berrima overnight. Around 9.30 a report was
received of white Toyota Hilux had struck a man as
he crossed Berrima Road between the cross intersection of Moo
Street and Dennis Court. The driver stayed at the scene
and returned negative results to alcohol and drugs. Despite resuscitation
efforts by emergency services, the man died at the scene.
(05:17):
Anyone who was in the area at the time or
witnessed the crash and hasn't spoken to police is urged
to contact 131 444. Meanwhile, police believe speed may have
contributed to a three-vehicle crash at Koolalinga. Around 10.30 last night,
police received reports of a crash near a takeaway restaurant
at Koolalinga Central. Initial investigations point to a vehicle travelling
(05:39):
along the service road beside the Stuart Highway before colliding
with another vehicle as it turned onto the service road.
The impact pushed the second car into the car park
where it struck a parked vehicle. The occupants of the
first car left the scene before emergency services arrived. A
29-year-old had to be freed from the second vehicle and
taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while a 50-year-old in
(06:01):
the parked car suffered minor injuries. A short time later,
a 17-year-old boy handed himself in to police and returned
positive alcohol reading and was arrested to undergo further breath testing.
He was later released into the care of his mum.
NT police are searching for a man who allegedly stole
a cash register during an armed robbery in Berrima overnight.
(06:23):
The man is accused of entering a business in Northcrest,
armed with an edged weapon just before 9pm, where he
struck tables with the weapon several times and threatened staff.
He allegedly removed the entire cash register from the counter
before fleeing into nearby bushland. Witness statements have been provided
to police. However, the man remains on the run. And
(06:45):
that's it. What is your best kept tourism secret? The
NT government has launched a new tourism campaign called Best
Kept Season to promote the territory's off-peak tourism season. It's
the second time a campaign like this has been undertaken,
with the first campaign of its kind reaching 55 million
(07:08):
people with the government claiming it had led to a
$ 49 million investment into the economy. Territorians are being invited
to share their best-kept tourism secrets with the chance to
win a travel voucher. The competition runs until the 18th
of October. Oh, it's the worst when you can't get
your words out, hey? Got there in the end.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Happens to me often. That's why I laughed.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
I thought so, yes, exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Another message, yes, Katie and Kathleen. Darwin is brilliant for
food and many other things and people. I landed here
in the mid-1980s and I haven't looked back.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Yeah, that's it. That's such a similar story to so many.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yeah, and do you know what? Really good point too.
It is the people. It is.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I mean, how many people come and then leave and
then make their way back? And come back, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
I will say as well, something else I really enjoy
about Darwin, it's not really a tourism thing though, is
Nothing's too far to drive.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Oh, that should be promoted.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I mean, unless you're driving interstate, then it is a
bit far. Yeah, there.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
But if you're driving to sport or school or whatever.
That would be a way to promote to those Southerners,
you know, stuck on a highway, a motorway or a freeway,
whatever they are, whatever the difference is for hours. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:18):
Stuff that.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, bugger that.
Speaker 1 (08:19):
Anyway, I'll let you go, Kathleen. Thanks so much for
keeping us up to date with local news and having
a laugh. Great as always.
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