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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, it is an incredibly busy morning. It's twenty eight
minutes after nine o'clock and a real change of pace
right now. But I know it's a story that you
all want to know about. And the Nightcliff Jetty is
going to reopen for the final two weeks of the
June July school holidays following community concern over the timing
of upgrade works. Now Avant joined us on the show
(00:20):
a couple of weeks ago, or it might have even
been last week to talk about this, and we know
that the Northern Territory government have now confirmed that the jetty,
including access to the Jetti Head, is going to reopen
from the twenty ninth to the tenth of July as
I understand it. But joining me on the line to
talk more about this is the CEO of the Amateur
(00:42):
Fishermen's Association of the Northern Territory, David Chiovolo. Good morning
to you, David.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah, good morning Katie, and good morning to you listen.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Great to have you on the show. And David seems
like a bit of common sense talk us through this decision.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, look, Katie, I have to say we're very pleased
about this as we spoke last time when we first
heard about with relatively short notice about the works commencing,
which are important works, that it was being scheduled at
the busiest time of the year and particularly over the
school holidays, where we know there's so much demand from
families and kids to be able to get out there
(01:18):
and fish safely, and the Nightcliff JETI is an a
one destination for that. So we're really pleased after engaging
with the department, the project manager, the contractors and the
Minister Bill Yan that we have a really sensible compromise
to get the Jedi open to the last two weeks
of the school holidays.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So Mate, how much pressure did you have to apply
or was it just simply a conversation between two blogs
that like fishing to say, look, these are the concerns
that people have got.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Oh look, I think sometimes when planning these kinds of works,
and you know, bearing in mind maybe sometimes that the
people who are managing a project maybe are not always fishes,
although many of us have caused arfishes. It's about really
making sure that I guess the impacts and the realities
of the situation are known, and then engaging in good
(02:09):
faith to say well, how can we support the works
to continue but also not end up impacting the major
user group at the peak time when you know, this
infrastructure really comes into its own. So it's been a
constructive conversation, but it does take a bit of time
and a bit of to and fro. But I've been
really happy with the constructive nature of the engagement.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Now, what do you reckon? You know, what do you
think the reaction is going to be from the public.
I mean, people just wanted to make sure, really like
over that school holiday period, that that you know, the
kids and adults, everybody would be able to you know,
to be able to access the jetty.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Oh look, the reach of our post and we let
people know about it was actually huge. We had hundreds
of reactions and thousands of interactions and there's a lot
of interest in it. So I think people are certainly
welcoming the news. We've been contacted by lots of people
(03:07):
sort are saying, well, how did this happen and why
did it happen. I think it's been a bit of
a learning experience for everybody involved. But the most important
thing is is that the repairs to the jetty, which
are really important for the longevity of the jetty and
improved amenity will go ahead, but we're also going to
have improved access during the school holidays. And we know
(03:28):
there's unprecedented demands for land based fishing at the moment
due to cost of living pressures and also just a
real sturge in people remembering and realizing and experiencing how
great our fishing is off of the coast.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yeah, hey, tell me just in terms of and I
know you sort of touched on this, but just in
terms of the boat ramp car park, what's the like,
what's going to be the situation with that.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah. So one of the things we did mention in
our update to the community was there was an an
unforecast closure of the boat ramp car park at night lift.
I got called out there early in the week and
met with some fishes who pretty well had to walk
a bit of about a kilometer where they've parked their
boat trailer in a side street because there was no
(04:11):
way to park their boat. There were some important works
that were being done by the contractors. We spoke with
them and they told us that they hope to wrap
up work up by today, and so we'll go down
there and verify it, but it looks like certainly for
the weekend and heading forward, the boat ramp car park
(04:31):
will be open again. And what we've asked both the
Department and the contractors to do is that if they
do need to close it for any reason, to give
us advanced warning so we can let the community know,
because it's a great boat ramp when the weather's good
to be able to really just blast out from there,
and there's some good fishing out in the harbor and
beyond at the moment.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Now, what else should we know about any other important
bits and pieces about this project or anything cracking for
the weekend when it comes to fishing around the place.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Oh look, Katie, I think it's a really important time.
I just want to let people know that we are
engaged with the Department of Infrastructure and Logistics on a
range of infrastructure issues. As you can imagine after a
huge wet season, there are a lot of priorities. Some
(05:22):
of them have been emergency priorities, so we're liaising with
the Department around things like the East arm Pontoon, checking
in when that's happening, some repairs at the Palmerston Boat Ramp,
the grading of roads like out the Saltwater Arm and
so I just encourage people to keep engage with us
on our Facebook or sign up for our newsletter. But
(05:42):
just bear in mind that it has been a challenging
season for the department to get on top of everything,
but we are following up on all those things to
try to get as much open for the dry season
as we possibly can.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Well, David Chirovolo, it's always good to catch up with
you and good to hear that we've got a common
bit of common sense in this space. I really appreciate
your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Thanks Katie,
Well, it is an incredibly busy morning. It's twenty eight
minutes after nine o'clock and a real change of pace
right now. But I know it's a story that you
all want to know about. And the Nightcliff Jetty is
going to reopen for the final two weeks of the
June July school holidays following community concern over the timing
of upgrade works. Now Avant joined us on the show
(00:20):
a couple of weeks ago, or it might have even
been last week to talk about this, and we know
that the Northern Territory government have now confirmed that the jetty,
including access to the Jetti Head, is going to reopen
from the twenty ninth to the tenth of July as
I understand it. But joining me on the line to
talk more about this is the CEO of the Amateur
(00:42):
Fishermen's Association of the Northern Territory, David Chiovolo. Good morning
to you, David.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah, good morning Katie, and good morning to you listen.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Great to have you on the show. And David seems
like a bit of common sense talk us through this decision.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, look, Katie, I have to say we're very pleased
about this as we spoke last time when we first
heard about with relatively short notice about the works commencing,
which are important works, that it was being scheduled at
the busiest time of the year and particularly over the
school holidays, where we know there's so much demand from
families and kids to be able to get out there
(01:18):
and fish safely, and the Nightcliff JETI is an a
one destination for that. So we're really pleased after engaging
with the department, the project manager, the contractors and the
Minister Bill Yan that we have a really sensible compromise
to get the Jedi open to the last two weeks
of the school holidays.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
So Mate, how much pressure did you have to apply
or was it just simply a conversation between two blogs
that like fishing to say, look, these are the concerns
that people have got.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Oh look, I think sometimes when planning these kinds of works,
and you know, bearing in mind maybe sometimes that the
people who are managing a project maybe are not always fishes,
although many of us have caused arfishes. It's about really
making sure that I guess the impacts and the realities
of the situation are known, and then engaging in good
(02:09):
faith to say well, how can we support the works
to continue but also not end up impacting the major
user group at the peak time when you know, this
infrastructure really comes into its own. So it's been a
constructive conversation, but it does take a bit of time
and a bit of to and fro. But I've been
really happy with the constructive nature of the engagement.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Now, what do you reckon? You know, what do you
think the reaction is going to be from the public.
I mean, people just wanted to make sure, really like
over that school holiday period, that that you know, the
kids and adults, everybody would be able to you know,
to be able to access the jetty.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Oh look, the reach of our post and we let
people know about it was actually huge. We had hundreds
of reactions and thousands of interactions and there's a lot
of interest in it. So I think people are certainly
welcoming the news. We've been contacted by lots of people
(03:07):
sort are saying, well, how did this happen and why
did it happen. I think it's been a bit of
a learning experience for everybody involved. But the most important
thing is is that the repairs to the jetty, which
are really important for the longevity of the jetty and
improved amenity will go ahead, but we're also going to
have improved access during the school holidays. And we know
(03:28):
there's unprecedented demands for land based fishing at the moment
due to cost of living pressures and also just a
real sturge in people remembering and realizing and experiencing how
great our fishing is off of the coast.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yeah, hey, tell me just in terms of and I
know you sort of touched on this, but just in
terms of the boat ramp car park, what's the like,
what's going to be the situation with that.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah. So one of the things we did mention in
our update to the community was there was an an
unforecast closure of the boat ramp car park at night lift.
I got called out there early in the week and
met with some fishes who pretty well had to walk
a bit of about a kilometer where they've parked their
boat trailer in a side street because there was no
(04:11):
way to park their boat. There were some important works
that were being done by the contractors. We spoke with
them and they told us that they hope to wrap
up work up by today, and so we'll go down
there and verify it, but it looks like certainly for
the weekend and heading forward, the boat ramp car park
(04:31):
will be open again. And what we've asked both the
Department and the contractors to do is that if they
do need to close it for any reason, to give
us advanced warning so we can let the community know,
because it's a great boat ramp when the weather's good
to be able to really just blast out from there,
and there's some good fishing out in the harbor and
beyond at the moment.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Now, what else should we know about any other important
bits and pieces about this project or anything cracking for
the weekend when it comes to fishing around the place.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Oh look, Katie, I think it's a really important time.
I just want to let people know that we are
engaged with the Department of Infrastructure and Logistics on a
range of infrastructure issues. As you can imagine after a
huge wet season, there are a lot of priorities. Some
(05:22):
of them have been emergency priorities, so we're liaising with
the Department around things like the East arm Pontoon, checking
in when that's happening, some repairs at the Palmerston Boat Ramp,
the grading of roads like out the Saltwater Arm and
so I just encourage people to keep engage with us
on our Facebook or sign up for our newsletter. But
(05:42):
just bear in mind that it has been a challenging
season for the department to get on top of everything,
but we are following up on all those things to
try to get as much open for the dry season
as we possibly can.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Well, David Chirovolo, it's always good to catch up with
you and good to hear that we've got a common
bit of common sense in this space. I really appreciate
your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Thanks Katie,
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