Barra's Bits: There'll Be A Lot Of Sickies Tomorrow

Barra is back to chat about WA Day festivities and Barra has some thoughts on the public holidays. Tune in to hear his suggestions and recommendations.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Morning again, Barrah, welcome back.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
It's the day before Christmas. It's Christmas Eve. Tomorrow the
ashes starts. It's been waiting so long for it. You know,
everyone who loves cricket, or loves sport or I reckon
a lot of the state would be just so pumped
about it starting to win. There'd be a lot of
sickies tomorrow, I reckon encourage it. And not that I'm
not encouraging the sickies. But lest you were telling me

(00:24):
the public holidays being moved anyway, is it?

Speaker 1 (00:26):
See it coincides this year, doesn't it. W Way Day
Festival and the.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
The Waday Festival is being held at this time of
year because of the weather. Although w Way Day the
public holiday is in June, but I believe it's next
year or the year after or whatever. They're literally going
to change the date of the w Way Day public
holiday to make it later in the year to align
with the festival. But the thing is that seems to

(00:54):
have been forgotten is w Way Day was Foundation Day
only up until fifteen years Yeah, so, and it's observed
on the first Monday of June because that's when the
foundation was So are we now saying that we're just
doing away with that.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Well, I've got no idea. All I know is that
we will have a Test match here for the next
ten years. So I reckon the Friday. I suggest to
the government you had you had the premiere in yesterday.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Well, we have him on the phone yesterday.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, so let's ask him if we can have the
Friday public lane instead the Monday, because it's being moved
to the Monday right after. Well, that's just day three
of the Test match. That's good.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Day. We've run a coincide every year.

Speaker 3 (01:36):
No, that's right, it's not going to but yes, we
all are public holidays or a Monday. We don't have
a Friday. We do it except for Good Friday, of course.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
But I put it to the premiere. I said, well,
given that Foundation Day is back that first Monday in
June and it signifies, you know, the beginning, the beginning
of per importance. Will there be some sort of recognition
of it. I don't know whether it's a function at
Government House or something like that. Didn't really get an answer.

Speaker 3 (02:02):
No, it feels a bit like we're just sort of
doing away with it for the sake of when the
weather is most convenient people having a day off.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah, it had been diabolical a couple years in a row.
I would support the fact that they're moving it to
a more warm summary springtime time.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
But what about the actual day and what it signifies originally?
Now this is Lisa well, but this is the question
we didn't get. We didn't get a straight answer from
the premier as to weather. That is still reckonni.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
I mean, why did we change the name to w
Way Day to begin with? Was it Foundation Day a
little too confronting?

Speaker 1 (02:38):
I think it was. I think there was a level
of controversial.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Asian side of things.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
So all that comes into play. But do you still
do you not? Do you not mark that anymore? In
any way?

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Can we get back on sport?

Speaker 1 (02:53):
A very political man.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
I don't know what the answers.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
I know there's a part.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Of the community you don't like it being called Dounday
because were here.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Before that Australia Day people. That's and that was done
away with fifteen years ago. Okay.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Anyway, I know it's going to be super busy because
Waday is on, all the festivities are on around Burswood,
and also there will be forty fifty thousand at OPTAs,
So our traffic reporter will have a breakdown. She'll be crying,
she'll just I don't know how she's got public transport people.
That's my message this Thursday morning. And Uber, do not

(03:29):
surge to four hundred dollars. Uber, are you listening?

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Do not do it?

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Okay, don't be tempted to train. Yeah, catch the train,
but if you go and come on ubig drivers, don't
because have you ever done that?

Speaker 3 (03:40):
And get near the joint in the neuper anyway, you've
got to sort of go, you know, cross.

Speaker 1 (03:44):
Just jump out, get dropped off.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
That's the thing about her, because you've already paid. Can
you come and get out of it? Have you ever
done that at the lots? And she just bolted? And
guys going where you're going brilliant. But they will surge it,
they will see you anyway.

Speaker 1 (04:03):
It's going to be a very very busy weekend.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
You'll be first one.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
I seen enjoyable.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
I'm doing the news from there tomorrow night and Saturday
night and Sunday night.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
There's going to be a lot of action inside the
stadium and outside the stadium.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
Well, get along, get along. I've seen what they're doing there.
There's cooking display. Susanna's an unbelievable cook Susana car She'll
be there. Everyone else will be having a crack rick
as well, many cousins.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
It'll be good. It'll be good, all right. Enjoy w
a day, Enjoy Waday, Enjoy the ashes and barrow. We'll
catch you back again tomorrow for a look at the
weekend sport.

Speaker 2 (04:39):
Safe Territory back on Safe Territory,