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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, Newcow's a beautiful little country right near us here
in Australia. So many of us have been there and
are devastated by what's going on in the destruction, and
a lot of Australian families trying to get out, and
some that have managed to jump on those planes and
get out of going to join us right now. Chris Salmon,
our local dad, are reunited with his wife, Marnie and
his kids yesterday. Big welcome home. You've had a terrible
(00:22):
few weeks stuck there, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yeah, it's been been pretty pretty wild, pretty wild.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
What was that like touching down yesterday, your wife, your
kids there. It must have been emotional for you.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, it was a big relief. Yeah, happy to get
happy to get home. But we've been over in Newcas
for a long time with business over there, a lot
of friends, so pretty sad to leave as well. Well.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
For a lot of us, we know the basics. What's
your take on exactly what's happening from being there and
been there obviously in the past.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I think that the main source of the troubles constitutional
change to the electoral body who's eligible to vote, and
the groups against that have really just slipped the switch,
and yeah, the level of destruction and riding and looting,
and it's just unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it.
(01:14):
I've seen pockets of protests that get a little bit chaotic,
but widespread destructions. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Through momentum now too, once it started getting bad, it
was just like, well, we may as well keep going.
The momentum of the protest.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It felt like that, like it just seemed to take
a shape and form of its own, and it's kind
of almost maybe lost a bit of control. And because
I've got a.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Friend who's new Caledonian Lowick who works at Emerald Blake's,
I think you might know him as Yeah, when I
first spoke to him about it, he was he was crying.
He's like, my country it's never going to be the
same again. So much is ruined. Cinemas and businesses and
schools all just burned. And it's already a difficult country
(02:01):
to build in when you left, what was it looking like?
And putting into perspective, a lot of Aussies have been
there now because of these cruise ships.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
It's horrible. It's such a beautiful country, full of beautiful people,
and yeah, the level of destructions just so iman it's
going to be billions and billions of dollars in repair work.
But I think more than anything, just culturally, how that
country finds a way forward to all live and work
(02:30):
together again. It's going to it's going to take a
very long time. Violence isn't the answer to this sort
of thing. In dialogue needs to be opened up and
it needs to be you know, an agreement of some
sort and call for calm some of the some of
the independentist groups and look, I don't want to go
(02:50):
to political political in the conversation, but yeah, I think
there needs to be a widespread call for call for
calm and then open up dialogue again and to the
country to try and find a pathway forward. It's a
tricky situation politically. You know, We've got friends there that
have lived and worked there for twenty plus years and
(03:13):
they still don't they're not eligible to both. So constitutionally
that is quite difficult if you can imagine that. Being Australia,
it's undemocratics, so it's quite sensitive and quite tricky. But
I just hope they find a way forward. I know
Macron's on his way to the island and setting up
(03:35):
a sort of I guess, a mission of dialogue. I
think he's got three high excite commissioners to try and
mediate some type of agreement.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Were you scared, were you shot at or did you
hear all of the explosions?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, it was a bit scary. He got stuck in
a bit of a bit of a situation on Monday
on that main route to the airport, which is a
little bit scary, and then going out into the sort
of I guess on occasion to help friends get supplies
and things. That there was some pretty yeah concerning moments
in the place looks a bit like Mad Max, but
(04:10):
where most of the Aussies were, it was fairly secure
and safe where the main hotels were so. And then
getting on the plane, Yeah, it was a big relief.
It felt like going from Mad Max to a John
Rambo movie to the stepping in the back of the Hercules.
So it was a pretty wild, surreal experience. Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Well, we're glad you're home safe and your kids are
glad to see you and your wife. Mommy, thank you
so much for joining us this morning.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
No, thanks, Chris,
Well, Newcow's a beautiful little country right near us here
in Australia. So many of us have been there and
are devastated by what's going on in the destruction, and
a lot of Australian families trying to get out, and
some that have managed to jump on those planes and
get out of going to join us right now. Chris Salmon,
our local dad, are reunited with his wife, Marnie and
his kids yesterday. Big welcome home. You've had a terrible
(00:22):
few weeks stuck there, Chris.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Yeah, it's been been pretty pretty wild, pretty wild.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
What was that like touching down yesterday, your wife, your
kids there. It must have been emotional for you.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeah, it was a big relief. Yeah, happy to get
happy to get home. But we've been over in Newcas
for a long time with business over there, a lot
of friends, so pretty sad to leave as well. Well.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
For a lot of us, we know the basics. What's
your take on exactly what's happening from being there and
been there obviously in the past.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I think that the main source of the troubles constitutional
change to the electoral body who's eligible to vote, and
the groups against that have really just slipped the switch,
and yeah, the level of destruction and riding and looting,
and it's just unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it.
(01:14):
I've seen pockets of protests that get a little bit chaotic,
but widespread destructions. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Through momentum now too, once it started getting bad, it
was just like, well, we may as well keep going.
The momentum of the protest.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It felt like that, like it just seemed to take
a shape and form of its own, and it's kind
of almost maybe lost a bit of control. And because
I've got a.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Friend who's new Caledonian Lowick who works at Emerald Blake's,
I think you might know him as Yeah, when I
first spoke to him about it, he was he was crying.
He's like, my country it's never going to be the
same again. So much is ruined. Cinemas and businesses and
schools all just burned. And it's already a difficult country
(02:01):
to build in when you left, what was it looking like?
And putting into perspective, a lot of Aussies have been
there now because of these cruise ships.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
It's horrible. It's such a beautiful country, full of beautiful people,
and yeah, the level of destructions just so iman it's
going to be billions and billions of dollars in repair work.
But I think more than anything, just culturally, how that
country finds a way forward to all live and work
(02:30):
together again. It's going to it's going to take a
very long time. Violence isn't the answer to this sort
of thing. In dialogue needs to be opened up and
it needs to be you know, an agreement of some
sort and call for calm some of the some of
the independentist groups and look, I don't want to go
(02:50):
to political political in the conversation, but yeah, I think
there needs to be a widespread call for call for
calm and then open up dialogue again and to the
country to try and find a pathway forward. It's a
tricky situation politically. You know, We've got friends there that
have lived and worked there for twenty plus years and
(03:13):
they still don't they're not eligible to both. So constitutionally
that is quite difficult if you can imagine that. Being Australia,
it's undemocratics, so it's quite sensitive and quite tricky. But
I just hope they find a way forward. I know
Macron's on his way to the island and setting up
(03:35):
a sort of I guess, a mission of dialogue. I
think he's got three high excite commissioners to try and
mediate some type of agreement.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Were you scared, were you shot at or did you
hear all of the explosions?
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, it was a bit scary. He got stuck in
a bit of a bit of a situation on Monday
on that main route to the airport, which is a
little bit scary, and then going out into the sort
of I guess on occasion to help friends get supplies
and things. That there was some pretty yeah concerning moments
in the place looks a bit like Mad Max, but
(04:10):
where most of the Aussies were, it was fairly secure
and safe where the main hotels were so. And then
getting on the plane, Yeah, it was a big relief.
It felt like going from Mad Max to a John
Rambo movie to the stepping in the back of the Hercules.
So it was a pretty wild, surreal experience. Wow.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Well, we're glad you're home safe and your kids are
glad to see you and your wife. Mommy, thank you
so much for joining us this morning.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
No, thanks, Chris,
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