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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about the bash. Mark McGill, the CEO variety, joins us because Mark, it sounds like you guys have been pouring over maps on big tables to try and work out how are you going to get this thing moving? Give it the rain we've had in large parts of the country. Good morning to.
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Speaker 2: You, Good morning boys. How are we having a birthday?
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Speaker 3: Bemberks Mark, no big deal, fifty seven whatever, Thank.
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Speaker 2: You, Pine's varieties.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true exactly, Beans, Beans, the musical fruit. We did this as a breaking at eight a few weeks ago, didn't we.
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Speaker 2: And we did with the we did with our four wheel drives, so we're we're not having a twenty twenty six hasn't been at that kind so far. But anyway, so we've had the postpone our our four wheel drive, which was going, if you recall, was going up to Gary Praiser Round. Yeah, because of our fuel supply issues. But this is a different, a different challenge in terms of our our mighty bash that was going to I guess the highlight was Birdsville. Now, you guys would be aware that between Marie and Birdsville there's a new inland Sea that without being too flippant at some points, you know, the Department of Transport saying there's roads that may not ever be opened again. So we had to make a and as it says, pivot to Piri, we had to make a call because you know, this is sort of fifteen months work that the BASH takes to develop. So that we got our skates and as you say, put the maps over the bonnot and we're taking off from Piri. The dates the same on eighth of August. So looking forward to it.
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Speaker 3: I'll tell you what like in terms of the business activity for small businesses on Air Peninsula, a lot of whom were knocked around last year by the al Will bloom and so, and they'll be pretty happy to see you all. I reckon Mark, it's enormous.
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Speaker 2: And you know with this it's not too distant memory that the drought that effect that the Air Peninsula as well. So I think from there's not a mayor or a bakery or that's not going as well, butt load. It's not going to be absolutely rubbing the hands together because the economic benefit of the BASH creates and only that from a financial perspective, but just the goodwill and the spirit of four hundred people coming into these small regional townships and cities injects a lot of money and a lot of good will. And also we do make tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of grants from our fundraising into these communities as well.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's great that you found a way to do it, Mark, and.
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Speaker 2: It's and timber, honestly. Great credit to our team, great credit to our volunteers who you know, consistently just front up and take the challenge on board. And you know we'll have to. I'm looking at the itinerary and the call to kim a couple of days in Streaky Bar. It's gonna be hard to take. Yeah, wouldn't Port Lincoln and in Cleveland and we finish in Port period.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a terrific groupe, Mark, and it's such a terrific event, raises so much money for such an important charity. Thank you for coming on, mate, and thanks guys. You're always welcome anytime, because we do anything we can to get behind Variety here on the Bricky Show. Mark McGill, the CEO of Variety, essay
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about the bash. Mark McGill, the CEO variety, joins us because Mark, it sounds like you guys have been pouring over maps on big tables to try and work out how are you going to get this thing moving? Give it the rain we've had in large parts of the country. Good morning to.
00:00:13
Speaker 2: You, Good morning boys. How are we having a birthday?
00:00:16
Speaker 3: Bemberks Mark, no big deal, fifty seven whatever, Thank.
00:00:19
Speaker 2: You, Pine's varieties.
00:00:21
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true exactly, Beans, Beans, the musical fruit. We did this as a breaking at eight a few weeks ago, didn't we.
00:00:28
Speaker 2: And we did with the we did with our four wheel drives, so we're we're not having a twenty twenty six hasn't been at that kind so far. But anyway, so we've had the postpone our our four wheel drive, which was going, if you recall, was going up to Gary Praiser Round. Yeah, because of our fuel supply issues. But this is a different, a different challenge in terms of our our mighty bash that was going to I guess the highlight was Birdsville. Now, you guys would be aware that between Marie and Birdsville there's a new inland Sea that without being too flippant at some points, you know, the Department of Transport saying there's roads that may not ever be opened again. So we had to make a and as it says, pivot to Piri, we had to make a call because you know, this is sort of fifteen months work that the BASH takes to develop. So that we got our skates and as you say, put the maps over the bonnot and we're taking off from Piri. The dates the same on eighth of August. So looking forward to it.
00:01:36
Speaker 3: I'll tell you what like in terms of the business activity for small businesses on Air Peninsula, a lot of whom were knocked around last year by the al Will bloom and so, and they'll be pretty happy to see you all. I reckon Mark, it's enormous.
00:01:50
Speaker 2: And you know with this it's not too distant memory that the drought that effect that the Air Peninsula as well. So I think from there's not a mayor or a bakery or that's not going as well, butt load. It's not going to be absolutely rubbing the hands together because the economic benefit of the BASH creates and only that from a financial perspective, but just the goodwill and the spirit of four hundred people coming into these small regional townships and cities injects a lot of money and a lot of good will. And also we do make tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of grants from our fundraising into these communities as well.
00:02:37
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's great that you found a way to do it, Mark, and.
00:02:42
Speaker 2: It's and timber, honestly. Great credit to our team, great credit to our volunteers who you know, consistently just front up and take the challenge on board. And you know we'll have to. I'm looking at the itinerary and the call to kim a couple of days in Streaky Bar. It's gonna be hard to take. Yeah, wouldn't Port Lincoln and in Cleveland and we finish in Port period.
00:03:09
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a terrific groupe, Mark, and it's such a terrific event, raises so much money for such an important charity. Thank you for coming on, mate, and thanks guys. You're always welcome anytime, because we do anything we can to get behind Variety here on the Bricky Show. Mark McGill, the CEO of Variety, essay
