❓ Mr. Jacob inquires about the Indian Ocean Classic surf-lifesaving event. Dr. Hames provides details about the event, including the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series coming to Perth, public participation opportunities, and the involvement of surf-lifesaving clubs.
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SURF-LIFESAVING — INDIAN OCEAN CLASSIC
First, I acknowledge in the gallery the year 6 students from Kingsway Christian College, which is in the member for Wanneroo’s electorate and which is, indeed, my old school. This morning the minister launched the new surf-lifesaving event, the Indian Ocean Classic, that will call WA its home for the next four years. Can the minister please provide the house with some more information about this exciting event? Dr K.D. HAMES
First, I acknowledge in the gallery the year 6 students from Kingsway Christian College, which is in the member for Wanneroo’s electorate and which is, indeed, my old school. This morning the minister launched the new surf-lifesaving event, the Indian Ocean Classic, that will call WA its home for the next four years. Can the minister please provide the house with some more information about this exciting event? Dr K.D. HAMES
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Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
This morning the minister launched the new surf-lifesaving event, the Indian Ocean Classic, that will call WA its home for the next four years. Can the minister please provide the house with some more information about this exciting event? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
This morning the minister launched the new surf-lifesaving event, the Indian Ocean Classic, that will call WA its home for the next four years. Can the minister please provide the house with some more information about this exciting event? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Yes, and I have good news and bad news for the member for Ocean Reef. The good news is that the Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan Series and IronWoman Series is coming to Perth after an absence of 15 years. The bad news for the member for Ocean Reef is that it will not quite get to the beaches at Mullaloo in the member’s electorate. We will have to make it longer so that we can get the people in the member’s electorate involved as well. Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Mr P.B. Watson interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Listen; I am not the only one in this room who is developing a lack of fitness, I have noticed. This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
This really is fantastic. There are two parts to this event. One is the ironman series, which has been a classic event in Australia for years. I had the great pleasure of being with Guy Leech this morning. The member for Albany would have noticed a serious deficiency between someone who is fit and healthy and someone who is not, sadly, when I was standing next to him. He is in fine physical form, I would suggest. He is going to participate. There are two components to the event. One is the ironman classic, and he is one of the original winners of the inaugural ironman classic. He is famous throughout Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
On the Sunday of the event, which is at the end of January, there will be one of the legs. There are six legs altogether, and one of the legs will take place in Western Australia at a series of our beaches. There are four components to the event. Those involve a surf ski, a board, a swim and a run. However, on the day before, there will be a brand-new event, and it will be called the Indian Ocean Classic. That will in fact mimic the main event that is on the next day, but there is the option for mass public participation and for elite sportspeople in other areas. So we might see teams from, say, the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers competing in the event. Any member of the public will be able to compete. Not only that; people will be able to have teams. So people could have a team of four, with one participant in each leg of the event. It is excellent prize money. In fact, Guy was joking with the media today, saying that someone who is going to perform in the ironman event on the Sunday might decide to perform in the public event on the Saturday, because a first prize of $7 500 is up for grabs in that event as well. The day before, we will get all the people involved in the ironman and ironwoman event to do clinics with all our surf-lifesaving clubs along the coast to give them support and education and to make sure that they are involved. A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
A great event is coming to Western Australia. We anticipate a very large media audience. Something like a million viewers watch the ironman and ironwoman event. There is also massive participation. Western Australia has always been very good at participating in these events. We see it in the City to Surf Fun Run and we see it in the swim to Rottnest Island. I am very confident that we will have a huge turnout of Western Australians and, in fact, of people who will come from all over Australia to participate in this event. The prize money is very high compared with that of most other Australian and international events. Guy Leech said that he was very confident that elite swimmers from all over Australia would be here to compete in this event. It will be over that long weekend in January. I am very excited that this is a great event for Western Australia.
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