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Paul Lennon

Paul Lennon

Former Premier of Tasmania

Aug 5, 2026

9:55
How exactly did you achieve that?
9:57
So the, the Les Alizees came in, I think it was in around the 20th of December, loaded up, um, the first four, uh, monopiles and went out in around Christmas Day or day after Christmas Day.
10:10
So, um, and, and we got the first one in I think within a couple of days of being out at sea.
10:16
For the following eight weeks we got a further two monopiles into the, into the, into the seabed, and that was a mixture of, um, just terrible seabed conditions met out and conditions at that point.
10:28
Um, so we were, we were concerned to be honest with you in relation to just the rate of progress.
10:33
Um, but then once the weather picked up, um, and just to be honest with the professionalism of the, the, the staff on the Les Alizees and Jan de Nul and all of the work that again has gone in between the, the Inch Cape project team and, uh, Jan de Nul, um, that was a seamless activity, and we, towards the end there we were getting, um, one monopile in per day, and just with, with obviously the right weather conditions and everything.
11:01
But we, um, we...

14 MINS LATER

25:01
How have you actually managed to get to this point? [laughs]
75:40
[laughs]
75:40
But yeah, definitely look at Mount Eagle and, um, Hedley Bridge, two complete different characteristics of stages.
75:48
Um, but class stages, you know, I would, I would probably rate them, for all the stages I've done, I'd probably rate them two of my favorite stages in the country.
75:57
Like, you know, um, I done the Mount Eagle.
76:02
I done both of them three times.
76:03
I done it with David Moffett as well in 2022, albeit in reverse like, so I'm, I'm, I'm well clued into them at this stage.
76:10
But yeah, definitely even the roadbook, down to the roadbook from the club's perspective, time, you know, up to the very first stage, I was...

7 MINS LATER

83:25
I think from car one to car 161, Paul, each and every one of them, the, the level of build in them, the level of safety in them, it's just phenomenal really, isn't it?

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