Well, I am back at work now in a new job and I was thinking as an executive in this agency I might do less travel. Well it is not international but I am travelling. Since returning from Perth I have had to make 3 mine visits. two have involved overnight stays and the third was a lot of driving. One involved a 60 minute flight to a mine I had not seen before and that was interesting. We arrived at sunset and as this is the dry seaason the sky was brilliant orange as we headed off into the mine village for induction and dinner. Then a day's work before flying back to Darwin in the late afternoon.
The other two mines so far have been sites I was familiar with from my 17 years working here before I went off to Vienna in 2004.
When we are on these missions we may be conducting audits against environmental criteria, carrying out routine inspections or, more rarely, investigating accidents and incidents. So there will be no details here as we could be collecting evidence.
Another mine trip will be coming up before long I am sure................... watch this space
Another year for the travelling and ageing mining and environment adviser
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
June 7-10: Perth - and a new car!
No, not Scotland but a domestic flight to Western Australia for the Annual Uranium Mining Conference of the AusIMM. A chance to catch up with the latest developments in the industry and meet up with a lot of old friends and former colleagues. Most people seemed to be aware of my new job and there were lots of well-wishers which was very flattering.
The weather was great, if a little colder than Darwin in the morning, but the afternoons were glorious and the sunsets almost as good as Darwin. The flights were both with QANTAS and went OK.
The big news was that whilst I was in Perth my son Michael and his girlfriend were driving my new car up from Armidale, NSW to Darwin - about 3500km. They took 3.5 days and arrived 6 pm Friday after I was back. A quick beer to watch sunset at the Darwin Sailing Club where I have been able to resurrect my membership; then a superb dinner at Char Restaurant before putting them on the 0045 flight to Sydney! M had to get back to work and a big party and Billie was in a netball tournament in Sydney going straight from the airport to the first match!
Michael caught a flight to Port Mcquarie and then flew a Cessna 310 up to Armidale with the owner (the guy who sold me the car!)
All in all a very busy week
The weather was great, if a little colder than Darwin in the morning, but the afternoons were glorious and the sunsets almost as good as Darwin. The flights were both with QANTAS and went OK.
The big news was that whilst I was in Perth my son Michael and his girlfriend were driving my new car up from Armidale, NSW to Darwin - about 3500km. They took 3.5 days and arrived 6 pm Friday after I was back. A quick beer to watch sunset at the Darwin Sailing Club where I have been able to resurrect my membership; then a superb dinner at Char Restaurant before putting them on the 0045 flight to Sydney! M had to get back to work and a big party and Billie was in a netball tournament in Sydney going straight from the airport to the first match!
Michael caught a flight to Port Mcquarie and then flew a Cessna 310 up to Armidale with the owner (the guy who sold me the car!)
All in all a very busy week
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