This week at Casey
1 October 2010
The week that was – a footy grand final, preparing the station for the summer team arrival (4 weeks to go) and a few trips off station to take in the views.
1 October 2010
24 September 2010
With only five weeks to go before the first of the two Hercules arrive at Casey with over 60 summer expeditioners, this week, work commenced on preparing the skiway with the help of station personnel. Over the next month expeditioners will be transporting equipment and fuel from station up the hill and preparing a landing strip as per the required specifications.
24 September 2010
17 September 2010
This week the team focused on commencing works on the Wilkins Operations Building project, The Law Dome Traverse team completed a very successful traverse to Law Dome to replace the AWS (Automatic Weather Station) and Rob turned another year older.
17 September 2010
10 September 2010
Time for stock take, monthly fire testing and a trip to Peterson Island, as well as a bit of fun on Wear a Wig Day.
10 September 2010
3 September 2010
On Monday we woke to a stunning sunrise which seemed to hang around for at least two hours. There is nothing better than walking to work when your surrounds - ice, snow, sky and buildings - are various shades of pink, orange and purple.
3 September 2010
27 August 2010
This week a team headed off to Browning Peninsula to repair the repeater and make a few necessary repairs to the famous Browning Hut only to discover it had lost a wrestling match with strong winds - the repeater had blown off its position and was damaged, the guy wires on the hut had snapped, the hut was off its foundations and had shifted approx one metre and the ‘Micky’ toilet had also blown over.
27 August 2010
20 August 2010
We experienced a mixture of weather this week from very calm sunny (but still very cold) days through to 92 knot winds – which makes our life here on station very interesting. This week we’re featuring plenty of scenic photos, the ‘big’ election, the opening of Ray Ray’s Skin Care Clinic, and as part of the Who’s Who on station, we’re introducing Gavan and Gary.
20 August 2010
13 August 2010
It`s been a full week for the Casey team, spectacular auroras, sunshine and blizzards, a trip to Wilkins Aerodrome, replacing canes in the field and a Search and Rescue exercise.
13 August 2010
6 August 2010
Work continues as per normal with stock-takes completed or near completed for the various trades groups, annual and monthly servicing of equipment and machinery, a spot of fishing and we celebrated Christmas in July.
6 August 2010
30 July 2010
The past week has been dominated by large snow dumps followed by still, sunny days, installation of a brat pan in the kitchen, a fire alarm accidently triggered by one of the Sparkies (not a plumber this time) – and a birthday and beach party rolled into one event. And, as part of the Who's Who on station, this week we're introducing Fitzy and Danny.
30 July 2010
