5-minutes with 2023 Macca winter Plumber Wayne Phillips
Name: Wayne Phillips
Nicknames: Beads
Where are you From: Woodburn, Northern NSW
Previous seasons? Winter at Macca 2011/12, Mawson 2020/21 and summer at Casey 2017/18
Job title: Plumber
Describe your role in two sentences: I take care of the heating, water and waste on station.
What did you do before your joined the AAD? Working for O'Briens Plumbing and Electrical Lismore building flood recovery villages to house the displaced after the devastating floods in Northern NSW in 2022.
What is your favourite part of your job here at Macca? Knocking off
If you were not a Plumber, what would be your dream job? Movie star
How does this season at Macca compare to your previous seasons down south? I don’t like comparing
What do you like to do in your spare time? Playing darts and pool
What actor would play you in a film version of our 73st ANARE season here at Macca? Gary Sweet
What is your favourite spot here at Macca and why? Green Gorge Hut. It has a great view, right on the coast and heaps of wildlife
Favourite piece of Australian Antarctic Division kit? Huski Hi-Vis rain jacket
What is your favourite book / movie (or both) and why?
Movie – It’s a Wonderful Life
Book – AS 3500 1-4
What is your typical 'Slushy FM' genre? Do you have a particular favourite? Anything except for heavy metal, classical, pop, blues, folk, Kpop, country, screamo and rap
Describe your Macca experience with: a sight, a smell, a sound, a feeling and a taste.
Sight – Wild west coast from office window
Smell – Orange Power air freshener
Sound – Screeching sounds of Northern and Southern giant petrels above razor back lookout
Feeling – Warm and dry when its cold and wet
Taste – Monday roast dinners
Do you have a favourite quote that you’d like to leave us with?
Such is life
