G’day Everyone, So we are in the thick of winter now and have passed the winter solstice. The sun went down on the 12th of June for the last time and we all celebrated by heading up to the top of the station (Cos-ray Hill) and enjoyed some champagne and cheese as we watched theContinue reading “MAWSON MIDWINTER MADNESS: 28/06/2020”
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HAGG TRAINING: 31/05/2020
Hey Hey Everyone,So it’s been a fairly quiet and easy week. Monday night we started off down in the brewery bottling 200 litres of the latest batch of larger. About 7 of us dove in and got it all done in a couple hours after dinner. Still pretty tough lifestyle. During the week we wereContinue reading “HAGG TRAINING: 31/05/2020”
HEADSPACE PUSH-UP CHALLENGE: 26/05/2020
G’day Everyone,So this week is the last week of the push up challenge we’re all involved in raising money for HEADSPACE. We are all competing with each other as to who can do the most push ups inside the 21 days … I am currently coming 3rd having done 3126 push ups in the firstContinue reading “HEADSPACE PUSH-UP CHALLENGE: 26/05/2020”
RUMDOODLE HUT OUTING: 18/05/2020
Hey Hey!Weekend before last I finally got out for my first Jolley. Brilly, Aaron, Hamish and myself headed out to Rumdoodle Hut for the Saturday night. We didn’t really get up to much but seeing as the last time I was at Rum we were sleeping out in our bivvie bags it was nice toContinue reading “RUMDOODLE HUT OUTING: 18/05/2020”
INTERNET ISSUES: 18/05/2020
THANK YOU for your support with the Push Up Challenge. We have been experiencing Internet issues which have now been resolved. If you were trying to get onto my Push Up Challenge link and were not able to get through and you would still like to provide your support towards this worthy cause it wouldContinue reading “INTERNET ISSUES: 18/05/2020”
THE PUSH UP CHALLENGE: 11 – 21 MAY 2020
Hey there peoples,So myself and 11 others down here are getting involved with this years 21 DAY PUSH UP CHALLENGE and raising money for HEADSPACE. Each of us will be completing 3046 push ups between the 11th and 21st of May. HEADSPACE do a lot of work with youth mental health and suicide prevention andContinue reading “THE PUSH UP CHALLENGE: 11 – 21 MAY 2020”
THIS WEEK AT MAWSON: 03/05/2020
G’dayHow are things back home? So the whole ANZAC day thing down here was pretty big which was great to be apart of. It started off as a small thing originally just for us but suddenly got a lot bigger than anyone expected once the division started talking to media outlets. Our station leader MattContinue reading “THIS WEEK AT MAWSON: 03/05/2020”
ANZAC CEREMONY IN ANTARCTICA 25/4/2020
http://www.youtube.com/watch I’m second from the left.
SEA ICE IS OPEN: 19/04/2020
Hi there,The sea ice is now open for operations!! We have been given permission from head office at Kingston to start travelling on the sea ice. It was a fair process getting the approval. Usually the division won’t allow any sea ice travel until the start of May but since we’ve had really good weatherContinue reading “SEA ICE IS OPEN: 19/04/2020”
WINTER IS COMING – 01/04/2020
Hey there,Hope you’re all going well. So there’s not really been a whole lot happening down here of late but I do have a few new pics for you. Everyone is just getting settled into their routines as the initial excitement is slowly wearing off to the point it is very easy to forget thatContinue reading “WINTER IS COMING – 01/04/2020”