Watching a commercial jet plane, and two sea planes in the air within 1km of each other revealed to me that Points is a busy little place. Not to mention the helicopter traffic. Our chopper pad is only 50m from the end of the runway and watching the plane scoot in at high speed from such a short distance is something I wouldn’t get to experience at home.
On the way to West Bear we had a safety meeting at 2200’. Certainly a different location in comparison to other meetings I have been in. We discussed slinging and it made the flight go quickly.
We absolutely nailed it today and worked hard. It was great to get the job done and packed away. We found a little field mouse which we caught and re-caught and caught again. Something to keep us occupied. It’s the little things. In a way it was good to get the job done. On the way home we traveled east a bit to see the distance to the main road. About 13kms through swampy country. The sun on the lakes through the clouds was great. 
That night I moved back to Raven camp. Matt, one of the helpers brought in some rum for Brendo so we gave it a tipple. We ended up going for a drive down to the Wollaston Landing where a barge takes cars etc. to the township of Wollaston. 
We kicked the footy on the road and had some relaxing drinks. When we got back to camp we decided to stir up the helpers. It was fun. As we were talking to them, we saw the northern light. Waves and ribbons of green traversed the sky. A group of us went out to the old core storage area away from the light. Seeing the northern lights on such a cool crisp night is a sight to behold, made better with the sighting of three shooting stars.
Ended up getting to bed on at 3:20am when it was starting to get light again was probably not the best idea on a school night, but it doesn’t matter because seeing the northern lights is fantastic. Pity my digital camera didn’t take the photos to well. (You will have to squint!!)
On the way to West Bear we had a safety meeting at 2200’. Certainly a different location in comparison to other meetings I have been in. We discussed slinging and it made the flight go quickly.
We absolutely nailed it today and worked hard. It was great to get the job done and packed away. We found a little field mouse which we caught and re-caught and caught again. Something to keep us occupied. It’s the little things. In a way it was good to get the job done. On the way home we traveled east a bit to see the distance to the main road. About 13kms through swampy country. The sun on the lakes through the clouds was great. That night I moved back to Raven camp. Matt, one of the helpers brought in some rum for Brendo so we gave it a tipple. We ended up going for a drive down to the Wollaston Landing where a barge takes cars etc. to the township of Wollaston. We kicked the footy on the road and had some relaxing drinks. When we got back to camp we decided to stir up the helpers. It was fun. As we were talking to them, we saw the northern light. Waves and ribbons of green traversed the sky. A group of us went out to the old core storage area away from the light. Seeing the northern lights on such a cool crisp night is a sight to behold, made better with the sighting of three shooting stars.Ended up getting to bed on at 3:20am when it was starting to get light again was probably not the best idea on a school night, but it doesn’t matter because seeing the northern lights is fantastic. Pity my digital camera didn’t take the photos to well. (You will have to squint!!)
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