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I don't get what's so uncertain about destroying forests permanently so you can sell the land off to developers...? It's pretty straight forward.
$talling the proce$$ that will $ecure the future of the fore$t$ forever.
I wonder why?
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Any advice would be really appreciated on pathways and programs in the Hunter region or surrounds would be appreciated. We live in Newcastle but I could travel to Sydney or maybe Wollongong if needed. So background ahead...
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I hope you are well. I was hoping to get some advice to hopefully transition into working into a school setting. I have a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) that I completed in 2016 and a PhD (Behavioural science in relation to medicine) that I completed in 2020. Since then, I faced really horrible burn out and have fallen out of love with research. I have been focussing on my mental health since 2021 and have a gap in resume since mid-2022 where I could no longer work.
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During my undergrad, I volunteered in some schools and supported children because I wasn't sure at that stage if I wanted to pursue clinical psychology, but I life steered me down the research pathway. I found working with children in schools rewarding. However, I don't really want to do the clinical psychology pathway due to the cost and the competitiveness of the program.
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I want to be able to work in schools, perhaps as a school counsellor or supporting children. My ideal would be to support children with healthy lifestyles programs and education, but I don't know if I could make the transition easily.
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Any advice would be really appreciated.
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Definitely look at the department of ed's pathway to becoming a school psychologist - the title for someone who is solely psych trained. School counsellors have both degrees, teaching and psych, and must also be registered psychs. We are in desperate need for counsellors and psychs in the newy/Maitland region
Lots of information available via the department. A couple of links below to get you started.
Might also be worth having a chat to any independent schools near you. Catholic schools are generally more flexible around qualification requirements than public schools.
https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/explore-teaching/high-demand-teachers/school-counsellors#%3Cstrong%3EHow3
https://education.nsw.gov.au/teach-nsw/become-a-teacher/teach-for-australia-program
It could be worth posting in r/Newcastle and r/Sydney as well!
NSW has the national chaplaincy program which isn’t as religious as it sounds - you don’t have to be particularly religious or preach any religious teachings. The program supports the well-being of young people with “pastoral care” which in my experience has included everything from Friday bbq lunch to driving kids to doctor’s appointments.
Staff qualifications in my region have varied; Cert 3 Community Services, full blown retired priest, mum who homeschooled her 9 kids.
It’d be worth a look in your region.
Thanks!
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Cars are known to drive at high speed trying to escape, they get pulled back in by the gravity and end up driving in circles.
Hi everyone,
I currently live in the U.K. and I’m looking at moving across to the Sydney area to work as an engineering geologist. I’m looking for any advice on living in/around Sydney/Bathurst, and also any advice about work as an engineering geologist and geology in the area if you happen to work on the industry.
I’m looking at a wage of around 95k plus bonuses and will often be fifo 10:4, or two weeks on one week off. Is this wage good enough to live comfortably and maybe even save a bit? Thanks in advance
Australia is a big place with lots of valuable rocks lying around everywhere! Why limit yourself to Sydney? Contact one of the big mining companies and you could easily triple that money on a contract not too far from a bid city. E.G. Cadia Gold mine
If you can live in Bathurst you will be comfortable on that. Sydney would be a stretch. Particularly if you have a partner to support or want a place on your own.
You should be able to live comfortably on outer newcastle/central coast depending on what place you get. Avoid Sydney though because it’s absurdly expensive down there. Can’t speak of Bathurst as I have no experience of there.
How much experience do you have?
Hey mate, I work for Geotechnical Consultants in Sydney, $90,000 for 4 days M2T, 8 till 4, no overtime or bonuses, definitely NOT enough to live comfortably in my area (Manly) with 2 kids, luckily the missus has her own business which covers the large gap!
You should definitely look at exploration work, there's plenty going on at the moment with some real well paid gigs, short and long term.
As mentioned by others mines are always looking for good Geo's and would normally pay better than what your being offered. 'Newcrest Cadia' is in Orange which is just down the road from Bathurst, huge operation with a good team of geologists.
Side Note: Sydney is a big place with so many different elements, city, beach, bush, river, mountains, shit hole areas! they make Sydney what it is, which is a great place in general, some are expensive, some are really expensive and some are cheaper, general rule, after the city the further west you go, the cheaper things get and the people and places are more Australian. Good luck brother,
I will be on my own so maybe would be okay. How much more would I need to live comfortably in Sydney would you say?
Thanks!
Around 4 years, split between working for a ground investigation contractor and consultancy. Worked on large to small GI and undertook basic geotech recommendations in feasibility studies along with some in depth contamination assessments
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I think last week someone got swept-off the rock pool and into the sea in Kiama, near the lighthouse. Surfers found the person but sadly they drowned.
FYI #60minutes and #theage
Silicosis ain’t new! In NSW the 1st inquiry into workers conditions resulting in silicosis took place in 1902. What more evidence is required of the bullshit inaction replicated by multiple governments over the past 120 years?
Yair this has been recognised for years and stone masons rarely suffer these days. however, this is an entirely new cause Manufactured stone and power tools! Wielded by apprentice Chippies so someone's kitchen will look, Schmick! And it's happening at a rate far deadlier than ever!
Devastating.. my dad died of silicosis and it's just a dreadful disease. Hoping the young ones are masking up. Surely this can't still keep happening... do u know if there's anything we can do?
I'm working at a construction site now. Had to down tools yesterday as they have a labourer with an angle grinder grinding metal edging from joins in a slab where I was mounting cameras . Ridiculous amounts of super fine dust and not a mask in sight. Wonder how many times he has done it.
As with just about everything, we solved it Decades, Centuries and Thousands of years ago.... and yet we are here today still squabling over stupid shit.
Great share, thanks.
My younger brother has a terminal case of Silicosis. He used to be covered in silica dust evey day going home from work. My brother has been told he has maybe 3 years left. My anger that is was even allowed to happen is unfathomable.
I don't get it hey. I do a lot of work around concrete and use the appropriate dust extraction... it's not even expensive!
The vac cost me $1000 and a new filter every month costs $30
Only time it got a bit how ya going was during covid when my standing yearly order of 300 n95 masks rocked up and I was walking out of bunnings getting absolute daggers stared at me
>Surely this can't still keep happening... do u know if there's anything we can do?
Not buy engineered stone products which are modified on site using dry cutting methods and without proper ppe.
Happens all the time because it's been badly measured, will just take a minute to fix etc.
I am really so sorry to hear that. I can’t imagine what you and your family are going through
Hopefully people get what they need to move to safer areas
I have recently rented a whole property, and ever since I signed the lease, I couldn’t find a way to contact my agent. I tried emailing them first, then texting, then calling, but they never answered me.
The only times I heard back from them were to inform me that they forgot to tell me that subletting the property will cost money, so now as I’m having a new tenant joining me, I have to pay for the fee (this was never mentioned when I was signing the lease)
I have a lot of questions about this, and need them to give me a proper explanation, but never got any response back. As title, am I being too paranoid about this, or are they really acting suspicious?
My agent is totally useless at replying too, takes weeks of pestering to get a response. Seems like being a dickhead is a job requirement.
Is the fee for subletting in the lease agreement? If not I'd tell them you're not paying it because it wasn't agreed upon before you signed the lease.
If it is... err you might be out of luck.
it sounds like they don't give a fuck about you unless it can make them money
tldr keep notes on every interaction, attempted or successful, and talk to fair trading and explain what is happening
Great! If they're not contactable, send an email saying you decided not to have another tenant move in, then have them move in anyway. If the agent isn't speaking with you they'll never find out
Also subletting is actually when you as the tenant lease the property to someone else, not when you have someone move in with you. Unless it's specifically stated in the lease that you need to do certain things to have another tenant join you, you don't need to do anything they ask.
Hi. I'm thinking about doing a road trip from Sydney to Cobar stopping at Orange and Dubbo. I've read that I may need a 4WD for the unsealed roads in and around Cobar but no major car hire company will let you drive their 4WDs on unsealed roads, even though they're 4WDs. I'm looking for reputable companies that rent out such equipment at a reasonable price and let you drive off-road.
I'm also considering some underbody protection. Is it a bit exaggerating? I don't know where I'll be driving once I reach the outback, apart from the Mitchell and Barrier Highways but do I really need this? It'll take me 2-3 days to get there, so I might start exploring around. I haven't finalised the itinerary yet but I'm thinking of doing a lap and returning to Sydney through Hillston.
To think that a few weeks ago, I was asking about whether I can survive a solo drive to Broken Hill from Adelaide, yet, I'm not daring to try the drive from Cobar to Broken Hill.
I've just come back from Cobar. Most of the roads on the major thoroughfares are sealed. But lots of them haven't been reoaired after the floods last year. You'll be ok without a 4 x 4, but you'll want a solid vehicle with decent clearance. Don't take your Lancer or Mazda 3. The dirt roads are damaged and rutted and you won't want to be going too fast unless you know the area. The sealed roads are just as bad.
Hiring a 4 x 4 to take off road is going to be insanely expensive, even if you can find someone to hire to you. You could try hiring a mine spec vehicle from a specialist hire place.
The drive out there is tedious. There's nothing to look at, and you have to dodge feral goats and pigs, kangaroos, emus, wombats, trucks, car-swallowing potholes and goannas with horrible attitudes. I'm a bit jaded because I hate doing that drive, so I want to turn you off completely. You just need to be careful, take water, extra fuel and plenty of snacks.
The roads are all sealed (I live in Cobar) so you won’t need a 4WD. Kidman Way to the South (Hillston) is back open. The road between Dubbo and Narromine is shit but there are roadworks happening currently.
Cobar to BH is not actually that far, about four and a half hours then from BH to Adelaide another 5 and a half. It’s pretty much a straight road from Dubbo to BH, very monotonous but great if you haven’t t been out this way before!
Bloody hot out here at the minute to!
Safe travels and enjoy the Outback!
If you stick to the roads you'll be sweet. Pretty much any road going anywhere has been at the very least graded, most will be sealed. The only reason you'd need a 4wd is for ground clearance as there's some pretty gnarly pot holes, but really any car would do. I recently hired a hybrid rav 4 from hertz over in WA and that did everything I needed it to and it was great on fuel. It did have AWD but i never felt the need to engage it.
I've got a dual cab ute and have literally never used 4wd on it to commute anywhere when I'm going from town to town or to a major attraction, basically just getting used when I act like a child around the fire trails and state forests.
The key phrase here is using common sense. Yes you can drive on unsealed roads around Cobar in a non 4 x 4. I did it for years.
As for now, you can get to Louth and Tilpa, though be careful of the sand on the 52 Mile Rd, particularly at the Highway end (if you are going to Tilpa)
The Tilpa/Louth Rd on the western side of the river is open, but it is a bit rough apparently. The Tilpa to Wilcannia road on the western side of the river is closed
Seriously it’s not scary, just be aware of surroundings. Simple! Who knows you may even enjoy it ;)
The Barrier Highway is sealed the entire way. Your only going to come across an unsealed road if you head off the beaten track.
Unless things have changed a lot, you’re fine driving on most unsealed roads in 4x4s from the major hire places.
Send me a message, if you're coming through my neck of the woods I can show around my little patch.
Lived out there for a few years and only had a commodore. Anything worth seeing is pretty accessible.
The drives in any direction from Cobar are a whole lot of nothing. I'd be tempted to consider something like Sydney to Adelaide through Broken Hill, leave the rental at the far end and fly home.