My current (& ironic) workplace...

[Stix]

Well im currently working on my 3rd defense force controlled parcel of land this year...
This one is in a rural setting, and the irony is ive never driven out bush anywhere near this far without firearms, or been this long on a range i cant shoot on...

Im fitting out a training range for the army...fitting bullet resistant glass windows (that by the way are so heavy they're a 3 man lift for what is a relatively small window...!!!--but most we had only 2 guys to lift in--a real poofer valve tester...!!).

Here's a pic driving in to site...

Driving in to site-see the infrastructure in the distance.

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Looking west-first rays of direct sunlight this morning with moon...

Sunrise looking west.

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Sunrise heading into the range looking east...

Nice...

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Ok...so enough of that...here's whats being built...


More structures

Tower, amunition storage & waiting room...

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Looking down on firing bays from up in scissor lift.

Firing bays.

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Part of todays work...fitting jambs & hanging double doors with fancy mortice locks (left building)--bludy nightmare fighting the reo in the precast with a cordless rotary hammer..

More structures...

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Looking out over part of the range from up in a scissor lift.

Looking out over the range.

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Heres a view from inside one of the rooms looking out over the range through bullet resistant glass that weighed around 100kg per glass panel...

Safe view out over range.

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[wanneroo]

Nice photos.

[Oldbloke]

Yeh, nice one of the moon at first light.

[tom604]

just out of Pt Augusta?

[Stix]

Yesterday morning...

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Bit different this morning..!!!

Not so pretty this morning.

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But its just as bludy windy...!!!

Was a horrible day yesterday--40-50km winds blowing.
Had to have a lackie hold the doors all day while i hung em

He wont be a happy chappy today cos he'll have to do the same...!!

[JimTom]

Great pics mate.
In my experience, the Army is the only organisation that had the ability to make going to the range not fun.
Civilian range is way more enjoyable.

[Daddybang]

Nice photos stix!
Make sure the men in black aren't about to come thru ya window for putting photos of ADF infrastructure on a public forum
PS if we don't hear from ya we'll know what happened.. .and do nothing!!

[bigrich]

Nice office ya work in stix, I’m wondering what their gunna shoot on that range with all the protective barriers, bullet proof glass and such. Or is the average soldier that bad a shot ?

[JimTom]

Static Grenade Range, 40mm, and whatever the new 66SRAAW is called range?

[RoginaJack]

I know of a guy from the G.C. that does this work...?

[Stix]

Nice photos stix!
Make sure the men in black aren't about to come thru ya window for putting photos of ADF infrastructure on a public forum
PS if we don't hear from ya we'll know what happened.. .and do nothing!!

I hear ya daddy & thought about it also.
Ive been on other military sites where cannot take phones & you sign confidentiality agreements along with dept of defense clearances etc etc, & have had nothin of the sort here.

Ill check with the major if i see him again... but id guess he couldnt give a hoot...

[Stix]

Well this is my long range outfit on the 'bench' from firing bay one...

Long range rig.

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And i also thought id show off the saddle ring carbine at the firing bay...

Saddle ring carbine.

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Here's both of them posing together.

Long range rig & the saddle ring carbine.

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Its the closest ill get to shooting there.
Ah sorry--it really was a long day.

[Daddybang]

Happy to hear they haven't shipped ya off to a "black site" mate!!!!

[Stix]

Happy to hear they haven't shipped ya off to a "black site" mate!!!!

Why...?
Wouldnt make a difference to you...
Its not like you were comin to bail me out...

[Daddybang]

Yeah ya right I wasn't.....but in a day or two I woulda started a "Where's Stix" thread.!!

[bigrich]

Yeah ya right I wasn't.....but in a day or two I woulda started a "Where's Stix" thread.!!

[marksman]

Yeah ya right I wasn't.....but in a day or two I woulda started a "Where's Stix" thread.!!

good one

[Sergeant Hartman]

Lol. Will atleast I can say good choice of thre brand of tools, Milwaukee ftw using since 2009

Yeah nothing really constructive to add, sorry

[Stix]

Lol. Will atleast I can say good choice of thre brand of tools, Milwaukee ftw using since 2009

Yeah nothing really constructive to add, sorry

Hey grasshopper...i been using them since 2001/02 i rekon...!!

And no need to apologise for having nothing constructive to add mate--there is nothing constructive about this thread anyway...!! (well apart from the work im doing )
Glad you popped in though...!

[bigrich]

milwaukee are real good, we use them at work in the sheet metal game doing commercial air con. drills, grinders, shears, their all good. having said that i've got a cheapie ryobi "one" clutch drill that's been going great for 3 years now and it's done a lot off rivet,tek-screw work . like your office better than mine stix .freshair and all. i think i'm less likely to get snake bite at work but