AusIMM New Leaders Conference

Hi all,

Over the mid semester break I was fortunate enough to be sent to Kalgoorlie in WA for the AusIMM New Leaders Conference (thanks QRC).

Had to travel there on the monday, attend the conference on the tuesday and wednesday and return on the thursday night. I went with a couple of other QRC students, Justin and Andrea.

The travel over there seemed to fly by and before I knew it i was in Kal. We stayed at the Best Western, which wasn't a bad place at all. I called shotty in the double bed and so ended the monday.

On the Tuesday we started the confernce. We got there a little late only to find that our registrations had not been processed. Thankfully everthing was sorted and in we went.

The confernce itself consisted of a whole bunch of speakers on a whole bunch of different topics, all related to the mining industry. The Presentations were pretty interesting, with lots of insight.

While we were there, we met Rhett Gover from Schnieder Electric who happened to be staying at the Best Western asa well (Kal is a pretty small town). We managed to get a ride back to the hotel so that we could prepare for the welcome function at one of the pubs in town.

The welcome function was a good night, with an open bar and everyone socialising. I called it an early night but the party continued well into the wee hours of the morning.

The wednesday saw us back at the seminar, with a few of the other atendees still recovering from the welcome function. Wednesday saw similar topics covered in the presentations, and by 3 it was all over.

After the seminar we went for a look at the Super Pit, a large open cut gold mine. Supprisingly a big hole in the ground is quite a sight.

After the pit, we went to the airport and 17 hours later I was back in Mackay.

The trip was a good experience, and thanks again to QRC for sending me there!