Scrub out is on Friday afternoon and it is when the whole base is fully cleaned. We get different tasks each week – last week I did the bins and this week the kitchen. The bins involves using the telehandler to carry all the dustbins to the end of station where the waste room is.

In the waste room there is a bailer for the cardboard, plastic etc. and a chipper for the glass.

The glass looks like this when it comes out

The cardboard is put in large bags and when they are full they are put in a container for storage until last call (in March/April). The garbage when it is thrown out is washed as it would really smell in the container if we didn’t 🙂

Anyways after the garbage bin excitement Tommy and I went for a great walk up a waterfall.

It was a stunning walk – with the recent snow/rain and with it being so very warm (tshirt weather) the waterfall was in full flow. We walked in the water climbing up onto the plateau above base. At some points the river gets very narrow and there are also lots of pools which would be great to swim in. We found a few places to bivvy but tonight it is meant to rain/snow so we decided not tonight. Tomorrow is christmas decoration time at the church.