Know any police officers who'd like to patrol the wide open spaces?

One of Australia's most remotely stationed police officers is set to retire after almost a decade posted in an isolated town in far south-west Queensland.

The Birdsville post has one of the harshest climates in the country and a jurisdiction roughly the size of the United Kingdom.  The jurisdiction includes the Simpson Desert.

A lot of the officer's work involves preparing tourists for travelling through the Simpson Desert.

Temperatures in the desert can reach above 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and the park is closed during summer as a result.

More ... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-18/birdsvilles-only-police-officer-to-retire/6394876


Is there hazard pay for having to deal with dingos, Tasmanian devils, sharks, snakes, spiders, vegemite, and more sharks?


If you had to deal with sharks in the Birdsville area, they'd be the human kind.

Either that, or global warming is far more advanced than we thought!


The location is probably a bit too far north for Tassie devils to survive, and vegemite's not bad once you acquire a taste for it.  oh oh



dave said:

Is there hazard pay for having to deal with dingos, Tasmanian devils, sharks, snakes, spiders, vegemite, and more sharks?

 I could deal with all the hazards other than the vegemite.  LOL



bobk said:


dave said:

Is there hazard pay for having to deal with dingos, Tasmanian devils, sharks, snakes, spiders, vegemite, and more sharks?

 I could deal with all the hazards other than the vegemite.  LOL

I don't care that five of the top ten deadliest land snakes live in Australia, but there just isn't enough hazard pay in the world to deal with vegamite. 


Use the Vegemite as boot polish. Sheesh!

cheese


You do realise it's made from beer by-products, don't you? That's why Real Men eat Vegemite for breakfast.

For marksierra:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-18/birdsvilles-only-police-officer-to-retire/6394876




spontaneous
said:

I don't care that five of the top ten deadliest land snakes live in Australia, but there just isn't enough hazard pay in the world to deal with vegamite. 

 Have you tried it, or are you just responding to innuendo and rumour?   oh oh


Variation on the story, with a bit more colour, perhaps...

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/27/the-australian-police-officer-with-a-beat-the-size-of-uk



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