A Tour of Casey Station's RedShed, Antarctica 🇦🇺 🇦🇶

Come with us as we have a walkthrough of The RedShed at Casey Station, Antarctica 🇦🇺 🇦🇶
This building is where we spend most of our time and is the epicentre of Antarctic Life for us expeditioners.
Thankyou to Nick for the fantastic filmography and drive to make this happen, also a shoutout to our fellow housemates for their inputs and support.

[@craigbrown9029]

Cheers from Pyrmont, near the fish market.

[@horsebee1]

You have a great space to work and live in with a lot more personal space than we had at Scott Base. No such thing as a personal bedroom we had a bunk sized bed space with two people to each room and a single communal bathroom, and that was in the new base. To be fair that was 1982.

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

I had the chance to have a look at McMurdo but due to covid restrictions I wasnt able to suss out Scott Base this visit unfortunately.

[@angusking6041]

​@@thommosaussieadventures2654I was at Scott a few weeks ago and will be going back later this month. Definitely alot tighter when it comes to living situations. We have 2,4,5 and 6 man rooms the 6 man rooms are a new addition for the contractors etc. Pretty tight living conditions but it is what it is! Casey looks really nice and chill much like Scott. Got the chance to go to McMurdo when the covid restrictions lifted at Scott and fuck they have a far different culture compared to Scott

[@donutreligion2979]

It is amazing to see how well this facility can be built in such a remote location with just ice and nothing for thousands of miles and even an ocean between.

[@jameshurburgh85]

Absolutely. I'm just researching this now as I believe this is the building originally constructed by my grandfather in 1983. I'm sure it's had a lot of maintenance work, and internal reconfiguration done since then, but I suspect the structure and shell are largely unchanged.

[@mendo35]

Cool tour, looks a lot better than the UK and US bases.

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

We are certainly very lucky here!

[@jipangoo]

Waste of tax payer dollars

[@lukecarey613]

Awesome thanks for the tour. From just north of Sydney , March 2024.

[@markb7898]

Great tour, much better appointed than I was lead to believe. Not really doing it too hard.

[@MrAragorn2014]

Perfection!!

[@Ingenius1]

Thank you for this visit, I live in France and am writing a book of anticipation that takes place in Antarctica in 2084, where we follow a French man and an Australian, this visit will help me in realism

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

I would love to read your book oneday mate, best of luck with it!

[@Ingenius1]

@@thommosaussieadventures2654 ha ha thank you very much, it's a series of books and I'm on the second one, I could make you read it but it's in French xD Merry Christmas

[@Ingenius1]

book finish

[@pmiecz]

Cool tour, good to know you guys are well treated and everybody seems to be in good spirit.

[@richie4540]

We thought 26 for our year was a big group, thanks for showing us around.

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

Yeah from what I can see things just seem to get bigger every season down here.

[@ronniedavis3273]

Really appreciate a look into your station!

[@swanthequeen2144]

Amazing! Thanks for the video! ❤

[@Thorout13]

answered so many questions I had, hope to get appointed this summer, friggin excited!!!

[@Krakkel]

Nice tour thanks

[@haroldishoy2113]

Thanks for the tour, looks like a comfortable place, but a little cramped. What does Billy do down there, and Nick? Any scientific related jobs for you? What sort of other work is done at your station?

[@scottbmedic]

You mentioned about it’s set up to minimize fires. If there is a fire do you have any firefighters with equipment or are you all trained beyond just fire extinguishers? Thanks for the tour

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

We have two - three fire teams that are on duty in shifts to ensure we always have an active fire team. These people still work their normal roles but have extra fire training and the correct fire fighting gear to ensure firefighting, search and rescue and fire containment happens safely.

[@weshaydon8991]

Cheers for the memories Tommo

[@raymondrysdyk8630]

Great shit i loved the tour (:=()

[@mo-tb2sq]

35 people we had 11 over winter had whole corridor to my self over winter and the choice of 3 bath rooms did not have to clean for a wile but of work at end of year

[@__beer__]

How long ago was that?

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

Far out, that would have been a quiet winter! We are one of the biggest Casey Winters to happen here so far I think.

[@puddle-brigade]

Were they watching The Thing in the Odeon?

[@TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

What’s with the lack of shoes? Clearly health and safety isn’t a priority?? Especially walking through the Galley. But… Awesome setup. Thanks for showing us around. It reminds me a lot like being on ships where I work. Cheers.

[@swanthequeen2144]

Health and safety? Mate this is their “home” aren’t you barefoot at your home? 😅😂🙄

[@TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

No it’s not their home. It’s their work place. Clearly you don’t know this kind of work. I do.

[@__beer__]

They're Aussies mate 😆

[@TheManFromUNCLEIllya]

@@__beer__ I’m an Aussie and I work on ships. So being an Aussie changes nothing. It was more tongue in cheek than serious. But all good 👍

[@__beer__]

@@TheManFromUNCLEIllya so was I mate

[@met454]

18:14 Sassy!

[@MrPVaSoldier]

Can I work there as a foreigner?

[@MrZippola]

how do you do waste disposal?

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

We separate rubbish into certain bins, Burnable (food waste, paper and cardboard), RTA (return to Australia stuff like broken house hold goods, odds and ends that wouldn't be a biosecurity hazard to return), recycling (bottles, cans and plastics), plus scrap steel and waste oils from workshops etc are returned to Aus. We have an industrial incineration unit to burn the burnables, we put the scrap steel, recycling, RTA rubbish into containers and ship it back at Aus.

[@roachtoasties]

Where's the jail, in case someone commits murder at the station?

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

No Gaol in Aussie stations, if a serious crime was committed a person would be detained in a bedroom and if they were violent medical sedation would be administered, they would then be removed from station back to Australia as soon as possible and the Australian Federal Police would be waiting for them upon return.

[@roachtoasties]

@@thommosaussieadventures2654 Thanks. With ocean cruises I know what they do: Years ago on a cruise one of the passengers got into a fight and severely injured another. After that, I was suspicious of a room down the hall from mine, where there was always a cruise employee sitting on a chair outside. I finally asked him "is this where the prisoner is being kept." He said yes. They kept him locked in his room until the cruise was finished in San Diego.

[@mztweety1374]

I’m obsessed with Antarctica….I blame Metallica 😂😂😂

[@lisapinfold506]

Noticed the US stations are nicer than the British and Aussies ones. Not fair😢

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

Hahaha I spent some time at McMurdo, Aussie stations are certainly nicer than the US, no shared rooms, good comms, vehicles can be used for recreational activities, we have a sauna and spa, we are doing well down here all things considered! 😄

[@adamchalkley956]

Not to mention, the Aussies have a sports bar and cinema!

[@jkkj1406]

Show us what you do with the rubbish

[@danielroberts7627]

No offense, but i can hardly understand because of your accent! Lol. Great vid all the same

[@bryanf6638]

Why were you talking so loudly in the hallway when you know you needed to be quiet?

[@thommosaussieadventures2654]

Because with only 35 people on station I was able to easily check with my colleagues that filming in the building would be okay with them during sensible hours of the day.

[@kathrinepearson7528]

Great tour but, somehow it bothers me that you are barefoot.