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Connect - 5 March 2021
Message from the Chief Executive
Keeping boaties safe
With good weather anticipated for the next few days there’s likely to be a fair amount of boating activity on our waters over the long weekend.
Again our Marine Safety Officers will be out doing their part, checking for safety compliance, educating boaties and working to keep everyone safe. The value of this work cannot be overstated.
If you’re heading out on the water, make sure you know the safety rules around lifejackets, equipment and procedures, check the weather forecast and honour our team by setting a great example.
A Marine Safety Officer working with a member of the public.
Celebrating 50 years
Congratulations to Surveillance Officer Craig Stephenson, from our Port Augusta office, on celebrating 50 years of working with the department on February 21.
Craig started his departmental life working as a “checker” way back in 1971, and has had an enduring and positive impact through our outback roads system ever since.
As was expressed in an email to local staff, 50 years of working is impressive in itself, but working for the same business, in the same area, remotely in the outback for the majority of his career is a huge achievement.
Well done, Craig.
Craig Stephenson
Marking time for Harmony Day
Now is a good time to mark Harmony Day 2021 in your calendar, with celebrations planned both at Grenfell Street and across other areas on Friday 19 March.
The theme for this year’s departmental celebration is Harmony Begins With Connection- Racism Ends With Me.
The event will aim to connect us all through music, food and dance as well as building awareness about how each of us can stop racism through positive action.
Keep an eye on your email for more details.
Members of the Culture and Language Community of Practice team are inviting us all to celebrate.
Delivering precision solutions
Work is continuing to advance at our Adelaide High School development project despite some challenging situations on a very restrictive site that have taken considerable time and talent to address.
Last Friday a delicate task was executed to install one of two prefabricated walkway bridges which connect the existing buildings to the new Hive building. The second smaller one to be installed on Saturday 6 February.
The long 15m prefabricated bridge had to be installed by a 400 tonne crane which required careful manoeuvring to land it in a small opening between two existing buildings with not much room to spare. This was a very important project milestone and the team who thought through the issues and delivered a workable solution is to be congratulated.
The video below shows some of the work going on at the school.
Engaging on a new level
When we talk about community engagement, sometimes we don’t realise how far our team goes to help out.
When Community Engagement Officer Louise Vivian was working through emails from the public recently, she found an unusual request from a customer about a roundabout that was believed to be located on the corner of Greenhill and Portrush Roads in 1953. The query related to when it was removed.
Louise did the research and was able to help out with some relevant information but while checking it out, she discovered the below photo from 1953. Thanks for going the extra mile, Louise.
Friday Flashback
For those who remember the work put into delivering the Heysen tunnels, today is a very special day.
It was 21 years ago today that the tunnels were opened and we should all be very proud of the positive influence they have had on our city since traffic first began to flow through them.
The photo below shows how the opening was celebrated.
If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or concerns, please email them to telltony@sa.gov.au.