For those of you who check the site regularly, will know I have been busy over the last few months. As a matter of interest I have been to every state in Australia apart from Tasmania and the NT. But I am more than happy to travel if you would like me to share my safety message with your organisation. I know - blatant plug!!

As I have traversed the country I see a wide variety of people, places and things. And as you can imagine, planes, hotels and hire cars have been a big part of my travels and whilst you might think that all of these things are the same, you would be surprised how different they can be.

For instance hiring a car and driving in Sydney, Melbourne or Perth can be totally different than hiring a car in Port Hedland and driving towards the Pilbara! The environment is totally different and therefore you have to adjust the way you drive and think.

My point here is that it is easy to get yourself into trouble if you don’t take the time to think about how these things can change.

If you drive in the city the same way you do in the country there is a greater chance that you will get hurt.

Where we work can be the same, we might become complacent thinking we have done the same job in the same place many times before, but all it takes is for one thing to change and we can get caught out and something can go wrong.

Take the time to think about what you are doing, look for little changes, and make sure you act on those changes.

I have been in Mudgee this week, working with a mine site here, it has been good to work with a site where the attitude towards safety is so positive, management on site are supporting this by including employees in their safety journey, allowing them to take part in many safety initiatives! And it seems to be working well..... Keep it up guys!