Thread: Housing in Western Sydney

Originally Posted by MickS

Don't believe that once your tenure is up, you can green form out of there on the first bus east. You may be in for a rude shock. Depending upon staffing issues etc, it is not unusual for people to have to do their tenure 2 or 3 times before they can get out.

Positions in HWP are competitive as well. If you want to be half a chance, you need to start showing an interest in traffic enforcement sooner rather than later, so you have something to bring to the table at the time. That means start now. Try to get on their junkets...errr RTA funded operations etc etc.

I wouldn't commit financially until you know you can get a transfer.

I understand that, but thanks for the heads up Mick. I am doing my best showing an interest, do as much traffic as my time in GD's allows. Very little opportunity for time on highway related operations and even secondments to highway due to GD's staff shortages. Highway patrol spots here are competetive, which Is why im prepared to hunt outside of the command. Once my tenure is up, i'll start shopping, if it takes another 12 months or longer after that then so be it. I want a highway spot, but have no problems staying where we are If i have to wait for one.

Plenty of people have moved out after their tenure is up here, the command seems pretty good in not holding people back.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Depending where you want to work , you could always try Gosford,East Gosford,Woy Woy.
There is a train to the city which takes 1Hr 20 fast or 1 35 slow from Gosford and 15 minutes less from Woy Woy.. Tascott, springfield,Point Clare, and Narara are also OK .

Avoid at all cost Wyoming.

All these are MUCH MUCH nicer than western Sydney but you would have to work in the city , North Shore or maybe the inner west as the train goes around the west of the city and traffic congestion puts anywhere west out of contention.

Regards Philip A

The central coast is an option Phill, and one that I suppose we can explore. I have plenty of time to explore.

Go and speak to your EDO and get on as many courses as you can. But be mindful that depending upon what courses you do, your commander won't sign off on a transfer due to the fact part of his/her training budget was spent on you and then you transfer out.

RBT is the flavour of the century....that's what they want to see/hear

Originally Posted by MickS

Go and speak to your EDO and get on as many courses as you can. But be mindful that depending upon what courses you do, your commander won't sign off on a transfer due to the fact part of his/her training budget was spent on you and then you transfer out.

RBT is the flavour of the century....that's what they want to see/hear

Yeah, do as much of that as possible. Will be sending the EDO some reports shortly, the BAS course is one that I want to get done. But getting on courses here can be very difficult aswell because of the stress officers being in goulburn places on staffing GD's.

Originally Posted by Ace

Highway patrol spots here are competetive, which Is why im prepared to hunt outside of the command. Once my tenure is up, i'll start shopping, if it takes another 12 months or longer after that then so be it. I want a highway spot, but have no problems staying where we are If i have to wait for one.

You do realise that once you are HWP, we will no longer speak to you.

Originally Posted by Ace

partly due to the fact that I do not own a blue ray player.

Can I sell you one, cheap?

Originally Posted by p38arover

You do realise that once you are HWP, we will no longer speak to you.

LOL, its a risk im willing to take, and as per you other question, giving your track record im not buying any goods that have been hand selected by you

Become a cyclist at TSG or Surry Hills and get a FJR1300 to commute with. Live wherever you like.