Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

like you muzza, couldn't wait to get outta school(14) to see the wide world.
Got a job as a fibreglass laminator, built boats and boards, until driving to sydney where I found photographic waste(xray films,dental amalgam,silver oxide batt's etc.) had silver which could be recycled. Travelled the eastcoast met heaps of nice crew, came back to WA and got involved in concrete been there ever since,now polishing concrete.
Have 3 daughters and 1 grandson.Trying to become selfsufficent and share knowlege with others and learn from them.

I spent 20 years in the RAAF fixing Hercules and F111 engines before moving into IT as a developer. So now I cut code for an Electricity company - go Broncos - trying to learn enough at TAFE and other places so I can eventually live sustainably.

I have a 300 acre property in SW QLD that I'm just itching to retire to. I look at aquaponics as a means to grow food in areas where the soil is poor but I also realise that water is essential so drought proofing is another area I'm interested in.

cheers

I worked for QLD Railways as a Porter and then Engine Cleaner. I then did an Associate Diploma in Computer Engineering. Have worked in the public service for 12 years with 4 years break building and running an small ISP. Back in the PS again as Computer Programer.

Also have a Private Pilots Licence and also cant afford the cost of flying. Amateur Radio is also a hobby callsign VK4LW.

I am a college student, 2 or 3 more years to go. I am majoring in fisheries. When I finish this degree I might go for a masters degree but what I really want to do is go to a third world country and do mission work teaching impoverished people how to grow fish.
I am new to aquaponics and I am hoping to set up a small scale system in my basement.

Very honourable of you.
Trox

basements they seem to be a main stay of the USA home. wish more houses had them here..........would make me feel more at home as a mad professor type! All the cool people had them, like the dude from sliders

My basement is so well used my visitors often look therre before knocking the door. I had to dig down an extra foot so I can stand up down there.

We have a nice mix of expertise and experience here now, should be able to solve a myriad of problems with the collective heads. Nice!

Well for the past 14 years i have been a student, Currently i Am studying Aquaculture (cert 4) at TAFE. Done a couple of things as well during this time (eg work) but nothing substantial

this is a really interesting thread. I've really enjoyed reading about people's backgrounds

I did an Associate Diploma in Aquatic Resource Management (water quality and aquaculture), then I did a BSc in Environmental Studies.
I was going to do my Honours, but my mum got very sick and I took time off (also didn't like my project...)
This time included a few different jobs, selling sewing machines and craft items, analysing machine oils, lab tech at Reef HQ (coral reef aquarium), zoo keeper (croc wrangler, koala cuddler), environmental officer, safety officer, water quality tester, team leader for Conservation Volunteers Australia, local magazine editor, volunteer coordinator for different organisations....

Also got married, had two children, caught the aquaponics bug.

The current deal with Axl is that when both kids are at school, I'll go back to paid work (two more years). We are classing the set-up of the AP system as my job at home

Thanks for reviving this thread Jaymie, I dont think I've seen it before and found it interesting reading.
I started off as a forklift driver/storeman before going to uni and becoming a nurse. After I stint in England I came back to study Mental Health Nursing, and now work as a consultant MHN in a large public hospital emergency department.

I am am a Mum, have two great boys and equally great husband. I did a degree in Applied Science, Environmental Management. Worked at a tip in Hobart, salvaging stuff for the Tip Shop (how I'd love to be there now!). Worked in a nursing home, did some voluntary stuff. Did a Dip Ed. taught sec school for one semester too many, (I was only there for 1 sem!) one of the subjects was ag/hort. Had babies ....

I am single, enjoy long walks on the beach and having candle lit dinners........ sorry!!!

I currently work in IT at a Secondary College. I have a Diploma of Electronic Engineering under my belt so far. I am at Murdoch UNI completing a Bachelor in Engineering Technology. I will switch to Bachelor of Engineering if I decide to do the AirForce next year. Either way I want to branch out into renewable energy/sustainability.

Greetings aquaponicians ??
Great Thread very interesting

Heres a bit about me

i grew up on a farm about 100k east of perth where i followed in my dads footsteps and became a shearer, after finaly coming to my senses about 6 yrs later i moved to perth to study IT specificaly network admin Meeting my now Wife in a Yahoo Chat room as i was trying to teach my self to type

my wife finished her teaching degree after we had moved out togther and some how didnt get a Job so i had to go back shearing for a while but thankfully now im working as a trade assistant (read aprentice) for my father in law who runs a industrial water treament company in perth

we mostly service Hosptals and Uni's with a few factorys and untill next week or there abouts boddington gold mine. Ive been doin this for just over a year now and am FINALY starting to get my head around it

Im currently studying at middland TAFE doing a part time machining course which is really lots of fun

the Wife (her names Ali ) and I had a lil bub (her names Tori ) middle of last year so am on that very steep learnign curve that is parenthood.

the house we are living is on the market thus am not able to start with any AP stuff yet so am using this opertunity to learn lots and lots till we move into a house that my mum owns in midland hopefully before july

there is more to me than that but it will have to do for now

Cheers
Pete

I started out as an auto mechanic (apprentice), then went on to heavy duty (tractors etc).
Then did a year and 1/2 for telstra in the camping parties working all over w.a.
I worked on a station down south for a couple of years and then came to Kal to work on the mines,did that for awhile and gave it up as a bad joke.
Now I'm a sales rep for Professionals doing all the commercial/industrial/business sales and leasing.

Currently I manage a Caltex Servo, but I have an Assoc. Dip. in Applied Science.(Tropical Ag) I worked as afarmhand on a cane farm for about a year before giving it up to start a career in Roadhouse Cookery. Lived on a mango farm from age 4 until a couple of years ago.
so what she grows.......I'll cook!