Occupational Consultants Australia

Not your average deskjob… The Thursday team at Occupational Consultants started our day yesterday at the Worksafe breakfast on World Mental Health Day with presentations on implementing strategies for promoting positive mental health and proactive management of mental health in the workplace. Taking some time together with coffees and pastries is always a positive way to start to day! #OC #OccupationalConsultants #MentalHealthMatters #MentalWellbeing #PositiveMentalHealth

Not your average desk job .... We do a lot of kms and sometimes it may be a quick lunch on the run but that doesn’t mean it comes with a taste sacrifice. To avoid contention, we are not going to list establishments of repute or otherwise. Australians consume at least one meat pie a month on average. Whether you love yours with sauce, peas, cheese, onions or mushrooms – there’s nothing not to love about this lunch stop! #OC #occupationalconsultants #lunchbreak #nationaldish #burntmytongue #passthesauce #spiltabit #passthetissues 

Not your average desk job... Would be rude not to stop in... Hard not to be impressed by the scale of this venture - part playground complete with trampolines and cornhole game, part nursery with potted plants and seeds for sale, bistro with pizza oven and regional beers and frozen mango margs and all the local produce on offer. Can even duck across the road on the way out and pick up a bag of Noosa Red tomatoes. What's not to love? #OC #occupationalconsultants #worktravel #thedoonan #NoosaGetaway #visitsunshinecoast #thisisqueensland

Not your average desk job…. When you drive into Warwick it’s hard to miss this sculpture which was literally built to “stop the traffic”. It is a memorial to the relationship between horse and man. It took 14 years for the Principle artist and designer John Simpson with the support of the community to raise the funds to commence work on the sculpture. Sadly John did not make to see his work’s completion and his ashes are buried in its foundations. What a beautiful legacy that the community continued with this work. It stands a huge 15m tall and 23m wide and it is so much more than an artistic piece – a symbol of Warwick. #OC #occupationalconsultants #Warwick #SouthernDowns #ThisIsQueensland #StopTheTraffic

Not your average desk job… Not your average Sunday…. The OC team joined the other 200+ teams and almost 15,000 people who participated in the Bridge to Brisbane on the weekend. Some of us were there to beat a PB, some were running, some were walking, some were not expecting the DJ on the uphill grind nor the opera in the tunnel, others like this author, spent more time chatting then walking and others were just there for the medal and the team breakfast. It doesn’t matter – we were there! #OC #Bridge2Brisbane #Teamwork #WhyAmIUpThisEarly #CanWeStartHere #YouDroveFromGympie? #StillWaitingForThatMilkshake

Not your average desk job..... Last week was international dog day and there is one special girl in our office that needs a mention. She wore a crown all last week in her honour, some call it a cone of shame, others think she was just seeking attention but Tilly is one special lady regardless.  Anyone who visits our offices knows she is always on patrol ready to lay down her life to guard our IP or at the very least she will tear you apart for a belly rub. #OC #occupationalconsultants #internationaldogday #WhosAGoodGirl #OriginalTilly #FurryFriend #Tailwagging

Not your average desk job….. It’s the Big Apple and that can only mean one place – Stanthorpe! Why a big apple? Because all of Queensland’s apple crop is grown here. The Big Apple was built in 1978 and some of you may remember when it used to be green. It is now the colour of a Royal Gala apple and you can find it outside Vincenzo’s, a café, deli and wine bar and across the road from Sutton’s Juice Factory, Cidery & Café where you can, a little too conveniently, taste not just apple pie but cider. #OC #occupationaltherapist #Stanthorpe #granitebelt #granitebeltwinecountry #appleandgrapefestival #vincenzoscafe #suttonsfarm #justdowntheroad

Not your average desk job... Love a little living history? You really don’t need to go too far a field. In fact, we travelled to Rosewood to uncover this meat-eating Theropod from the middle-Jurassic period, a mere 165 million years ago. Fossilised footprints were uncovered in underground rocks between 1930-1990s. In one Rosewood mine a 5m track was observed, most likely formed by a walking dinosaur. This little fella can be found in Johnston Park with a nest of eggs (that the 500kg dinosaur is guarding), two baby dinosaurs and a replica of fossil footprints. #OC #worktravel #OT #OccupationalTherapists #Rosewood #DiscoverIpswich

Not your average desk job.... Need a break from the Hollywood A-listers hitting the Ekka side show alley? Why not head down to the beach? Maybe you can’t find a quiet spot up the coast and you need somewhere less hippie then Mullumbimby and less hipster then Byron – keep driving south and you’ll hit the perfect piece of paradise – exactly what we did when we came across Brunswick Heads. You’ve got a love a place where the Chambers of Commerce lists the top 101 things to do and No. 4 is go shopping at the IGA Supermarket and No. 8 is buy a book at the newsagent. Sounds like our type of humour and lack of pretentiousness. Don’t get us wrong, there’s plenty to do – fishing, swimming, surfing, paddling, Whale Watching, a wood chopping festival, sculpture walk, hiking in the nature reserve or just relaxing with good food and wine. You might want to book - Bruns is the not-so-secret holiday hotspot that doesn’t buy into its own hype. #OC #worktravel #itsatoughjobbutsomeonehastodoit #visitnsw #brunswickheads #byronshire #woodchop

Not your average desk job.... A drive a little further a field today for us as we head towards Toowoomba. Anybody familiar with the Emma Webb Building at the local hospital? On March 11, 1893 Emma Webb received Australia's first appendectomy, on her kitchen table in Toowoomba. She recovered well and they dedicated the building to her. Who'd have guessed such a small town would have held that story? Not so small, Toowoomba is the country's second largest inland city, second only to Canberra. Hold on to your hats though, predictions are T-bar will surpass Canberra and take that crown within the next 15 years. #OC #occupationalconsultants #occupationaltherapist #worktravel #qld #explorequeensland #darlingdowns #toowoomba