Figured it might be time for another update. Don’t know if I’m going to manage to write something every day but hey, I’ll give it a shot. Tell you one thing, it’s a very strange feeling not having a dozen things waiting to be done. No vehicles to work on, no trains to work on (yet), nothing to fix... nothing to construct... it’s totally not like me that’s for sure.
It’s getting to the point I’m tempted to go and work on the broken discovery at work for fun... there’s a TD5 with turbo and overheating issues (sounds like the poor thing has been abused) and a 3.9 V8 that was rolled... apparently it was driven back to work like that, so it might not be all bad.
There’s a V8 classic rangie here too, apparently only one guy can get it to start for him... I’m keen to have a closer look when I get a chance too. The boss has got a real mint condition classic rangie, very impressive vehicle actually.
Well, spent another day back at school today. Pretty similar to NZ schools from what I can tell. I think they don’t start until they are 6 or something though, however I’m not 100% sure on that. Pretty much finished as much of the job as we can for now, still awaiting parts which is a bit of a problem, but what can you do?
No points for guessing what day it is tomorrow.... Yes folks, it’s Australia day! To us mere mortals that means a day off work, to the Australians it’s one of the big patriotic events of the year. I’ve bought some cheap auzzie memorabilia so be warned, it might be heading across the ditch in a mail bag soon enough.
I’m very tempted to wear my “Go NZ” All blacks/silver fern top at the auzzie day BBQ tomorrow... so if your blog update over the next few days looks like swiss cheese I’m probably full of shotgun pellets.
Saw a Kookaburra today! First real live wild Kookaburra I’ve ever come across. Got a bit of a pic, pretty pathetic though. I need to get a camera with some optical zoom. Mind you, I probably wouldn’t have been carrying it with me on the job today anyhow. The Kookaburras a pretty cool bird, wish we had them back home.
Well it certainly didn’t take long to get into the swing of things here... Don’t get me wrong, there’s still heaps to find out about how they do stuff, but there’s pretty much work to be done all the time now so I’m already starting to get a backlog. I guess at least this way when it is quiet there’s still work to do.
Looks like I’m heading out to Dawson mine next week, not sure what the internet coverage is like out there but I hear it does exist in places. One week with another guy, then I make the call if I’m confident to handle the next round on my own for a week. Should be interesting, they have been getting in excess of 40 degrees out there. They are all pretty sun wise, sunblock/hats are all provided, as are water bottles. You can’t go drinking any old water on a mine, as most of it is actually acid. You have to look for “potable water” signs.
The mine vehicles are all rusting away, due to the acidic water. It just gets everywhere, it will be the death knell for most of them. You don’t have to worry about WOFs over here though, as long as your vehicle is “roadworthy” that’s it. They occasionally conduct spot checks and check basic things, but it’s not a 6 monthly requirement.
Righto, I think that’s about it for now, I might go and hunt down some tucker.
TTFN
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