Well, I've finally got a few spare minutes to construct a bit of an update for you all. As you probably gathered we have all been fairly busy this week. Plenty of work on, that's for sure.
Being Easter week, there is a harbour festival on here, which is kind of like the Caroline bay carnival at Christmas time in Timaru. I think. Because unfortunately as of yet I haven't managed to get down there yet... possibly will go and have a look tomorrow.
I've been on call this week again, not quite as quiet as last time I'm afraid. The first call was to a site 2.5 hours away, they told me it was a certain model with a certain switch, and all I would have to do is go there and change the switch. I had already done one previously so I thought it sounded plausible. So I drove 2.5 hours to the site, finally managed to locate it, as I had not been down that way before, and I logged on and had a look at the fault. I found that the unit was an earlier model than the one everyone thought, and didn't even have the magical switch. So... on the phone to Melbourne to order a swap out part. Yes, righto, that part will be with you... at 1:15 in the morning sir. Now, you are at the telephone exchange in Melbourne are you not? No indeed I am not... long story short I finally managed to get it through their heads to send it to Gladstone. Obviously the kiwi accent didn't help, as it arrived in the morning addressed to "Nexons"... not quite Nixons.
However, got in the truck, and drove the 250 kms back to the site, swapped out the part, and drove home again. A job like that is pretty much a day over, so that was Tuesday over. Got a call on Tuesday night... to another similar fault, on a site about half an hour further away than the one I had just got back from. This time they told me that I would definitely require spares, so to standby and wait until they arrived the next day.
So, Wednesday arrived, as did the spare part. It looked pretty right so I drove the three hours to the site, logged on, and compared the details on the old and new units... to find that they were completely different frequencies. Great. Back on the phone... oh yup, sorry about that, we will get a new one out to you ASAP.
So, back in the truck, drive the three hours home again. The ETA for the parts is about 3:00 PM tomorrow afternoon, so when they arrive I'll be off down south yet again. It was quite funny really, I've been meaning to get down to Bunderburg ever since I got to Auz, and now I've been through it 3 times in the last 3 days and still haven't had a chance to have a proper look around.
I hear there is a landrover main dealer there...
There is a lot of sugar cane around down in those parts, and banana tree plantations. I might attach some photos if I remember.
So between doing about 1200 KM in the last 3 days and various other repairs, I haven't had much time to catch up on much else. Good for the pay packet I suppose.
So, whilst I will probably be working, I wish everyone a happy Easter. Time is flying by, before we know it it will be Christmas again.
TTFN
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