Thought I better make the effort and construct another update. It's a bit cooler now, you notice the absence of extreme heat. All of about... 21 degrees today. Still wearing short sleeved shirts when allowed though. Certain sites you have to wear long sleeved clothing as sun protection or they won't let you on.
I'm back on call again this week, which usually makes for an interesting week. Got a call yesterday for a fault in St Lawrence, which is about 4.5 hours away from Gladstone. So, jumped in the truck, drove 4 hours to site and reset a device which had got confused. Tested it all OK, so jumped back in the truck and drove another 4 hours home again. Over 8 hours drive for a 10 minute fix... that's what being on call is all about. At least the overtime is good.
Spent most of Saturday in Rocky, mostly window shopping, but I did purchase a couple of N scale coal hoppers for the railway I'm slowly constructing. That took a while as I got talking to the guy behind the counter who also has a bit of a model railway, and another guy who was looking at setting one up. So I gave him some tips. He asked if I had much model railway stuff... I told him I had a small collection back home.
I did manage to purchase a cheap DIY desk to use as a work bench from a place called "the reject shop" which has a lot of cheap stuff. Amazingly all the parts were included and we managed to assemble it without too much trouble. That's now in what I have claimed as the train room, and with a soldering iron and power supply attached should make a good work station.
I'm supposed to be getting some gear ready for the trip west next week, but I keep getting sidetracked on other jobs, so I must make an effort to get that nailed before the week is completely gone and I get caught out.
Right I better carry on and get some housework done, it doesn't do itself unfortunately.
Here's a few more pictures, the cat belongs to my other Kiwi mate who also works for Nixons.
CIAO.
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