I remember

G'Day.

I realise that this might be a day or two later than usual, but never mind, we made it in the end.

What a week.

It seems a while ago now, but it was just last week that I was out here at Moura chasing lighting plants around a giant mud bath. I had the intention of attaching some photos, but they are now on my other computer, which I don't happen to have with me. So that can wait till this weekend if I get a chance.

It made a change having someone else with me for a week on the mine, the week seems to go by faster when you have someone to talk to and share the driving with. Even if they do get the 4WD to both ends of it's limits... Getting stuck, and also sliding out of control. I would like to think that during the course of the week we have managed to make a better 4WDer out of him :)

Now that I have mentally moved into this week I can't really remember much from last week, not specifics worth writing about anyhow. I did get a lot of video footage, which as I get the chance to trawl through I may upload some to youtube and supply the links. Some interesting footage of some big toys anyhow.

Our workshop supervisor has gone away on holiday for a month, so it will be interesting to see how well the place runs without him. This is the first week away, so it's probably a good thing I'm out here again. Except it's pay week... hopefully whoever is doing the pays gets it right...

The vehicle was yet again falling apart around our ears, I suspect the ECU or wiring might be playing up. Strange things like no glow plug output, and the oil pressure light showing up when you turn the ignition off and remove the key. It's due to go back in for further work once I am finished with it this week, so fingers crossed it makes it through. If not I might be better to push it into a pit and drive over it with a D11 a few times, that would probably sort it out once and for all.

The weekend was good. Brief, but worthwhile. I ended up getting involved in a poker game with some guys from work, we started around 6:30 saturday evening and I didn't get home until around 5 the following morning. Good fun indeed. We were down to two people left, another fellow and myself, and ended up deciding it was only going back and forth and we may as well call it a night... err, morning. So we did, and I spent most of Sunday asleep, ready to get up at 4:30 on monday and drive back out here to the mine. No rest for the wicked... but it is good fun.

Work is still flat out busy as, we have a heck of a lot of work coming in which is good. Keeps one on their toes anyhow. The trick is keeping the paperwork up to date... it can be easy to get the jobs done and keep eveyone happy, but if you don't get the paperwork done there and then it generally gets forgotten about I have discovered. However, we live and learn.

Right, I think that's about it for now, I shall endeavor to construct more next weekend if I remember, and I may even try to find some good mine photos.

TTFN