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I am posting from a mine site somewhere near Karratha, in the north-west of WA. Woohoo!
About two weeks ago I bumped into the MD of a mine company I did some contracting to last year. He told me (with a very furrowed brow) that their poor geologists couldn't find any information and everything was a bit of a mess up at their site office, and would I please go up and help them out?
So, a couple of weeks later, here I am sitting in my donga (ooo, Australian slang!) on a copper and nickel mine site. I have been here for three days going through all the documentation in their office, cataloguing it all in an excel spreadsheet and giving everything a unique reference number. I leave tomorrow, but will be back in a couple of weeks to finish it off.
So, life on a mine, eh? I actually quite enjoy working on mine sites. I did a couple of stints at an iron ore mine for another company about 18 months ago.
Plusses:
I get to go to work in jeans and boots.
All meals are eaten in the mess, so I get to eat bacon and eggs and hashbrown and mushroom for breakfast each day, and then don't have to cook dinner. (I had lamb shanks the other night - yummy).
Our rooms are really awesome - I have my own ensuite, TV with 20 Foxtel channels, fridge, desk, network connection and free internet. A wet mess (bar) is opening on Saturday too.
I can say 'fuck' in the office and no one cares!
Being one of the few females on the site means I get treated pretty well by the guys.
Nothing to spend my money on, so enforced savings!
It's nice and hot and not humid (about mid 30s)
Minuses:
There is currently a bit of a grasshopper infestation. I hate flying and jumping things, so I *really* hate grasshoppers.
There are deadly snakes, although I haven't yet seen any.
They tend to drink instant coffee here, although I did find a stash of old Vittoria coffee I have been using).
My boyfriend isn't here!
I have to get up about 6am.
Anyway, I am leaving tomorrow so have to pack up all my shit tonight and I still haven't had a shower. It's 9:30 which is supposed to be my bedtime!
Man, I have so much corsetry to do when I get back!
About two weeks ago I bumped into the MD of a mine company I did some contracting to last year. He told me (with a very furrowed brow) that their poor geologists couldn't find any information and everything was a bit of a mess up at their site office, and would I please go up and help them out?
So, a couple of weeks later, here I am sitting in my donga (ooo, Australian slang!) on a copper and nickel mine site. I have been here for three days going through all the documentation in their office, cataloguing it all in an excel spreadsheet and giving everything a unique reference number. I leave tomorrow, but will be back in a couple of weeks to finish it off.
So, life on a mine, eh? I actually quite enjoy working on mine sites. I did a couple of stints at an iron ore mine for another company about 18 months ago.
Plusses:
I get to go to work in jeans and boots.
All meals are eaten in the mess, so I get to eat bacon and eggs and hashbrown and mushroom for breakfast each day, and then don't have to cook dinner. (I had lamb shanks the other night - yummy).
Our rooms are really awesome - I have my own ensuite, TV with 20 Foxtel channels, fridge, desk, network connection and free internet. A wet mess (bar) is opening on Saturday too.
I can say 'fuck' in the office and no one cares!
Being one of the few females on the site means I get treated pretty well by the guys.
Nothing to spend my money on, so enforced savings!
It's nice and hot and not humid (about mid 30s)
Minuses:
There is currently a bit of a grasshopper infestation. I hate flying and jumping things, so I *really* hate grasshoppers.
There are deadly snakes, although I haven't yet seen any.
They tend to drink instant coffee here, although I did find a stash of old Vittoria coffee I have been using).
My boyfriend isn't here!
I have to get up about 6am.
Anyway, I am leaving tomorrow so have to pack up all my shit tonight and I still haven't had a shower. It's 9:30 which is supposed to be my bedtime!
Man, I have so much corsetry to do when I get back!
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