An Australian First

At work on Wednesday, I was part of a two-man team set to simulate drilling on a brand new underground drilling rig. An Australian first, the only one in the country right now, and I'm also heading off to sunny Leonora on Monday to be part of the commissioning team.

The big rig

Rainer and I were the two in charge; a crazy old Swede that likes to smoke a lot, eat sausage rolls and swear. "What's up Rainer?" "I have no fuck-king idea!" "Oh..."

Later in the day when we realised that I had stuffed up the drill plans he said "I have this fuck-king pain in my head" ie: a headache. He's a funny bloke, really.

We're running the show

The day ended and I was knackered. Not only that but everyone only just remembered that I was off to Leonora and email-less for two weeks so they're all like "oh, can you do this before you go?" I've never been so busy in my life. Working 10 and 11 hour days in an office environment is so wrong in so many ways. I'm actually really looking forward to learning heaps and having a break from the "usual" day to day shizzle. Will try to take some time to take pix when I'm away.