I'm here for work, to commission and partake in startup of a new underground drill rig, the first in Australia, and actually the first in the world (apart from the prototype). Things are going really well with it all, but of course there are always a few teething problems.
Commissioning crew nicknamed "The E2 Elite"
The weather has been fantastic for the times that I've been on the surface; mornings, lunch and shift change. Hot and 36 degrees most days, although today it has been partly cloudy.Gwalia mine at sunset
It's been pretty tough out here, two weeks of pub food and servo lunches aren't a dream holiday and I had my first bout of "what the hell did I eat that for" last night and didn't end up going to site.I've been doing shifts here and there to accomodate for the dayshift and nightshift operators, coming in to work at 10am, leaving at the end of shift, then getting called out at night when they're ready to drill again. I'm over being called up at 11pm to go in to work, but when I get there, I see that things are going they way they should; it's pretty rewarding.
At the face
I've managed to do a little touring around the place, checked out a little bit of the mine. I'm hoping to scope out the museum one day when we've got some time off in the afternoon. And when I get back to Kalgoorlie on Friday (I think), I'll go to the Superpit.Gwalia pit
Till then, its business as usual, working hard, eating badly and not sleeping! Glad I have my iPod though... thank god for the technology! but damn this dialup line!And a funny one for the record
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