Moved again. 3rd time in 6 months.

I am in the Donga marked with
the Blue Dot...
 

Made another move. The company is consolidating all personnel to one camp, so we packed up and moved within a day. I can now pack up a room in 1 hour and unpack in half an hour. We have moved to Birrabira Camp. A Rio Tinto camp adjacent to the work site. No more 70km drives any more. This camp holds 2400 FIFO workers. It has 2 large gyms, 2 large canteens and 2 large wet messes. It has a Medic on site and is meant to have really tough security. Answer back or argue with staff, especially security then "Window seat" for you. And it happened on the Sunday after a typical RDO Saturday night. A drunk bloke gave security a mouthful. Out on the 1.30 flight.......... NASA will not looking to employ this Rocket Scientist.....!
Look at the real estate. I know that you are jealous...


My verandah with the door open.
 

 


Peek into my room



My desk

My bed and fridge



Typical Cabins.



Lunch.... (In WA it is called "Crib".. Don't know why...)

At breakfast time there is a separate area in the canteen to make lunch.

This are will normally be swarming
with workers getting lunch.

You have access to bread and bread rolls, and cold meats and cheeses. Frozen pies, pasties etc. There are different types of salads (of which some combinations are really odd) and leftover meats and vegetables from the night before. Some camps have leftovers already in plastic containers ready to go. Usually, there are cakes and sweets and of course, plenty of chopped up melons and whole fruit. It is pretty simple and does not vary a lot. After 4 weeks you get very tired of the same foods day after day. But, generally it is as healthy as you want it to be. Keeping in mind that all of this food travels from Perth, which is 2 days on the road. So things don't seem as crisp and fresh as hoped..

My Crib. Healthy in comparison to my fellow workers

Fly out day....

5 weeks and 3 days this time..... Too bloody long....! Trying to align my break with school holidays. I will be home for 10 days though. Most companies allow you to manipulate your length of roster a little. Some do not...
We work 4 weeks on and 1 week off, or 5 weeks on and 9 days off. We fly on our own time.
This is how my usual fly out day plays out.
3.30 am. Alarm... Usual breakfast, pack food and off to work.
4.45 am. Catch bus to work.
6.00 am. Prestart meeting and off to work Work until 9.00. Pack up.
9.30 am. Catch bus back to camp. Arrive 10.30 am. Final pack and shower
11.45 am. Pick up by bus to airport. Check baggage and time for a mid strength beer. First one in over a week. No heavy beer at Karratha airport. Just like the MCG. Too much trouble.....
1.15 pm board. 1.35 pm take off. 2 hr flight to Perth. Arrive 3.35pm
5.00 pm flight to Melbourne. 10.30 pm land.
11.30 pm - 12.00 am. Home in bed...
18.5 hours.....! But I am home...

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Thought I would throw in a picture of us core drilling into concrete.