West Aus. mining town fighting for survival

[bob10]

FIFO workers part of the problem.

Mining town faces loss of bank, doctor, petrol station as it fights for survival - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-16/kambalda-mining-town-faces-loss-of-bank-doctor-petrol-station/9991170?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%3a8940&user_id=c17365ab07572ed90614d245ada5ad675f6bc00189 fa766123c70d76d1d7cddf&WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Email%7c%7c8940&utm_content=RuralMail_ArticleLink)

[Tombie]

Hardly... small mine towns like that have a shelf life.
Iron Knob is another victim, and about the same distance from Whyalla.

No FIFO there - I drive out every day.

[bob10]

I think the ladies are talking about the social structure of the town. Relatives of ours living in the coal district in Qld say the same thing. First comes FIFO, then prostitution, then drugs.


"If you want to get me on a rant, talk to me about fly-in, fly-out, that's killed the town."It used to be a nice town to live in but now it's not that good."