Sorry Guys - I gotta eat!

[Narangga]

Having decided it was time for a change of employment but still wanting to stay in this especially beautiful part of Australia for a few years yet, it was necessary to find alternative employment.

I finish up in my current job at Christmas and when I get back from holidays in mid-January I start the new one.

It is doing something I have never done before and it is in the auotomotive industry but unfortunately it is not with Land Rover. :(

However I promise not to do any spruiking here. If you are curious who it is with then I am sure dm_td5 and Bundalene will alert you to the error of my ways. ;)

Is there anyone else changing jobs in the New Year?

[justinc]

Whatever you are going to do, hope you continue to enjoy it!:)

Hope to be up there one day soon!

JC

[Rangier Rover]

Doesn't matter what you do so long as you do it well and enjoy it:)
Tony

[p38arover]

Ahh, but does it mean you have to sell the LR or can you still drive it to work to annoy your co-workers?

[Rangier Rover]

Ahh, but does it mean you have to sell the LR or can you still drive it to work to annoy your co-workers?

May he keep a landy for interest and have a daily driver:p

[Narangga]

Ahh, but does it mean you have to sell the LR or can you still drive it to work to annoy your co-workers?

No work vehicle as such. Takes me 2 1/2 mins on the deadly!

Number 3 son leaves home in Feb so when he goes we'll sell the runabout and the wife will take the D2 as she has the longer distance to travel - 2 1/2 kms! :o

Don't fear the Land Rover is a long term resident of our home. :D

[Armadillo]

Is there anyone else changing jobs in the New Year?

Yep, still in the same field, but got a dream job, so we will be in Brissy for at least a couple of years more yet. [thumbsupbig]

[D-Fender]

Is there anyone else changing jobs in the New Year?

Not so much changing jobs, but trying to find one.

[dmdigital]

No work vehicle as such. Takes me 2 1/2 mins on the deadly!
It will take you that long to walk there:p

[Narangga]

Yep, still in the same field, but got a dream job, so we will be in Brissy for at least a couple of years more yet. [thumbsupbig]

Good to hear - although I prefer my home to Brisbane I must admit.

Not so much changing jobs, but trying to find one.

Sorry to hear. Thought I might have been in the same position for a while but this one popped up.

Anything on the horizon for you at all?

[Armadillo]

Good to hear - although I prefer my home to Brisbane I must admit.


I hear you ;)...wanna swap:D

I'm not a city person at all, and this is currently a means to an end.

[Narangga]

I hear you ;)...wanna swap:D

I'm not a city person at all, and this is currently a means to an end.

Hope you end up somewhere as nice as here!

[D-Fender]

Anything on the horizon for you at all?

Well I'll hopefully get a forklift license soon then try to get some work at one of the nearby trucking depots or factories, to keep me going while trying to get fit enough for the Army Reserve.

[Narangga]

Well I'll hopefully get a forklift license soon then try to get some work at one of the nearby trucking depots or factories, to keep me going while trying to get fit enough for the Army Reserve.

Always best to keep moving forward. Forklift licence is always handy to have - even labouring/odd jobbing at larger hardware stores and the like. All the best for the Reserves too.

[D-Fender]

Always best to keep moving forward. Forklift licence is always handy to have - even labouring/odd jobbing at larger hardware stores and the like. All the best for the Reserves too.

Thanks :D

[dobbo]

I would love to live there, it is a beautiful part of the country. Is it economically feasible to live up there if your not working for the company?

I thought your employer subsidized living expenses or is that now a thing of the past?

Having been there I know who your new employer is, when I was there visiting relo's, there were two auto place in town

[Narangga]

I would love to live there, it is a beautiful part of the country. Is it economically feasible to live up there if your not working for the company?

I thought your employer subsidized living expenses or is that now a thing of the past?

Having been there I know who your new employer is, when I was there visiting relo's, there were two auto place in town

Most employers subsidise wages or accommodation in some way. The mining company just do it to a higher level. However a second wage in the household is always a bonus even if it is only part time.

The housing market here is similar to Darwin but supply of houses to purchase is small. Rental market is VERY high and is still way ahead of Darwin. We have had a mortgage since 1998.

Not sure when you were up here Dobbo but there is only the one dealership up here - I rwalise I wasn't specific about that in the original post. Still a number of privately operating mechanics.

[p38arover]

Is there anyone else changing jobs in the New Year?

Yep! Retirement. The plan was to go on 20th Jan - the 45th anniversary of my starting work on my 17th birthday.

[p38arover]

Well I'll hopefully get a forklift license soon then try to get some work at one of the nearby trucking depots or factories, to keep me going while trying to get fit enough for the Army Reserve.

Have you priced a forklift licence lately?

[D-Fender]

Have you priced a forklift licence lately?

Hehe yep. That's why I said 'I'll hopefully get a forklift license'. :D

[Narangga]

Yep! Retirement. The plan was to go on 20th Jan - the 45th anniversary of my starting work on my 17th birthday.

Good onya Ron. Any plans post 20 Jan?


Have you priced a forklift licence lately?

My son did a one day course (I think it was only a day but will ask him) through a TAFE in Adelaide in 2007. Is it done differently in other states?

[BlueBandit59]

Yep . I am at present on a farm and don't think I will make it through another winter sitting on the 4wheeler at 5.30 am in the stinking wind and rain.
I am looking at a job in a factory or maybe driving trucks.
Cheers Nev.

[twitchy]

I am unfortunately going to change jobs or at the very least my employer. **** poor attitude from my current boss :mad: means he will probably loose most of his crane drivers due to morale being in the minus category.
I am looking at going back to train driving or another crane company, time will tell.

[BMKal]

Is there anyone else changing jobs in the New Year?

I've been trying to get out of the current job for nearly 6 months now. Resigned months ago, but we keep extending because there's that much work on and the money's just too good to walk away from.

Anyway, I officially finished with them last Wednesday, but now going back to work for the same client after Christmas, but as an independent contractor for at least another 2 or 3 months. Might as well cut out the middle man and build the bank balance while the opportunity is there.

Hopefully, I'll be in the market for something a little closer to home in a few months.

I grew up not far from where you are Stuuu. Great part of the country to be, but I'm afraid I'm over the humidity these days. Where I'm working now, it's bloody hot (48 in the shade last week) - I can handle that, even though I don't enjoy it, but my last stint on Cockatoo Island was enough to put me off humidity for the rest of my life.

A couple more years based in Kalgoorlie .............. then off to Tassie for me.

[Narangga]

I've been trying to get out of the current job for nearly 6 months now. Resigned months ago, but we keep extending because there's that much work on and the money's just too good to walk away from.

Anyway, I officially finished with them last Wednesday, but now going back to work for the same client after Christmas, but as an independent contractor for at least another 2 or 3 months. Might as well cut out the middle man and build the bank balance while the opportunity is there.

Hopefully, I'll be in the market for something a little closer to home in a few months.

I grew up not far from where you are Stuuu. Great part of the country to be, but I'm afraid I'm over the humidity these days. Where I'm working now, it's bloody hot (48 in the shade last week) - I can handle that, even though I don't enjoy it, but my last stint on Cockatoo Island was enough to put me off humidity for the rest of my life.

A couple more years based in Kalgoorlie .............. then off to Tassie for me.

Despite it being posted elsewhere that yesterday was 35-40 here :o it was actually 32 (but is hot if you are in the sun.

Where was it that you grew up?

[BMKal]

Lived in and went to school in Moline, and spent a lot of time out around El Sharana, South Aligator, UDP etc. Remember going in to Twin Falls, Jim Jim and a lot of other places long before they invented Kakadu and the tourists started to get in there. There was only one brand of 4WD up there in those days.

I learnt to drive on the Moline tailings dumps in my old man's work Series II Landrover trayback. His personal car at the time was an Austin Freeway station wagon - a pretty rare sight up that way.

Went back there a few years ago and it's all changed now. Funny thing though that the park ranger at UDP (Gumlon) who had been working there on a seasonal basis for 7 years, didn't even know of a chain of rockholes and waterfalls about 5 km away in behind the old South Alligator mine & what's left of the old gold processing plant. It's all a bit overgrown now, but still able to be found if you know where to look.

Also came across a group of (comparatively) new houses just past El Sharana that wasn't there when I was a kid. Assumed that it was an exploration camp or something for Coronation Hill, which is only just down the road.

[Gromit68]

Is there anyone else changing jobs in the New Year?

Sure am!

Not changing fields, but changing employer. I've got these to wear now:

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Start early Jan - can't wait!

[Narangga]

Good to hear - all the best.