Thread: I'm now FIFO scum

Me and the wife love me doing the DIDO thing.

8 on, 6 home. Travel in company time.

Nothing wrong with it if you know what you're doing.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Me and the wife love me doing the DIDO thing.

8 on, 6 home. Travel in company time.

Nothing wrong with it if you know what you're doing.

how far is the drive? travelling in company time sounds pretty sweet

Originally Posted by jazzaD1

how far is the drive? travelling in company time sounds pretty sweet

6 hours each way...

In this the kind of FIFO stuff you are talking about



Apparently they are removing injured men in the mountains of Afghanistan. I bet the freedom these guys gave us is all but forgotten with WH&S BS.

Originally Posted by Sitec

Well, I'm going the other way. Just dropped off the Fifo circuit. Gotta finish this swing and doing one more then done. Been based at Compass in Hedland and Redmont BHP. SWIMBO is over it, and I'm over all the ticking and flicking!! Compass has the alcohol and noise issues but not seen the hookers.. That said, I don't go looking!!! Redmont is great, quiet, clean and isolated. Will miss the top feeds here. As for the alcohol.... Can't touch it when on swing being an ESO! The only things Ill miss are the money and the Pilbara scenery. Ya can keep the rest!!

Interesting, who was your supervisor at Redmont, Troy? I am at MAC Supervisor Security & Emergency Management.
Cheers
Craig

Originally Posted by bushrover

G'day Craig,

You should see your old place now - very different from the outside, but no shed, just the standard patio's and carports. The big miners forget that 75% of our time is spent at home so lifestyle is the clincher when it comes to residential living in mining towns. I am off to Port Hedland in a few weeks, same style housing, but more fish.

Rick

Hey Rick, yeah I have been past it a couple of times when back in Newman. Hope you enjoy Hedland. I liked living in Newman, just with better housing you would not get people leave.
Cheers
Craig

Funny that, it's the same here and it's not a mining town, but the crappy housing is usually the biggest problem.

One of our sons has just started FIFO 2 on/2 off out of Brisbane to western Qld in gas mining, living in a company camp. Seems pretty happy so far. The DIL has a medical job which is only found in capital cities so she has to stay in the city and FIFO was the only option for them.
Their only debate about it so far is whether to start a family or buy a Jeep!