Goonside - Vac Work

OMFG, did you see that pic of the dragline neck deep? 100 million down the drain...

Anyways I was overseas by then, but for three weeks before the entirety of QLD had a communal bath i worked at BMA Goonyella Riverside Mine, in Moranbah. Moranbah, about two hours west of Mackay, is renowned for being the awesomest coal mining town in the Bowen Basin, it's even got KFC (the only true way of knowing your town has made it to the big time). It's BMA's best producing mine, open-cut coal w/underground expansion. It was thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis massive and very very busy.

I had an awesome time working at the mine, completed projects in several departments including drilling, blasting, earthmoving and coal mining. i spent most of my time in the explosives section designing and filming blasts. Ended up on the crew in like +40 heat shovelling coal dust and juggling high explosives. As a (former) amateur pyromaniac, it was pretty freaking brilliant. Imagine getting paid twice as much as your high school teachers to blow stuff up!?!

After work i went to the gym, ate awesome food, chilled in my air-conditioned w/ensuite donger (heaven), played cards and shared beers and stories with other vacation students and random old guys.

Even joined the POETS club every weekend, (that's Piss Off Early Tommorow's Saturday, for those who came in late) to Mackay for waterskiing, wakeboarding, fishing etc with my cousins.

So yeh, awesome time, great experience, good cash and all round fantastiche!!!

Overseas Adventures

Spent a week each in Italy, Germany and Austria and two in Canada. Freakin insane, bloody cold too I LOVE SKIIING!!!!

Here's a few choice pics, mainly taken around Rome and the Vatican City plus a few from Canada.

Hundreds more on my other camera
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