hey just wondering if i could ask a HUGE favor to get some advice.

Are there any guys that do any FIFO or DIDO mining jobs along the coast in Aus? Am thinking of taking up entry level work and have days off near the coast to kite board?

I remember reading about a few kiters who were on the coast that could kite days off from mining work etc.

Anyways if anyone had a tips it would be much appreciated.

Skills? WTF? He's got mad skills. Look at the way he's hangin upside down!

^^^what did he expect over winter?

maybe i'll look for a job at thredbo this christmas- it will be a great chance to do some snowboarding

^^^^ Yeah WA's a hoax. Don't bother

My mate worked as a geologist in the Pilbara and used to do a 9 day on 5 day off roster, with travel included in the 9 days. He rented down in Margaret River and used to go surfing all the time on his days off.

He now does a 3 week on 3 week off roster, living in Paris and working in Guinea. He travels every swing.

I've done a 3 week on/off swing into PNG from Melbourne.

Right, so my experience was, if you have a girlfriend/wife/partner, who works a 9-5, you won't just be able to take off on your days off as understandably, they can't take the time off as well, but you need to be around to spend time with her (not complaining, it's just a fact)

If you're my mate, who has no girlfriend, no house no worries then it's awesome, you can do what you want.

If you start doing the standard Aussie bogan FIFO practice of accumulating a house, boat, 4WD, jetski, 3 plasmas, sleeve tattoo then you will need to spend your time off servicing your liabilities.

So my advice is, do the job, live somewhere close to Perth (Margs is probably your limit in terms of distance, Lancelin is probably better for kiting) save your cash for big trips.

uncrowded surf too. Dude if ya single, you do want you want to do - so kite, if young family forget it.

But the only thing is, living and working where you mainly kite (as I do), can pick ya days, get out for a quick hour session, maybe two then home again.

Also when you get those runs of a week with no wind, (at start and at end), I'd be frustrated if that was my time off and the two weeks on it blew its nuts off. Yeh go a 3 by 3, more chance of getting a decent kite window.

Mate as the other dude said, save ya money and create a lifestyle one day where you can kite whenever you want - if you are a young bloke got many years to kite. Don't get in the CUB trap.

And those that don't like WA...seeya - enjoy the wonders of kiting in melbourne - ha ha ha

If ya single, do it man....
The money is outa this world....

It's like a mate said to me about working in Saudi Arabia tho....

you have two buckets....one fills up with money and one fills up with frustration/boredom
which ever one fills up first ? Your sanity will be the decider.

I'm up for some of that

lostinlondon said...

My mate worked as a geologist in the Pilbara and used to do a 9 day on 5 day off roster, with travel included in the 9 days. He rented down in Margaret River and used to go surfing all the time on his days off.

He now does a 3 week on 3 week off roster, living in Paris and working in Guinea. He travels every swing.

I've done a 3 week on/off swing into PNG from Melbourne.

Right, so my experience was, if you have a girlfriend/wife/partner, who works a 9-5, you won't just be able to take off on your days off as understandably, they can't take the time off as well, but you need to be around to spend time with her (not complaining, it's just a fact)

If you're my mate, who has no girlfriend, no house no worries then it's awesome, you can do what you want.

If you start doing the standard Aussie bogan FIFO practice of accumulating a house, boat, 4WD, jetski, 3 plasmas, sleeve tattoo then you will need to spend your time off servicing your liabilities.

So my advice is, do the job, live somewhere close to Perth (Margs is probably your limit in terms of distance, Lancelin is probably better for kiting) save your cash for big trips.

Or you can become a firefighter and work 2 days, have 6 off, live in the place you want to live, spend time with your family, then take your 6 weeks holiday every 9 months and travel.

eppo said...

BurkeyBoy said...

eppo said...

And those that don't like WA...seeya - enjoy the wonders of kiting in melbourne - ha ha ha

There are other good spots out of WA that don't involve Melbourne conditions. I run a home based business in QLD that allows me to drop everything when it blows. I live 4 mins drive from my favourite spot and am often there in the middle of the day all alone, doesn't get much better

Yeh didn't mention Queensland did I...

Those who bag Melbourne obviously haven't kited here - plenty of great spots, a location for every wind direction, amazing beaches within an hour drive for wave work. Awesome northerlies in the winter and good consistent seabreezes in the summer (except last summer, that just sucked) I mean, Ewan Jaspan wouldn't have got to be as good as he is if we had no wind...

Plus we have daylight savings, an awesome idea that everyone in WA threw out because they thought it faded the curtains... wtf?

lostinlondon said...

eppo said...

BurkeyBoy said...

eppo said...

And those that don't like WA...seeya - enjoy the wonders of kiting in melbourne - ha ha ha

There are other good spots out of WA that don't involve Melbourne conditions. I run a home based business in QLD that allows me to drop everything when it blows. I live 4 mins drive from my favourite spot and am often there in the middle of the day all alone, doesn't get much better

Yeh didn't mention Queensland did I...

Those who bag Melbourne obviously haven't kited here - plenty of great spots, a location for every wind direction, amazing beaches within an hour drive for wave work. Awesome northerlies in the winter and good consistent seabreezes in the summer (except last summer, that just sucked) I mean, Ewan Jaspan wouldn't have got to be as good as he is if we had no wind...

Plus we have daylight savings, an awesome idea that everyone in WA threw out because they thought it faded the curtains... wtf?

Fair point, I haven't kited Melbourne, and yeah, daylight saving is great. Unfortunately, Queenslanders voted against daylight saving also, said the cows wouldn't know what time to go to bed!

Rolleston Coal (xstrata) is hiring at the moment. Let me know if you want more info...

Hey Rosy, what kind of workers are they looking for? I have been to Rolleston mine delivering fuel and know they do a 7on/7off roster. So Im keen on some info please.

NickT said...

Lostinlondon, you left out cold water in summer and freezing cold water in winter.

That's because I'm not WEAK...

BurkeyBoy said...
I run a home based business in QLD that allows me to drop everything when it blows.

What, you mean that one time back in '78 when it got to 14 knots?

flano said...

Gladstone in central queensland has an LNG plant, Aluminium smelter, alumina plant, port authority dealing with the distribution of coal to foreign countries and a lot more industries within a 25min drive fom tannum sands where you can kite.

Tannum's a **** spot to kite dont boffer going there.