So im a crane technician, glorified diesel mechanic in Australia.
And i have flown arouns the country to get to a shitty little place called whyalla. Took me 4 flights to get here darwin to alice, alice to Melbourne, Melbourne to Adelaide. Missed my connection. Then the next day Adelaide to whyalla.
I have no idea whays the cause of the fault on the crane and currently no real idea on my next steps. But its 2000 and im in some shit restaurant at my accommodation and ive been here half an hour trying to get a feed so i can go to bed and do another 13 houra tomorrow. Because i want to go home Monday.
Food looks good but
what is that? it looks like a lumpy pizza without crusts
Looks like a chicken parmi.
You couldn’t be more wrong. That’s a chicken parma.
Whatever it is, it’s definitely not a chicken parmo.
Eh, it’s easily confused with chicken parme.
Definitely a parmy
Nice. Carby.
Sunday i worked 16 hours without a feed so I’m glad i had such a big dinner haha
No idea what that is, but it sure looks like I want it in my mouth.
Chicken parmy with a jalpeno and pepparoni topper
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Yeah haha i suggested that over the phone haha
At least you got internet and an ungodly amount of saturated fats by the looks of it 😳
I wish you and the crane all the best.
It’s okay, the three cherry tomatoes on the side should make up for it.
The hell is your flight itinerary? Are there no direct flights from Darwin to Adelaide?
Yeah but not that day presumably because it was booked last minute
Fair call. Hope your flight back is more direct mate.
Why on earth wouldn’t the boss send you direct to Adelaide? Just about would have been quicker to drive.
Yeah would have been, cause we booked it last minute there was no flights available.
Fingers crossed for parts on hand
Aw man, sounds like you’re working yourself too hard. I think you should accept that the job can’t be completed by Monday, stretch it out and try to enjoy yourself. You might be in the arse end of nowhere, but other people manage to keep themselves entertained out there.
That being said, if you’re getting paid overtime rates (particularly weekend overtime) then crack on!
You got this little buddy.
Lol I did not expect to see fucking Whyalla on here. Do a beachey! (They literally drive to the beach and back home LOL).
I always recommend connected airline when going through Alice/Whyalla because a fuck load of flights have been removed (rex?) and the Alice run was one of the typical ones Qantas allegedly was selling tickets for when no flight existed (and they’d swap you onto another one).
I imagine you, fists raised to the sky… screaming
WHY ALLAH!!!
Sorry to hear
Cheers mate,
That sounds very exotic and different from anything or anywhere I’ve experienced. Mind sharing some pictures of the place and the surroundings?
There is a piss funny podcast, that warns about what not to do on a flight, check it out
https://www.midflightbrawl.com/Heggie can make short-stays in any small town bearable.
Whyalla is home to the famous cuttlefish migration that takes place every winter: https://divedb.net/sites/whyalla-cuttlefish. Thousands of these cepholapods congregate on the shores to mate and lay eggs, with some crazy mating rituals. A lot of the males like to show off their camouflage by displaying a wave pattern through their camouflage. Mostly it’s bigger males that get mates. However: there are little twink cuttlefish that pretend to be female to get close to a mating pair and sneak in!
For that reason I personally wouldn’t consider it a “shitty little place”, but haven’t been there in a work capacity.
Forza! You can do it!
My grandfather lived in Whyalla, so my parents took me over to see when I was nine. I remember kicking dust around at the base of his backyard gum tree because there was nothing else to do. :)
