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.

  • @ladicius
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    131 year ago

    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.

    • @PlantJam
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      51 year ago

      It’s okay, the three cherry tomatoes on the side should make up for it.

  • slazer2au
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    121 year ago

    The hell is your flight itinerary? Are there no direct flights from Darwin to Adelaide?

      • slazer2au
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        61 year ago

        Fair call. Hope your flight back is more direct mate.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 year ago

    Why on earth wouldn’t the boss send you direct to Adelaide? Just about would have been quicker to drive.

  • TWeaK
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    91 year ago

    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!

  • @ohlaph
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    81 year ago

    You got this little buddy.

  • @randomthin2332
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    1 year ago

    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).

  • @whaleross
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    51 year ago

    That sounds very exotic and different from anything or anywhere I’ve experienced. Mind sharing some pictures of the place and the surroundings?

  • @ace_garp
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    41 year ago

    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    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.