Comments | ma61_turbo: Beyond the Black Stump

ma61_turbo

Beyond the Black Stump

Feb 07, 2007 10:36

Ok, so at the moment I am literally in the middle of nowhere. I'm sitting in a communications hut(room full of phone lines, networking gear and servers) at a place called Challenger. Challenger just so happens to be the most remote mine site in Australia, going by distance to closest GPO ( Read more... )

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doggypanter February 7 2007, 11:20:49 UTC

Jeez! Is there no-one in Adelaide at the moment?

ma61_turbo February 7 2007, 23:45:10 UTC

Not many no. But I'm back now anyway :)

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ma61_turbo February 7 2007, 23:46:34 UTC

We are going to be taking over support for all their IT systems. Was up there doing an audit of all their hardware and software and analysing how its all setup etc. They currently are getting support from a company in Perth that they aren't overly happy with, plus the time difference is a killer.

Definately the time of year, I'll be back at the mine again in a couple of weeks...

dragontail February 7 2007, 20:49:25 UTC

Now I know why it took so long for you to answer my text about my frakkata mobile - you were in, as my mother would say, Ooney Whoop-whoop!

Lovely part of the world, isn't it? And I agree with you about small planes... you get off of one, having survived, and wonder why the hell man thought he was ever capable of flight in the first place. Bleeagh.

ma61_turbo February 8 2007, 00:00:24 UTC

Yup, funnily enough there's no mobile coverage out there ;)

Meh, the flying this time wasn't that bad. The flight on the way back was actually quite smooth compared to what one of the guys at the mine said it would be. Anyway, I have no fear of flying, a bit disconcerting when the plane bounces on take off though!