Life's A Beach

Hey guys,

Well another week has passed and although I am still without a job, my living arrangements are on the up.  I am no longer living in the national parks surrounding Perth and have moved to the fantastic location of Sth Fremantle, only a few hundred meters from the beach.  Today and most days I have been swimming as the water is still very warm here.  I almost don’t think I want to find a job.  Also there are BBQ’s here, so I have been doing most of my cooking by the beach.  Unfortunately there is a storm about to blow in so the photo doesn’t do justice.

After a bit of running around this week (in between beach visits) I have chased a few jobs going up in the Pilbara without any luck.  They all want people who have had a couple of years experience operating 250tonne and bigger machinery, for which I have none but I thought it was worth a shot.  However, I have an interview tomorrow morning with an agency who seemed very excited when they saw my resume.  So fingers crossed that they have something planned for me.  If not I have found some work going in Kalgoorlie operating 80tonne machines and after a phone call the other day they seem to think I would be a strong candidate for the job.  So that’s my back up plan.  The only downside to that job is that I will be stationed in Kalgoorlie permanently, but that may not be so bad for the short term.

While I think of it check out this link for comments on the caravan park that I stayed in for a night when I first arrived in Perth (the caravan park I talked about in my last blog).  Love the second comment…

https://plus.google.com/106293671947691355749/about?hl=en

The other night we had a lightning storm, which I thought only happened in the pilbara (due to the iron in the ground).  There was no rain or thunder, just lightning.  It was quite spectacular.  Here is a couple of photos…

Otherwise it has been a pretty quite week.  Probably the most exciting event for me was nearly getting a parking ticket in Perth’s CBD.  Not a bad effort I thought, ‘I’ve only been in this city an hour and I’m already finding trouble’.

Well, I am going to have to end my saga here as that storm is just about here and the BBQ’s aren’t under cover.  Til next time, best wishes to all.