...or a small country...?
**NSFW** Australia Appreciation Thread
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99% of our work is delivering diesel to mine sites, who use it to run their mining equipment and provide their electrical power.
As many of these sites are remote they have to generate their own electricity and make their own water (bores > desalination), so they need a lot of diesel to make all that happen.
As many of these sites are remote they have to generate their own electricity and make their own water (bores > desalination), so they need a lot of diesel to make all that happen.
...or more technically correct: bit off the rest and left the head.
Humans and crocodiles don't get any closer than at this notorious outback crossing
A dry season phenomenon draws both locals and tourists to the notorious Cahills Crossing in the Northern Territory. But a ranger says some people are ignoring warnings about the risk of crocodile attacks.
www.abc.net.au
Video for you mate.
'No-one's ever seen anything like it' as 1.5m-long goanna winched by crane to safety out of weir
When Luke Simpson clocked in to work at Torrumbarry Weir for his early morning inspections one of the last things he probably thought he'd be doing would be winching an enormous goanna out of the water.
www.abc.net.au
One for the lizard fan club. Not all our lizards are big crocodiles. We have big goannas as well.
"Crocodile Management Supervisor"
How does one get that position, I wonder?
How does one get that position, I wonder?
Are you guys still using copper for internet?
Always knew you Aussies had "big goannas."
Well I think summer has arrived...
That's 102-111 in Freedom units.
Still, can't come and work in the desert and then complain when it's hot in the summertime!
That's 102-111 in Freedom units.
Still, can't come and work in the desert and then complain when it's hot in the summertime!
Not getting below 30 degrees overnight here in Perth.
Not getting below 30 degrees overnight here in Perth.
That's unpleasant.
Yellow is sorta close to me. It's cooled down but humid as hell. Main city is still just under 36 degree C just before 8pm.
Yes.
But I have air con. Proper refrigerated air con. 
Your balls must be stuck to your inner legs all day and night.
@Nathangun casually dropping us his underwear type.
Update just dropped...
I'm off today, but have local deliveries on friday (that'll be fun), and don't know about saturday yet.
Talking to the boss yesterday he mused that if this keeps up we might have to adjust our hours to shut down during the afternoons, and only driving and unloading at night and in the morning. The beauty of mine site deliveries is we can go there 24/7 as they never shut down.
It's not just easier for the drivers, but also much easier on the trucks and road as well, parts of the road were pretty much liquid yesterday with so much weight pounding on hot bitumen. My combination is about 165 tons loaded, but there's now super and ultra quad road trains running up and down the same road too, the biggest of which weigh about 200 tons.
Also being so hot, the engines burn more fuel and don't produce as much power, and tyres blow out more easily as well - and one place nobody wants to be is changing out a tyre in 45 degrees!
Update just dropped...
I'm off today, but have local deliveries on friday (that'll be fun), and don't know about saturday yet.
Talking to the boss yesterday he mused that if this keeps up we might have to adjust our hours to shut down during the afternoons, and only driving and unloading at night and in the morning. The beauty of mine site deliveries is we can go there 24/7 as they never shut down.
It's not just easier for the drivers, but also much easier on the trucks and road as well, parts of the road were pretty much liquid yesterday with so much weight pounding on hot bitumen. My combination is about 165 tons loaded, but there's now super and ultra quad road trains running up and down the same road too, the biggest of which weigh about 200 tons.
Also being so hot, the engines burn more fuel and don't produce as much power, and tyres blow out more easily as well - and one place nobody wants to be is changing out a tyre in 45 degrees!