Another Trip and Update.

During the week I had the opportunity to deliver some concrete to a different mine other than Xstrata. The mine is situated 130klm NW from the Isa at a place called Mount Norman and is called Gunpowder. Beautifully country around the mine and a fantastic drive.

In other news........ Tracey and I gave our notices during the week and will be leaving the Isa at the end of February. We will head to Alice Springs and have a look around there for a month or so and move on to Darwin after that. We hope to get up to Normanton and Karumba before we go, that will depend on the weather. If it's too wet we may not be able to get up there.

We are looking forward to getting going again as we both have itchy feet and can't wait to get back on the road again. I think we have learnt our fist big lesson, don't stop to work for so long. Although it's been profitable we are getting into too much of a routine and the ruts are appearing again!!! :-)

Corella Creek Trip.

I had the chance to do a job out to a place called Corella Creek in the last couple of days. Corella Creek is located in the middle of NT. From the Isa it's about 500 Klm West then up 180 Klm north. We were pouring a slab for an aboriginal community out there. The guy out there had done 15 of these jobs in remote communities as a result of the governments stimulus package for the schools. The job was a large undercover area at a cost of $300,000 and, in this case, was to serve 9 students at the school!! A couple of the guys out there said they did one a few weeks ago where the school had 4 students!! Our tax dollars at work.

I had a ball driving out there as it is so green after the recent rains and some of the scenery is fantastic. At one point the green pasture was all the eye could see and the road disappearing into the horizon. Barkley Homestead is a well known travelers stop on the Barkley Highway for people traveling west to the Stuart highway, we stopped there last night and had a great night at the bar talking to the locals that work on nearby cattle stations.

Can't wait to explore more of the Territory now I have had a taste. Bring on March!!!

Update Time

It's been a while since an update but there has not been much going on around here besides work and more work! We had a pretty quiet Christmas and New Year as we worked through them. We are both looking forward to getting back on the road at the end of March.

The weather here has been pretty hot and a lot drier than other areas of Queensland. The average temperature is 40 odd degrees and there is a bit of humidity since the wet season has started up north. The air conditioner in the van has copped a flogging of late! :-)

The above photo is a drilling rig that we delivered some concrete to. They are drilling a hole to the mine below and installing a vent to draw the stale air out of the mine. The vents are about 30 feet in diameter. We delivered some concrete slurry, water and cement powder, to the site as during the drilling process they hit a cavern. The drilling rig is unable to drill through these caverns so we go along and pour the slurry down the hole, wait for it to set and start drilling again.

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year. All the best for the year to come.