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submitted 7 months ago by Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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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.

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[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 33 points 7 months ago

Food looks good but

[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago

what is that? it looks like a lumpy pizza without crusts

[-] Bluebanrigh@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago

Looks like a chicken parmi.

[-] StorminNorman@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

You couldn't be more wrong. That's a chicken parma.

[-] Bluebanrigh@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Whatever it is, it's definitely not a chicken parmo.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Eh, it's easily confused with chicken parme.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Definitely a parmy

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmigiana

[-] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nice. Carby.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Sunday i worked 16 hours without a feed so I'm glad i had such a big dinner haha

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

No idea what that is, but it sure looks like I want it in my mouth.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Chicken parmy with a jalpeno and pepparoni topper

[-] wgbirne@feddit.de 23 points 7 months ago

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 21 points 7 months ago

Yeah haha i suggested that over the phone haha

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months 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@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

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

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 17 points 7 months ago

Yeah but not that day presumably because it was booked last minute

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

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

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months 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!

[-] Zane@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 14 points 7 months ago

Yeah would have been, cause we booked it last minute there was no flights available.

[-] Zane@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Fingers crossed for parts on hand

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

You got this little buddy.

[-] randomthin2332@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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).

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago

Sorry to hear

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago

Cheers mate,

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 7 months ago

I imagine you, fists raised to the sky.... screaming

WHY ALLAH!!!!!!

[-] GutsBerserk@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Forza! You can do it!

[-] cetra3@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months 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.

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months 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@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months 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.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

My grandfather lived in Whyalla, so my parents took me over to see when I was nine. I remember kicking dust around at the base of his backyard gum tree because there was nothing else to do. :)