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cheesr out testing and playing with tracking features and show off Sunshine coast popular coastline area , def something different lots of fun tracking the kite surfers and boats with teh mini 3pro .

yeah def better with a smaller company for sure ive had good times at small camps and crews

too easy hope it helped

Hi mate , no sorry 😞 none this year, had to cut heap of costs this year to make sure house was ok so have had to pull out of the Barra classic which is on this week. Hopefully these banks might behave in 2025 and give us all a reprieve 🙏

Understandable, rate of inflation is crazy hopefully we get it under control soon.

Thanks @rovibarn appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoyed it 🙂

Hi mate thanks for watching appreciate it. hopefully gives a more honest look at what we do. So you can make better choices good luck !

Chers mate was a epic morning😀

Hi Paul I generally will use a 10 sec timer for my long exposures and 2 sec for higher speed shots. I do have the cable but can also use the canon app through phone if needed so that saves having to bring another piece of gear with me as well.

thank you appreciate it glad you liked it !

Thanks!

thank you was a lovely morning testing the anamorphic filters from @freewell they go all right i reckon in the right light. thanks for stopping by

cheers mat e that soft light worked well wit the anamorphic filters , always a nice day to fly when the weather is like this.

yeah def none of teh politics there is now back then

Unfortunately due to mistakes I made when younger I got divorced and started off here in wa in 2008 with pretty much nothing to my name 15 grand in super , and had to start all over again at 35. my baseball career before that had used any money I had ever made and as a contractor in the old days you had a new super fund every job and the fees ate them mostly away . So after 14 years here ive seen it go form a great place with fantastic highly skilled people to a very depressing place with 80% unskilled workers all because of the ne owner that brought us out 11 years ago. My super is now good and my family has a nice house that we are paying off . and a 6 year old to pay bills as well sees me not wanting to leave as all I can get somewhere els his back on the tools . but as a dad my priorities are supporting my family and giving him the best options I can like my mum and dad gave me . I couldn't do that anywhere else unfortunately so ive decided to sacrifice myself for the family and I can live with that . glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate you saying hi 😊

yeah def still around all teh chemicals are still being used as tongue testing only works 48 hours out . with bar restrictions and all teh rules people are always going to look for some way to release the companies dont understand that and treat people liek inmates. my younger years on road jobs everyone was drunk and wasted but teh differenece was people looked after each other and if you couldnt do your job then DCM hope your found a new life out side mining and doing ok mate

yes def not for everyone , like ive said many times no kid ever dreams of being a miner, its a doctor astronaut etc but as my dad always told me having a trade means youll always have a job to pay teh bills an di thank him for that lesson . A sparky is a great choice of trade nowdays i woudl never put forward a diesel mechanic tarde def not worth the hard work . elec trades offer so many options and hv lets you do work on own home as well saving money so def the direction i would advise to try for if possible . at teh end of teh day its just a job. good luck mate thanks for watching and glad it helped and fingers crossed you get something that you can enjoy !

yeah mate def can do . things have changed on teh physical side to ensure us older blokes dont get hurt the mental side is the tricky part but have that game plan in place and be a mushroom is teh secret to staying out of trouble

@@34Media , roger mate, thanks for that. Will try now .

beautiful place for sure , very big mine south flank has basically become part of it , so probably biggest iron ore mine in Australia now . lots of politics . i need to be careful what i say here sorry as can be sacked for mentioning the place in bad way but like most , food is average occasionly get freshly cooked food but very rare and lunch they run out of food by fridays and restock is sundays rooms are ok only single kids beds tho so if tall feet hangover. good luck lots of new people on site so be carefull near misses every day that get swept under the carpet .

def save money on food . rent wise i doubt you ll store all your lifes gear you have every time you fly out then constantly arrange a new rental every swing so may not be really applicable. food on site is servo prices and beer not cheap so if a drinker those food savings might balance out if you dirnk every night liek 1/3 of site does but yes food even tho crap will def save money for sure good point

thank you very much glad you liked the shoot . Lovely part of queensland

thanks heaps appreciate the support😀

Sounds like you've done most of the hard work mate i wish you all the best. remember sometimes easier to go to site as a contractor then meet the bosses and get a job with the big companies that way. Our HR is in the phillipines so going thru normal route is a nightmare we cant even get help form them . so i can only imagine someone trying to get a job would have dramas. Any way i hope it works out and you find a good site and company to work with !

yeah def seems that at least some of teh companies hav edecided to share the wealth fingers crossed the big 3 decide too!

It is back breaking labour out in the heat all day next to a noisey dusty rig. You are putting yourself at risk of developing Silicosis. Exploration is the first to get axed in a downturn, drillers can often find themselves back as an offsider in a downturn etc

I wouldn't do it for anything less than 120,000

yeah they are on a bad wicket as well mostly 60 grand for 2/1 roster and not many of them so maybe have 5 mins per room so do bare miniumum more their company managemnet that is causing theri issiues but still painful

They went all healthy salad style food for a bit and we are starting to see some real food come back to site after a lot of complaints.

yes ive heard nz getting very expensive I think were heading down the same bad path too here in Aus with house prices and need to work in mines just to afford a house mortgage now days . basic wage around 115000 per year for trade hasn't gone up since it was that in the 90's somehow but company profits up every year go figure and they keep whinging about having to pay royalties and taxes . def do what you have to do mate to get by that's what im doing to feed the family. good luck sorry for late reply

thanks heaps glad you enjoyed it

@@34Media new friend 👉🤝🤝🤝

yeah drive in drive out def not the best add in your car costs as well and fuel the industry def needs to be cleaned up some of the billions leaving the country needs to be put back into this country for sure

as i haven't worked in east coast mining which is heavy on unions which have no power in western Australia still . its very different , weve had a few people leave form iron ore to go to coal in qld and within a month come back saying it was way worse on the work side for the big Australian company conditions in camp s i think and wages will be different and weve had a few people say its better on the comments here on this video if that helps . generally its all pretty much the same its a shit job for decent money if your willing to sacrifice your life for a few years to get yourself sorted i would still recommend

@@34Media thanks for the insight I've been in the roading industry for a decade when I first started it was a shit show mangers and formans would verbally abuse new worker and the turn over was crazy we would get a new worker ever week cause of the culture they had back then now it's all settled down a bit the only thing with the company I was working for the pay was crap even till now and I've been there for over a decade now finally moving on hopefully to a better opportunity

@@onedrop6011 good luck mate hope you find a good site to be

yeah some of teh smaller companies are paying a little better , but the big ones dont like spending money

try through contractors that work for sites first good way to see if you like it try mader , depending on your trade or Ess for kitchen cleaning to get your foot in door

thanks glad it was helpful and you enjoyed the photos

Hi there sorry for delay enjoying a nice holiday for the first time in a long time with family. yes if you are permanent depending on company you should keep your own room , depending on roster ours has changed so only 2/1 swing staff keep their permanent room and no one else can go in it while you are out on r&r which is a nice feeling . after 3months straight holidays they can kick you out of that room which happened to me after 7 years in th zone room and i had my son so had 3 months off and only 1 week over and i had to store all my stuff in cupboards and get a whole new room which is older and not as nice but at least mine now . shorter rosters they generally will HOTEL your room for shut staff and ive heard some bad stories especially if cleaners are crap on site as well . Good luck

@@34Media Thank you for your help, just one other thing. If they don't give you a permanent room and you aren't in a hotel. Do they give you a permanent locker or cupboard or somewhere safe to store your items??

Yeah unfortunately the propaganda they sell to the public is misleading at best. I think the money has to get better soon as the big companies are losing people at an unsustainable rate. We are running on bare minimum constantly nowadays and way behind in services and so much new blood only a matter of time till we get a fatality of which we’ve been telling management for years about . I wish you the best with whatever decision you make and good luck 🤞 😊

Congratulations mate thanks to amazing paramedics like you that give aus a chance to survive when it goes pear shaped. Good luck I hope it goes well for you 😊

Cheers mate@@34Media

cheers mate sounds like you found a good crew of people to be with . nice to hear some positives out there gives a little hope to the rest cheers thanks for stopping by appreciate it

Hey Mate if you don't mind me asking who do you work for? If you can't say can you give us a hint maybe? Would you recommend them? If not, All Good. Cheers.

Is their Logo, tree Letters in Orange?

Or two words in Red?

@DFx4171 very close brilliant design really went all out on the design much like how they run there mines 🤣

thanks mate very kind of you to say

Cheers 🍻 pretty happy how it come out nice cloudy 🌥️ day.

Hi there, i can't add photos into the notes or the messages here fro you i have found the stacked filed tiff from starry night stacker i used for the sky unedited if you send me an email id be happy to send to you if you would like that ? was no milky way core this night i was facing north over the hills, we never get the core over that unfortunately .

Thanks for stopping by Linda hope it helped .

sorry you didnt enjoy the start , but appreciate the feedback obviously a long time ago so hopefully ive got better since then cheers