So, thought i'd show you all a few pics of where me and Kate went to from Nz to go and make our millions.Port Hedland is in the Pilbara desert in the top left hand corner of the western state of oz, and is a very orange and sphiafexed & arid land mass ( even the cockatoo's are orange!! ) It is a very small town, has a mall with all your necessary shops ( the vege's are SO expensive and shite!!! They get trucked up from Perth, and by the time you get to buy them, are a bit wilted!!!) Has a few eateries ( of course a few of your dirty takeaway joints too) and in South Hedland ( there's a north part which is a bit more up market thatn the bronx of south...) is the infamous pub called Last Chance, a.k.a " spear chuckers" ( alot of the 24/7 drunken aboriginals would hang out there very loudly, and cause a few dramas, hence the name...i even got a slap across the face from a grandma aboriginal and called a few nasty names just for being a white girl!! Anyway, won't start to go on about all that stuff, reverse racism...blah blah....) So had quite a few good sessions at that pub, me and Kate waiting for the doors to open at 9.30am, needy....she having just finished night shift, me keen to do something with my days off....Real top people in Hedland though, most people were just working mental hours, cramming in the work so they could save, and leave.....but always so keen for a beer and a barbie mate!!! Had some top times, learnt alot about the art of BBQ's, you never really eat inside cos its so nice outside ( if you could hack the flies, cover up every single food thing with paper towels etc...)
Anyway, the first pic is from a truck ride i went on with Paul out to the Telfer gold mines ( he used to drive road trains of fuel to various mine sites, and would often do crazy back to back shifts like alot of the fellas did, and have virtually no time to sleep, and when he did, was too hot, or too noisy cos everyone else was up, a same old story for most of the workers over there) This was a 17 hour return trip, and when i got out of the truck, ( this pic was taken approx 7am) i almost fainted cos it was 38 degrees, and had been in the nice cushy air con cab for most of the time!! The next pic is the fantastic Lee-Lee and Paul on our swisho balcony that was about 1 cubic metre, but somehow me and the girls and other company would squash ourselves into the wee box with our bourbon & cokes!!! The next pic is of the fabulous international style airport that me and Kate had the pleasure of arriving at!!! Thats all she is!! When we were descending i thought we must of been dropping some doctor off into remote bushland for something cos i hadn't seen any life, but no ,we were in the right place, its just that everything was camouflaged by orange dirt and sphiafex!!! And then when i hopped off the plane in my denim jacketed white kiwi body, thought the motors of the plane must have been pumping it, cos they were blowing out some pretty fierce heat, but the as i got to the doors from the tarmac realised that it was just the normal old weather!!!The next is from when i was little miss courier driver for a while, and saw this spot in behind the Hedland high school and thought it was worth snapping...and then its a pic of what they call a "willie-willie" ( i don't know why its called this, i came to my own conclusions on that one....) Well, thats about it, hope you are all well, and can't wait to see you all next year when we come over for a visit, have to bring lots of woollies to wear!!! If you have any comments or wanna have a yarn, there is a comment box at the bottom of each of these postings, just click on it, and off you go!!! Our land line number is +61889421077, or cell phone +61405095192. Till next time, Ciao xxxxxx
