To all my mining friends past and present another comrade is experiencing an all too familiar story. Imagine getting a text message on fly in day after 2 weeks away that says "get a taxi and get your shit off my lawn". Well its true, another one of my mates has got this message and now I'm really worried about him.
Just when he thought he was setting up his family for life by having a plan to pay off a great house, a car, toys and kids education BOOM!! the wife has decides she doesn't like him anymore. What place does a wife have to decide to kick him out and keep it all whilst she maintains her home lifestyle of coffee and afternoon drinks with her friends whilst all he was dong was providing for them?? Now he will now be working to pay support for her and the kids for another 10-15 years without any sense of family or assets to show for it. All without any adult face to face discussion just text message???
As FIFO husbands you know how hard it is to miss school assembly, school awards, birthdays and family events. We do FIFO for our family but sometimes our families don't understand or appreciate the sacrifice we make or just how hard it is for us.
None of us like the baine marie after the first week. FIFO is not dining out the second week in. Occo busso Monday, boiled chicken tuesday, curry chicken Wednesday, Chicken casserole Thursday, Fush and Chups Friday, pork chop sat, lamb roast (dried) sunday. REPEAT......ALL between the hours of 7-8pm.
The two weeks looks like this. WAke up at 0430 go get breakfast (boiled bacon and cold eggs), make your lunch (salad and cold pressed meat again) get a bus at 0530 to be on site at 0600 (the rest of the world still asleep so cant call kids). for the next 12 hours no phone or text allowed, do the same job everyday then at 1800 hand paperwork in and get bus back to camp by 1845. Shower, try and get laundry in washing machine. get dinner (see above). then get washing out and try and get a dryer. all without falling asleep and go to room to watch the same movie that's been running for 4 weeks. in between trying to call a tired wife at home.
So my FIFO mates he's not the only one going through this please dont crash your motorbike or car into a tree or let your mates get traumatised by finding you have necked yourself in your donga on site. Most importantly call your mates for a yarn. I'm here for you big dog. Or if you are too proud to do that call Lifelines on 13 1114 or beyond blue on 1300 224 636.
i've been to 10 funerals for FIFO mates I dont want another.
Just when he thought he was setting up his family for life by having a plan to pay off a great house, a car, toys and kids education BOOM!! the wife has decides she doesn't like him anymore. What place does a wife have to decide to kick him out and keep it all whilst she maintains her home lifestyle of coffee and afternoon drinks with her friends whilst all he was dong was providing for them?? Now he will now be working to pay support for her and the kids for another 10-15 years without any sense of family or assets to show for it. All without any adult face to face discussion just text message???
As FIFO husbands you know how hard it is to miss school assembly, school awards, birthdays and family events. We do FIFO for our family but sometimes our families don't understand or appreciate the sacrifice we make or just how hard it is for us.
None of us like the baine marie after the first week. FIFO is not dining out the second week in. Occo busso Monday, boiled chicken tuesday, curry chicken Wednesday, Chicken casserole Thursday, Fush and Chups Friday, pork chop sat, lamb roast (dried) sunday. REPEAT......ALL between the hours of 7-8pm.
The two weeks looks like this. WAke up at 0430 go get breakfast (boiled bacon and cold eggs), make your lunch (salad and cold pressed meat again) get a bus at 0530 to be on site at 0600 (the rest of the world still asleep so cant call kids). for the next 12 hours no phone or text allowed, do the same job everyday then at 1800 hand paperwork in and get bus back to camp by 1845. Shower, try and get laundry in washing machine. get dinner (see above). then get washing out and try and get a dryer. all without falling asleep and go to room to watch the same movie that's been running for 4 weeks. in between trying to call a tired wife at home.
So my FIFO mates he's not the only one going through this please dont crash your motorbike or car into a tree or let your mates get traumatised by finding you have necked yourself in your donga on site. Most importantly call your mates for a yarn. I'm here for you big dog. Or if you are too proud to do that call Lifelines on 13 1114 or beyond blue on 1300 224 636.
i've been to 10 funerals for FIFO mates I dont want another.