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submitted 11 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 11 months ago

Food looks good but

[-] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Bluebanrigh@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Looks like a chicken parmi.

[-] StorminNorman@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Bluebanrigh@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Eh, it's easily confused with chicken parme.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Definitely a parmy

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

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

[-] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Nice. Carby.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Chicken parmy with a jalpeno and pepparoni topper

[-] wgbirne@feddit.de 23 points 11 months ago

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 20 points 11 months ago

Yeah haha i suggested that over the phone haha

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 13 points 11 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 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 16 points 11 months ago

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

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Zane@aussie.zone 9 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

[-] Zane@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago

Fingers crossed for parts on hand

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

You got this little buddy.

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago

Sorry to hear

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago

Cheers mate,

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago

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

WHY ALLAH!!!!!!

[-] randomthin2332@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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).

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 5 points 11 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?

[-] cetra3@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 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.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 11 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.

[-] GutsBerserk@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Forza! You can do it!

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 11 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. :)