Friday in the Perth office

This week brought to a close the fun of being off hitch.  The off hitch adventures had me in Paris and then down to Portugal for a company meeting.  The Eueropean trip was followed by a week of golfing everyday and then olayed in a golf tournament in Ogden.  The fun continued up at our cabin with friends and family going four wheeling and hiking in the beautiful mountains.  The Memorial day weekend was filled with family and snow! I was able to come down from the mountains and get on a plane for Australia.  After 31 hours in the air-I hit Aussie land!!  Jet lag is a complete bummer! I get on a plane on Monday and when I get off it is Wednesday and I am 14 hours ahead of family in Draper, Utah. I attended meetings with the management team but I really don't contribute that much-I nod alot and take great notes!!!  I was scheduled to go out to the rig on Friday and was handed the mail bag for delivery Thursday afternoon.  An hour later, I was told the rig is full and does not have bed space. I am stuck in Perth for the weekend--YEA!!  Perth is actually 20 miles from the ocean.  I will take a train and go to Freemantle which is a coastal port.  This town was built in the 1800's by slaves.  Today it is raining so I hope when my weekend adventure starts the rain will stop.  I have looked up the Perth LDS Temple and plan to make a trip that way.  I really want to just catch up on jet lag sleep deprivation but if I have some free time-I better see the sights!  Thanks for reading and have an awesome day -g'day mate!

Wednesday in Perth

This week has gone fast for me.  I flew off the rig on Monday evening. This adventure entails a helicopter ride for 50 minutes.  You get off on Barrow Island.  You go through the terminal and then check in to fly a chartered plane that will carry other workers who have flown in to the island from their work assignments.  In addition to oil , there is a lot of mining going on around the shore line.  The fixed wing airplane ride is 2 1/2 hours long.  Then you jump in  a cap that drives on the wrong side of the road and boom you are in a hotel at 9 pm.  Long day.  This hotel is right in the middle of downtown because the Transocean office is downtown.  Perth is pretty and nice size town but because it is on the western side of Australia and it  takes 6 hours to get to Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, it is not growing fast.  People from Sydney can fly to Bali, New Zealand in 3 hours and they fly that way instead of coming to Perth.  Perth is definately the farthest , southwesterly big city in the world.  I have been involved in meetings with the check signers here in the office and today my relief flys in and we do a handover.  Tomorrow I get to start for home.  It is weird to think that I start on Thursday morning and get home on Thursday afternoon and fly for 31 hours!!!