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Working and climbing, regional vic v melb/adelaide 18-May-2012 At 6:56:39 PM GusR

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On 18/05/2012 jkane wrote:
>>It is a no-brainer for a climber / mining professional in my opinion.
>You may be right but I heard that they only cover the cost of the flights
>to the nearest capital. Probably not many FIFO jobs would cover the cost
>of your flights to Melbourne so you's need to factor that in. Probably
>still be quids in though.

It all depends on what you are worth in terms of experience and niche in the industry. I know plenty who are FIFO from melbourne to remote WA. The mining companies are looking farther afield than Perth and Darwin now and recognise that people want to stay in Melb / Sydney.

The word FIFO is like part of a the english lexicon here in WA. I had the same problem when I told my Melbourne based accountant I work FIFO. She was thinking it was something completely different too.. It's a bit of bubble over here, we forget you don't live and breath mining like we do.!

Well done on the nuptials TastyBigMac!