Yeah mate, all over bar the shouting..............although there is a problem with one of the choppers
and there is only one flying so that means about 19 blokes fly out at 8.00 am and the other 14 fly out later in the afternoon,
big mess with all the flights and connections............I am training in Darwin for a few days so it doesnt really affect me apart from on the day all you want is to be far away from here as quickly as possible...........wife will be in darwin this afternoon so we can do some touristy things after training for 3 days and then we will go fishing on the sunday and monday and then home on the tuesday...........the guy that told ma about the Fordson tstat is an old bloke, dealt with machinery & tractors all his life........
..........still a few about, the desk jockey spares blokes are not even worth talking to............and they all get the same look
when you try to explain something to make it simple for them............cheers mate........greg
.You want to watch your self up there in darwin ,On the truck forum we had a pommy forum member come to oz for a look see He checked out darwin and NT ,then sydney and back to victoria where he started out from .Went to the sandown truck show and flew home a couple of days later .He was amazed when he got home to discover after 6 weeks in OZ he had lost six and a half kilos. The boys on the forum reckon it was the NT heat that sweated that stale hot pommy ale out of him. He reckoned it was when he would see a sign on the side of the road saying 15 Ks to a waterfall or something ,He reckoned then once he got there ,there would be another sign saying 3 K walk to see it So he didn't want to waste the drive in so he would do the walk .Reckoned one time he drove off the beaten track to see some wonder ,when he got there in the middle of a stinking hot day , the sign said a 9 k walk .He said his name is roland ,not silly so he got rolling out of there without looking . A bit of fishing up there sounds like a good thing .A mate works up at weipa,and seeing some of his videos almost make you want to cry .Barra fighting over the lure ,crystal clear creeks with a dozen or so barra cruising the banks . Enjoy the break 
yeah the walking is a bit of a trap if your not on to it.........i used to go to the HCVC Truck show at Sandown when i lived down that way but i havent been for the last 3 years, job has gotten in the way as usual...........we even displayed the R190 about 6 years ago......speaking of the ol girl, it was sold to a chap (Doug Clark) in Boronia Hts Queensland who did a magnificent job of finishing the restoration on it