FI-FO accommodation

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

Another of Aussie's Fly-in ... Fly-out mine workers' camp with these accommodation 'dongers' all in rows, copping the bright sunshine. Although Aircon units are attached to the windows, I do not think this remote outpost had enough power to keep them running on a hot day


exif- Panny FZ-2500; 1/1600s x F4,3; ISO-125; lens at 7x zoom / 185mm FFequiv


exif- Panny FZ-2500; 1/1600s x F4,5; ISO-125; lens at 10x zoom / 250mm FFequiv

As always, feedback welcome
Phil

[wigz]

Great use of light and shadow Phil.

[Isac]

Well spotted with those great textures, light and shade. I've camped in dongas like that in our NW and wouldn't have survived without the AC units.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Thanks fellas
yeah - this location was a one-blink and you -did- miss it, with power lines being only a single wire strung between small upsize units on the poles
About 100m away from these dongas was a generator unit the size of a Toyo 20-seater bus chugging away 24/7 just for these cabins

Phil

[Grumpy John]

I've stayed in donga's at Karratha and Dampier, not an experience I would like to repeat. Two weeks is about maximum any reasonable person could endure. It is handy that the toilet is only one step from your bed though

[Isac]

I stayed in dongas in Wittenoom at Hamersley-Ex. We were located right at the bottom of the gorge and it was stinkin' hot. 13 days on 1 day off. I was the head mechanic in a huge workshop - no aircon. I must say it helped me drop a few kilos.

[Taboo]

Good job Phil.. Anything with a flat roof and made of tin I keep well away from in the heat.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate
Ah --- but then you could enjoy "a cat on a hot tin roof" (if you remember the musical from the '60s)
Phil