In your position mate try westrac.com.au. They've been advertising lately heaps for fitters. Its easy to get into the mines these days, there's a huge skills shortage and lots of people are getting in with no experience. Just dont think you can be in the industry for 2 years, go home and pay casb for a house and buy a new car etc etc. If you want to get ahead quickly, forget the beer, forget the datsuns, and save hard. Ive been in the industry now for 8 years and for most of that have been earning over $100k, and i have very quickly learnt how to spend it. I love the lifestyle, i work week on week off fifo from perth, missus works up there with me and we have no kids yet. But we're just like every other person out there with bills, insurances, petrol, food bill, yeah you get my drift. But it does give you a lifestyle eg bought a ski boat, went to cairns last week, go out for tea whenever and dont think twice about checking bank balances. As for strain ur relationship, theres plenty of residential work in kalgoorlie, singleton, and peak downs.