So I had a good discussion with Armiee via phone last night and he mentioned he is heading to the mines for work, and it's got me thinking.

I'm 25, looking at buying a house in a couple of years and don't have a family yet, I have a girlfriend but Arnt tied sown as such with kids, home loan etc.
Now I'm a qualified heavy vehicle fitter which is apparently a HUGE advantage if I was to apply for a job.. Also a very competent tig,mig,stick welder, which can only be a bonus.

In my current position a personally think I would be stupid not to try and get a job there for a year or two, with my qualifications I should be able to land a 2 weeks on, 1week off, fly in fly out job which pays anywhere from $150,000-$250,000 p/a.
A far cry from my current $55k! Lol

Is anyone here currently working in the mines? What is it like? Any info would be awesome.
Most of the searching I have done has returned results that have said " it's not what you know, it's who you know" I hope it's not true because I know no one in the mines atm!

If anyone has any contacts etc that would also be great!
Feel free to voice your opinions,

Wardy