FLY IN FLY OUT

Just a ‘Heads up’ for those investing in some of the Mining towns in WA..

Fly in Fly out– is a practice cursed by struggling isolated towns which increasingly see potential new residents flying in to work shifts lasting a few weeks then flying out again to homes in the cities.

I just read a story of a guy who commutes from Melbourne to Perth then out to the Pilbara for work, his family did not like living in the North West ( Heat, Isolation, lack of facilities Etc) so they returned to Melbourne.. he travels 4000km

Towns built during the 60-70’s were constructed by mining companies, however newer satellite mines in the area are more likely to fly workers about 1000km from Perth and provide short time accomodation on-site ( Donga’s )for thier workers for shifts lasting a few weeks ( 2on 1off is common)

This practice deprives the towns of potential population growth and the benefits that brings..

“We are hiring more people in Newman and Port Hedland, but for these remote operations we see that the model which is sustainable is fly in/fly out” said BHP Billitons WA iron ore president Graeme Hunt.

BHP Billiton resisted pleas for a locally based workforce at its new Mining area C, 120km from Newman!

Proponents of Fly in/fly out say it allows workers to earn the high wages the jobs offer, without uprooting families from city lifestyles and education.

Just be aware of this when conducting your DUE DILIGENCE in areas such as these, our company flies workers out to the Gold Mines around Kal also, and when i was in Broome, a lot of the Argyle Diamond workers out of Derby used to Fly in/Fly out..

This could be a reason some of these areas though opening up new mines and forcasting expansion of mines etc, also see the towns get a population decline

REDWING

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