My partner and I moved from QLD last year to Port Hedland to work in the mines and set ourselves up (we're 23). The money is fantastic, and there are a multitude of jobs available, however you will have to work 10 to 12 hour days. We work 4 weeks on, 1 week off roster, with every 2nd Sunday off during that 4 weeks. This area is pretty remote, the locals are interesting (hmm….), the red iron-ore dust gets into everything, and the cost of living is high (we pay $500/week rent for a little unit while we are up here so we can live together). We don't actually work in a mine, but on site at BHP's Iron Ore Processing Plant and Shipping Wharf, with the possibility of moving to Newman at the end of the year to their mine. It's defnitely worth doing this for a few years, we are about to buy our 2nd and 3rd properties, are getting married in October and having overseas holidays once a year, and we will finally get ahead in lfe and achieve our dreams!