Blokes In Mining Podcast

Drew Pearce
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Raw, real yarns from the Mining & FIFO front line. Hosted by Drew & Dave—talking mining life, money, mental health, and mateship. Blokes in Mining is a no-filter, straight-talking podcast for FIFO workers and mining legends who want real talk, a laugh, and practical insight into money, mental health, mateship, and life on-site. Hosted by Drew—miner, ex-cop, financial planner, and all-round top bloke—and his FIFO mate Dave, the show is raw, relatable, and built for anyone connected to the mining game. It’s the kind of honest yarn you’d have over a beer after a long swing—covering everything from financial smarts to site struggles, sport, family life, and the best stitch-ups from the mines. The Blokes in Mining Podcast is Produced by Thinking Cap Solutions

  1. 8H AGO

    Wet Weather Mining | Homelife Challenges | Pit Pilot Yarn

    Send us Fan Mail When the rain rolls in, the work doesn't stop — and neither does the pressure. This week on Blokes in Mining, we're getting into what it's really like to keep dirt moving when wet weather hits the site. From slippery haul roads to waterlogged pits, we talk through the challenges of maintaining productivity when Mother Nature has other plans, and why the job still has to get done no matter what the sky is doing. But it's not just what happens on site that weighs on a bloke — it's what happens when you pull into the driveway. We have an honest conversation about the reality of coming home after a long swing: the exhaustion, the mental load, and why sometimes you need a few quiet minutes before you can switch from "mine mode" to "dad/partner mode." If your family has ever wondered why you don't just walk through the door ready to talk, this one's for them too. And Dave's Diary is back! Dave's been at it again this week — sharing another raw, real entry from life on the tools. You won't want to miss it. Whether you're currently on roster, heading back out, or the one holding down the fort at home — this episode is for you. 🎧 Tune in, have a listen, and as always — stay safe out there, legends. 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    34 min

  2. MAR 25

    Fuel Bills, Kiwi Hills, Albanese gets a Spray & Fighting for the Industry

    Send us Fan Mail Drew and Dave are back in the shed for another no-nonsense yarn covering everything that matters to blokes on the tools and in the industry. This week, the lads kick things off swapping holiday stories from New Zealand before getting stuck into the real talk — fuel prices are through the roof and everything else is following right behind it. Sound familiar? You're not alone. Then it gets serious. Mining jobs are under genuine threat in the current political and economic climate, and the blokes aren't holding back. With the Labour government seemingly turning a blind eye to the industry and offering nothing in the way of a real plan, Drew and Dave ask the hard questions about what the future looks like for hardworking Australians who've built their lives around mining. Net zero? The boys reckon it's time to have an honest conversation about scrapping it altogether. On a more positive note, there's some good news on the political front — Matt Canavan stepping up as the new Nationals leader has the blokes cautiously optimistic. Here's a bloke who actually understands mining and isn't afraid to say it. And of course, Dave wraps things up with another instalment of Dave's Diary — because life on the tools is never short of a story. Grab a cold one and have a listen. This is the podcast for the people who keep Australia running. Thanks to our sponsors https://www.almanecollective.com.au/ 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    34 min

  3. MAR 6

    Is War Good For Mining | Pit Voting One Nation | Ban Kids On Planes

    Send us Fan Mail This week on Blokes in Mining, Drew and Dave dive into what’s happening in the world and how it affects life on site. They unpack the growing tensions with Iran and why global conflict can actually have a surprising upside for the mining industry. Higher demand, rising commodity prices, and why geopolitics often ends up flowing straight through to the resources sector. The boys also get into the politics being talked about in the crib room — including why plenty of miners reckon they’ll be voting for Pauline Hanson and One Nation at the next election. Then it’s time for a classic travel debate: plane etiquette. Should kids be banned from flights packed with FIFO workers? And when you’re stuck in the middle seat… who actually owns the armrests? Plus another instalment of Dave’s Diary, where Dave shares a few stories from the week that only seem to happen in mining camps. Real talk from the pit, the plane, and the pub — this is Blokes in Mining. Thanks to our sponsors https://www.almanecollective.com.au/ 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    40 min

  4. FEB 18

    Stripper Onsite | More Wet Days | NRL Namedropping

    Send us Fan Mail This week on Blokes in Mining, Drew and Dave are back in the saddle — one running on coffee and chaos from night shift, the other casually rubbing shoulders with rugby league royalty. Dave checks in from the land of backwards body clocks, grinding through night shift while the rain keeps hammering down across site. It’s wet, it’s messy, and it’s a proper reminder that mining doesn’t stop just because the weather’s turned feral. Drew, meanwhile,’s been off the tools and into the suits — heading along to Matt Rogers’ 50th and somehow managing to bump into a handful of NRL legends. If you like a bit of shameless name-dropping, you’re in for a treat. There’s another instalment of Dave’s Diary, the boys yarn about training (and trying to stay disciplined when the roster’s flipping you upside down), and the usual no-BS chat about what it’s really like working FIFO when the conditions are average and the motivation’s even worse. Real talk. Real blokes. Real life on site. If you’re on shift, in the ute, or smashing a workout between swings — this one’s for you. Thanks to our sponsors https://www.almanecollective.com.au/ 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    37 min

  5. JAN 27

    Life Expectancy of a Miner | 3rd Degree Burns | Yungblud Tickets

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Blokes in Mining Podcast.   We kick off with the usual chaos — Drew’s FIFO life update, Dave's Australia Day, site yarns, and a listener offering us a free ticket to a Yungblud concert (which raises serious questions about our age). Then we get into the headline topic we’ve been circling for a while: What does mining — and shift work — actually do to your body over time? No scare tactics. No preachy wellness chat. Just straight talk about: • Night shift and body clock damage • Heart disease, diabetes and cancer risk • Sleep debt and chronic fatigue • Energy drinks, caffeine, painkillers and sleeping tablets • The mental health toll of isolation and long rosters And the uncomfortable truth underneath it all: Modern FIFO life trades money for accelerated biological ageing. We finish with Dave’s Diary — a final story from site — and bring things back to ground level where this show lives. If you work in mining, FIFO, or shift work… this ones for you. 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    36 min

  6. JAN 14

    Cyclones, Rio Tinto Merger & Bringing Back the Box

    Send us Fan Mail This week on the Blokes in Mining Podcast, the boys are dealing with real-world chaos. Drew gives a firsthand update from up north as the cyclone rolls through, disrupting operations and putting a heavy focus on site safety. What happens on the ground when weather shuts things down — and what crews are doing to stay ready. They unpack the latest Rio Tinto news. Dave’s Diary returns with another instalment — this time tackling “the box”, why it disappeared, and why it might be time to bring it back. And there’s lighter stuff too — Drew’s birthday is coming up, with plans brewing at one of their favourite local venues. Plus, a quick note in the show notes — Almane Collective have come on board as a new sponsor. If you want to learn how to make your super work harder for your future, check them out here: https://www.almanecollective.com.au/ Appreciate everyone for listening and those that support the show buying the merch and sponsoring the show so we can keep the lights on and the mikes up!!! 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    32 min

  7. JAN 6

    Mining Industry In Mourning - Really Sh#t Start To 2026

    Send us Fan Mail The Christmas and New Year break is supposed to be the reset — family time, slow mornings, breathing out. But this year… it landed differently. In this episode, we talk honestly about the tragic mining deaths that have rocked the industry and the ripple effect that follows — the crews on site, the families at home, the mates who carry the “what ifs” long after the headlines disappear. We look at why safety isn’t paperwork — it’s people. And we talk about what it means to come home in one piece, physically and mentally. We've got another Dave’s Diary — a pit legend who put his team ahead of his suffering (warning:  gets graphic, but we reckon you can handle it). If parts of this conversation hit close to home, don’t carry it alone. Talk to someone. Reach out. There’s help, and it’s there 24/7. Support & Helplines (Australia): Lifeline – 13 11 14 lifeline.org.auBeyond Blue – 1300 22 4636 beyondblue.org.auMensLine Australia – 1300 78 99 78 mensline.org.auLook after yourself. Look after your mates. Go home safe. 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    30 min

  8. 12/23/2025

    Burner Cars, Dodgy Qualifications & Toilet Rolls Attack

    Send us Fan Mail Last one for 2025 — and we’re going out the only way we know how. Drew’s on holidays, so we cover the important stuff: the best burgers, golf with the boys, and why that’s basically self-care on site. Dave digs into training assessments on camp, how dodgy qualifications get exposed, and the awkward reality of booting someone who shouldn’t have been there in the first place. There’s a fresh Dave’s Diary, including the big drive, the new burner car at his latest gig, and a camp prank that escalated into full toilet-roll warfare — one bloke, everyone involved, until he finally cracked and left site. That’s it for us in 2025. Massive thanks to everyone who’s listened, shared, and backed the pod this year. Have a ripper Christmas, stay safe out there, and we’ll see you back on deck in 2026. 🎧 Listen on Spotify:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Apple 🎧 Listen on BuzzSprout:  👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-BuzzSprout 🎧 Listen on Website: 👉 https://bit.ly/BIM-Website Thanks for tuning in to Blokes in Mining Podcast.  Make sure to follow the show and chuck us a rating if you're keen—it helps more legends like you find it. Check out our website, you can suss out the merch, drop us a yarn, or get in touch there www.blokesinmining.com And if you're one of us, jump into the closed Facebook Group here https://bit.ly/BIM-Facebook or search ‘Blokes in Mining’ and join the crew. Blokes in Mining is proudly produced by Thinking Cap Solutions. We’ll catch you next round.

    38 min
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Raw, real yarns from the Mining & FIFO front line. Hosted by Drew & Dave—talking mining life, money, mental health, and mateship. Blokes in Mining is a no-filter, straight-talking podcast for FIFO workers and mining legends who want real talk, a laugh, and practical insight into money, mental health, mateship, and life on-site. Hosted by Drew—miner, ex-cop, financial planner, and all-round top bloke—and his FIFO mate Dave, the show is raw, relatable, and built for anyone connected to the mining game. It’s the kind of honest yarn you’d have over a beer after a long swing—covering everything from financial smarts to site struggles, sport, family life, and the best stitch-ups from the mines. The Blokes in Mining Podcast is Produced by Thinking Cap Solutions

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  • Creator
    Drew Pearce
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Blokes In Mining Podcast
  • Show Website
    Blokes In Mining Podcast

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