I lived with a bloke up in North Queensland who worked out at the mines, brang home around $1600 in the hand a week, but its very long hours, very hard work and basically its a shitty lifestyle, but some people enjoy it, bloke was 22 and owned a XR8 Ute outright.
I just got accepted into the Military, excellent money there and you can go in at 17, and apply at 16 6 months. :sorcerer: