Would you like fries with that ?
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 18:43
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Footloose
I was surprised to find out fairly recently that some mines will cater for meals for outsiders at a reasonable rate. Walk in, pay, eat. Is this a common thing ? It is worth knowing, as some of the food
places in remote towns cater mainly for the local tastes :((
Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 19:34
Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 19:34
yep thats right. Leinster does it, the SPQ at Kambalda does it Leytons In Kalgoorlie Used to when they were there. The trick is to wear an
orange reflective shirt as they dont always man the door getting room numbers and on big sites you can easily walk in unnoticed. This does not work if your 17 year old daughter is with you though as everyone notices that.
Other minesites are considered private such as the one I am at and doesnt cater for visitors
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Follow Up By: V8Diesel - Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 21:12
Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 21:12
Knew a bloke in Kal who ate free for two whole years at the Golden Mile Village using that method. Talk about arse!
Driller mate of
mine used to go on a strict egg, mystery bags, baked beans, fried onion, green apple, dried apricot and Emu Export diet for a day before shift change on a fly in / fly out with the little 12 seater turbo props. Made for an interesting flight in the cramped pressurised cabin he reckoned. Glad I wasn't there. His preferred 'humour beveridge' is drinking yoghurt and tinned Stag brand chilli these days. It certainly does work too:-0
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Reply By: Lone Wolf - Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 20:20
Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 20:20
This is probably encouraged when a new
cook has been flown in, and the
cook's credentials aren't quite up to scratch.
They'll get the regular
cook to do the regular meals, and the newbie will have his - her own Bain Marie, which is the one you chose from.
If you walked out of the mess, unaided, then the regular
cook is allowed to fly out.
Cheers
Wolfie
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Reply By: Footloose - Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 22:52
Tuesday, Feb 07, 2006 at 22:52
Thanks for all the replies, very interesting to say the least. It appears to be a matter of if but and maybe. My sons been floating around mines for a while and he's never mentioned seeing too many strays in the mess. Mind you he didnt mention that there are females there also.
There appear to be very different attitudes towards paying guests. If I'd been on site for a while I rekkon some tourists might provide a diversion for a while.
And just reading one reply, now I understand why the son doesn't especially like the small aircraft :))
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Reply By: Snowy 3.0iTD - Wednesday, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:45
Wednesday, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:45
Footloose.
The
mine messes that are part of a actual mining towns, anyone can eat there for a small fee. As for the remote FIFO (Fly In Fly Out) sites it varies from site to site, if you are in genuine trouble, then all will help you to varying degrees. As for using them as resupply
places, some will, some won't. Most of the ones I have worked at although they did not advertise this if you just
rock up for a once off it was not too much of a problem, altought everyone will know you are the outsider, and you will probably be treated as such.
Regards
Snowy
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