Would you like fries with that ?

Red is the polite version I suspect :)

I'm not sure how it works, I guess you ring the mine and see how you go. Obviously you can't have outsiders crawling around everywhere for safety and works sake. It probably depends on company policy and the individual head honchos on the ground.
I've had excellent dealings with them. The guys in Weipa even took us on a free conducted tour.

Dont hold much faith in calling the actual mining company- The mess/camps are usually run by a catering company and they decide. As mentioned, remote ones generally dont welcome visitors, but if the camp is in an actual town (Karratha, Kambalda, Kalgoorlie, Norseman etc) you should be safe- Call the local tourist bureau.

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

Yep, but then again they're not in the tourist industry :)))))

They do let tourists in in case of emergency.

But having eaten there for almost 6 months of this year, I'd rather do the 90km drive to Innaminka if given the choice! - actually, the foods not that bad, but the spirits at Innaminka would definitely sway my decision...

Lets put these items in the Menus follow up searches! Thanks nugget!