Pretty as a picture the Apollonian Hotel at Boreen Point near Noosa Heads on Queensland’s sunny Sunshine Coast just begs you to stop in for an icy cold beer. Boreen Point is a relaxed fishing spot on the shores of … Continue reading Boreen Point & the Apollonian Hotel
Mountain View Hotel, Little Mulgrave, Qld The Gillies Range road spirals steeply down the mountainside from the Atherton Tableland one hairpin bend after another. At the bottom we have to hit the brakes and turn sharply into the Mountain View Hotel on the Little Mulgrave River. It is so easy to fly past this place. The charming old Queensland pub has a view out over the cane fields towards the mountains. But the hidden treat is the deck out back that overhangs the rushing mountain stream. Above the bar there is a sign for FNQ Lager…”So good you have to … Continue reading The Good Old Mountain View
Winter 2017 In Mudgee, NSW and hankering for a steak we walk this charming town and find the Red Heifer Grill at the Lawson Park Hotel where the specialty is steak of course. It is a freezing cold winter’s night, we’re talking scarves and woollens now, and there’s a roaring fire in the bar. Out the back are some of the largest steaks that you’d ever find and the house red is a smooth local drop called ‘Black’ Shiraz. Steaks sizzle on the grill, ours almost melt in our mouths and the shiraz? We buy a dozen the next day. Continue reading Lawson Park Hotel
Does everybody buy chocolate coated ginger by the kilo? Woody does. The Yandina Pub is just around the corner from the Buderim Ginger Factory and is a typical wooden Queenslander with its ribs on the outside. It was pulled to its present location by a bullock team back in 1891. Queenslanders love moving their buildings. Continue reading Yandina Hotel…a pub on sleds
“There’s a dog on the veranda, for his master he waits, But the boss is inside, drinking wine with his mates.” – from The Pub With No Beer – written by Gordon Parsons. Continue reading There’s a dog on the veranda
The Star Hotel at Macksville on the New South Wales north coast, has been exquisitely renovated. A two storey timber building overlooking the wide Nambucca River the timber lining board walls give a warm and cosy feel. The ceilings are … Continue reading Star Hotel, Macksville
A pleasant 27 kilometre drive inland from the Pacific Highway at Macksville in northern New South Wales is the sleepy hollow of Taylor’s Arm. The Taylor’s Arm hotel proudly wears the moniker of ‘The Pub With No Beer’. When we … Continue reading The Pub With No Beer
The Tarwin Lower pub in Victoria overlooks the muddy reed banks of the Tarwin River. Between the bar and the lounge there is a fabulous triple fireplace. The three brick chimneys entwine and twist toward the ceiling. Two old codgers sit silently at the bar. On the dot of noon a breezy young barmaid flies through the front door and they both burst into animated conversation. It’s amazing what a woman can do. Continue reading Wonder Woman
We tour Berrima in the NSW Southern Highlands and explore the old cemetery. The oldest grave that we can find is 1805. There are stories of tragic deaths and drownings in the young colony. In town we visit the Surveyor … Continue reading Surveyor General Inn
Any Victorian who has ever towed a ski boat from Melbourne to Echuca* and back would know this pub. This imposing edifice dominates the town of Rochester and as you can see in the photo, this is where anyone heading south … Continue reading Shamrock Hotel, Rochester
