Nov 2019, Lake Tyers Beach, Vic Sometimes you just want to kick yourself, don’t you? You hear somebody raving about something that is almost in your backyard and you’ve driven past countless times and never been there, never seen it. … Continue reading Lake Tyers Beach
Nov 2019, Heyfield, Vic The Railway Hotel is only a few blocks away from our camp, there’s a dog on the veranda and the timber cutting themed bistro is cool and welcoming. The ‘Seniors meals’ are huge and there’s no … Continue reading Snippets of Heyfield & the Railway Hotel
Nov 2019, Metung, Vic In a past life we spent every free moment sailing and boating on the Gippsland Lakes. Which meant dashing from work on a Friday afternoon and driving 300kms to Metung hell bent on making it to … Continue reading The Metung Pub
Gayndah, Qld Found near the footpath in Gayndah, this memorial would bring back so many memories for the local community. After all a large piece of a town’s history is held in the pub. The good times, the bad, the memories and the memorabilia. The footy wins and lossses. The births, the deaths and the wakes. So much beer and so many raspberry lemonades for the kiddies. Continue reading When a pub burns down
Oct 2019, Yackandandah, Vic The Star Hotel is renowned for its open mike music nights. Naturally I can’t wait to visit this rollicking little pub. Of course, Thursday night does sound appealing. Continue reading Star Hotel, Yack
Sep 2019, Jugiong, NSW A small village. A wine cellar, The Long Track Pantry café, a cop shop, a stark white church on the hill and a pub the Sir George. Across the road a vast open space, the Recreation … Continue reading Follow the Sun – Jugiong
Sep 2019, Nambucca Heads, NSW It’s too windy to venture out and we’re really feeling the cold (19 degrees). It’s surprising what a difference just a few degrees can make when you’ve become acclimatized to the warmth. Toothless and his … Continue reading Nambucca Noodlings – A small world & a star of a pub
Aug 2019, Rockhampton, Qld We drive into Rockhampton (50kms, just down the road from Mulambin) to have dinner at the Great Western Hotel. That’s the bull riding hotel and we’ve been here before. Not only is this a seriously good … Continue reading Mulambin Mumblings – A Load of Bull
Day 6, Friday 19/7/2019 Lightning Ridge – Nindigully, 6 – 18 Our fingers are cold but it is a glorious morning. Small red ant hills are dotted through the Mulga scrub. The road is quiet, a few wandering sheep and a lot of roadkill, all kangaroos. The crows are busy feasting on the carcasses. We cross into Queensland at Hebel and notice that the iconic pub now allows RV camping, good on ‘em. Around Dirranbandi there are Roos feeding on the roadside grass and a lot of roadkill. We pull up out front of the Nindigully Pub beside the Moonie … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 6 – Nindigully
Port Albert, Vic On February 12th 2014 we spent the night with friends at the free camp at Port Albert’s boat ramp. We had been hemmed in by fires near Traralgon for several days and were glad when the authorities re opened the highway. Rather than go home we headed to the less smoky coast at Port Albert to get some fresh sea air. Wandering about the tiny town we passed the iconic pub several times but didn’t make it in for a beer. “Oh well there’s always next time.” But next time didn’t come. On February 17th it burnt … Continue reading The one that got away
