Suggestions welcome

Shogun · Senior Member

Suggestions welcome

billeeeeeee · Guru

Shogun wrote:
Well i am in the final stages of heading out on the road fulltime for a year or 10 and got the sign writing done on the motorhome today.
I am planning on visiting pubs around Australia and would love any recommendations of ones to visit in my travels.
The website is still in its infancy but am working on it :)
www.greataussiepubs.com

Brett

Howdyeeee young fella ,,,,hehehehe with that sign like that ,, U going to have a Cult following,,,, Billeeeeeee

Happywanderer · The Master

Looks good Shogun, great signwriting.
One place you will have to visit is The Great Aussie Beer Shed here in Echuca. It matches the ideal of where you want to go.

Jon99w · Member

Hope to meet up on the way................Somewhere!!!!

John

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Hey Shogun a great pub is the Magpie and Stump in Mintaro South Australia. Another one is the pub on Horne Island in the Torres Strait. You might have to leave the van at Cairns for that one.

Shogun · Senior Member

Thanks so much for the suggestions, I'm putting them all in a book so I don't forget them as I travel around.

I might get sum stubby holders made Billeeee as I head around :)

Looking fwd to seeing you all out there on the roads

pauline · Guru

The pub at Noccundra in the corner of west qld is a must, a far way to get there but well worth it.

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Don't forget the home of Dr Jurd's Jungle Juice www.wollombitavern.com.au/DrJurd/index.htm, and the famous pubs in the Hunter Valley coalfields, known for their decorative wrought iron verandahs. www.huntervalleyhotels.com.au/lower_hunter_valley.html

Specially get to the pub at Neath and ask about the miner's lamp. www.huntervalleyhotels.com.au/lower_hunter/neath/neath_hotel/neath_hotel_miners_lamp.

.... and then there are the haunted pubs.........

lilly31 · Guru

The pub at 1770 QLD is great for a lazy afternoon then watching the sun set..here a picture form my lazy afternoon there ...

shazartist · Senior Member

Congratulations Brett, I love your logo, you are sure to turn a lot of heads with that one...AND what a fun way to see the country, my passion for snooping is grave yards and light houses....I love the old pub buildings ...but I don't feel too comfortable snooping around those..lol..but I do love drawing them. NOW I will be able to see them through your eyes...so cool...Will you take internal shots too...I hope so..I love the old Bars and stool...and the spittoons, is that the right word...Arrrrr men can be so gross. lol

I will follow your web site..I found my blog was easier when traveling than my web site, also my FBook Fan page was very easy to use and I got lots more feed back from it, which is fun.

Cheers Sharon

Ps I had to edit..I called the pub, pup....lol..I love them too.

-- Edited by shazartist on Friday 14th of October 2011 11:53:25 AM

Vic · Guru

There are a few Ettamogah Pubs around Oz, I believe a couple have closed down, eg; Morley WA (Now Fast Eddy's) and one in Qld. NSW Albury I think is still going but a google will tell you which is which. Here is one on the Gt Eastern Highway at Cunderdin, WA;

http://publocation.com.au/pubs/wa/cunderdin/cunderdin-pub-pty-ltd

And of course don't forget the legendary Daley River Pub going up the middle.

-- Edited by Vic on Friday 14th of October 2011 12:22:20 PM

Happywanderer · The Master

Another interesting pub I would like to visit is the one in Barringun, 130 ks north of Bourke on the NSW/Qld border. Run by a lady called Mary Crawley who is 86 years of age..
She is the oldest female licensee in Australia. I have a two page rip out from a newspaper with her story, holding on to it with the hope of visiting her one day. Her hubby died back in 1996 and she has been running the pub on her own ever since.

Shogun · Senior Member

Hi Sharon

I certainly will be taking a fw inside pics of various things as I travel. Have got myself a fairly decent 35 mm SLR digital camera to take many pics.

Im also taking an external hardrive so i dont lose everything if the computer crashes.

Look fwd to seeing you out on the trails :)

Brett

goinsoon · Guru

Make sure you put the Nindigully pub Qld on your list, they have the biggest hamburger in Australia, about $36.00, they say it feeds four people

Ma · Guru

If you pre-order Brian you can get one that feeds 10

Evie n Rhys · Senior Member

Great Shogun, looks good. You might catch up with a big bus from toowoomba with a husband and wife traveling. Claire is her name and Ian is e husband and she does t shirts and stubby holders etc to help pay for their travels. Not sure where she is just now. She was here in Bendigo for the Dinki Di Ball last month. The bus has Claire on the spare wheel at the front. Nice couple.
Happy travels.
Tess

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Theres an old pub at Trundle, NW of Parkes NSW, that claims to have the longest verandah in Australia. Trundle also claims to have the widest main street. Interesting place.

Ron and Shirley · Senior Member

We usually drop into outback pubs if in the area.

Been to a number that are on this website, plus some that are not.

http://www.outbacktraveller.com.au/Outback-Pubs.php?disp=1

A similar pub site to yours is http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/.

-- Edited by Ron and Shirley on Friday 14th of October 2011 04:57:16 PM

Vic · Guru

Just came across that "G'Day Pubs" myself Ron and Shirley, I was googling Humpty Doo pub in NT;

http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NT/humpty+doo.html

Ron and Shirley · Senior Member

Had those two websites in my favourites for quite awhile. When planning a trip I usually have a look at those sites to see if there is a country pub that has that "certain appeal" and will drop in if it is on the way.

Beth54 · Guru

The one's that stand out in my mind are the Malanda Hotel on the Atherton Tablelands Q. It's huge and the local silky oak timberwork is just beautiful. Good food too.

The other one is The Farmers Arms at Cabarlah, north of Toowoomba Q. This a favourite of mine because both my Mum & Dad were stationed at Cabarlah during the war. Great meals, great staff.

The Logan Village Hotel Q. Great timberwork, great meals, friendly staff.

Happywanderer · The Master

There is an interesting one up the Newell. Beautiful old pub, two storey with a verandah all round. Its either at Mirrool or Ardlethan, can't remember now but you can see it from the main road, only a couple of hundred metres up the side road. Free camping out the front of the pub.
Somewhere between Nerandera and West Wyalong.

-- Edited by Happywanderer on Friday 14th of October 2011 08:53:35 PM

goinsoon · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
There is an interesting one up the Newell. Beautiful old pub, two storey with a verandah all round. Its either at Mirrool or Ardlethan, can't remember now but you can see it from the main road, only a couple of hundred metres up the side road. Free camping out the front of the pub.
Somewhere between Nerandera and West Wyalong.

-- Edited by Happywanderer on Friday 14th of October 2011 08:53:35 PM

Well what a small world. I was conceived in Ardlethan

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Is it Mirool? Silos near main road - and they have an annual gumboot over the silo festival I think.

Ma · Guru

goinsoon wrote:

Well what a small world. I was conceived in Ardlethan

We won't hold that against Ardlethan Brian..............

Happywanderer · The Master

Yes Jules, thats the one. You know you are there when you see the silos.
Are you leaving in the morning??

billeeeeeee · Guru

Howdyeee Brett,,,

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Hey just remembered another pub called the Lion's Den somewhere out the back of Cooktown - had some amazing times there in the 70's and it's still going from what i hear.
cheers

Cruising Granny · Guru

Oh just drive and stop when you come to a pub. There are pubs everywhere and even the roadhouses are pubs in the outback.
Many of these stops were highway inns during the horse and Cobb & Co days. There's so much history in these buildings books have been written about them.
I've worked in a couple of old landmark pubs in Adelaide - The Brittish in Port Adelaide and the Reepham at Ovingham. Also the Ozone on Kangaroo Island and the former Lincoln Hotel in Port Lincoln before it was destroyed by fire and resurrected as a modern feature of the town.
I also worked at the Boston and the Tasman in Pt. Lincoln. I didn't work in the Northern or the Pier. These are all historic hotels with many stories in the bannisters of the solid staircases.
Many have undergone refurbishment, but the original skeleton remains within the walls and corridors.
You should have a beaut trip. Just resist the urge to drive after you've tasted the produce of the pubs.
Safe and happy travels.

gold dandelion · Senior Member

you better go to the Fish Creek pub, Austalia's most southern pub on the mainland, haven't been to Tassie, then Shark Bay, the most Westerley, Byron Bay the most Easterley and the Torres Hotel, Thurs Is. Australia's most northern, and then to Eromanga which is the furtherest pub from the sea. good luck