Aussie bush pubs.
Had a great night at the Royal
At Bedourie. Just one other couple and the Irish backpacker behind the bar. The place has stood the test of time not having burnt down ever. It was like stepping back in time.
I’m sure some have been to the Birdsville pub before. Iconic but a victim of its popularity. Although now the Big Red Bash has been canned it might be not quite so packed. Classic sitting there having a beer watching a plane land 50 metres across the road at the airstrip and the pilot walking in for a cold one.
The Blue Healer another classic at Kynuna on the way from Winton to Cloncurry. Only ever stopped in for a beer.
Betoota Hotel. First time past this Betoota was a ghost town. This time people in the cattle game near Durant had purchased the old dump and were nearing completion of renovations. They weren’t selling beer yet but they’d give you a free stubby for a $5 donation. Now it’s going gangbusters with plenty of caravanners staying every night filling up the place.
McKinley hotel aka Walkabout Creek Hotel. The pub has been moved from the town to the highway as a tourist attraction. Worth a stop. The original bar from Croc Dundee is in the back as it was in the movie.
The North Gregory at Winton. Burnt down a few times. First public performance of Waltzing Matilda happened here. Lyndon B. Johnson stayed here in WW2 when his plane had to land in the Outback. Beginnings of QANTAS were planned here. Was staying here watching the JBay pro when Mick Fanning punched that poor shark.
The old Daly Waters Pub. No trip to the Territory is complete without a stop here. Like most outback pubs paraphernalia adorns every wall and ceiling. Definitely worth staying the night.
Nice work there Seeds. Some dusty miles in that lot
Have stopped at the Daley Waters pub a few times, it is an interesting place.
Would add the Barrow Creek Hotel to the list of remote, slightly odd places. When we last stopped, the barman was a bloke from Frankston. It was only when we were down the track a few hundred ks when we realised that was where Joanne Lees ran to after she and her partner were abducted by that loon.
Karumba Sunset Tavern is worth a look when up that way.
Ah yes been in there a couple of times. Last time we cheekily asked the young Irish lass working there “how’s the dating scene around here” In her thick accent she says “don’t fooken ask” while she rolled her eyes.
The old telegraph station next door was worth a quick look.
Never been up Kurumba. One day. Got as far as Lawn Hill Gorge. The bar there burnt down the day after we left. Lucky timing.
Been in the Larrimah pub in my teens and adult years. Had the dodgy zoo out the back. That’s where the town pain in the arse, Paddy Moriaty went missing.
@seefs i went to the hells angels headquarters club house out that way...long story not fit for swelknet. Alot of space to disappear out that way i noticed.
Post ya pics. Got a story?