Live on Delwood Beach, Manly. Highlight of the day is generally the half hour on the back of the Ferry where the big issues are worked through. Have lived in Beijing, NW Fairlight, Brisbane, Cleveland, South Kensington (SW7), PNG and Sydney. Love sport, beer, bars and the insular peninsula.
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Bucket Brewing, Black Duck and Wicked Elf – when Crescent isn’t working
Recently a number of Back of the Ferry stalwarts went on a coast trip to Crescent Head. Crescent Head is 340km North of Sydney, and has the towns of Port Macquarie to the south and Kempsey to the North East. …
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Induction – Andrew #111
Andrew is a long time Northern Beaches resident, who has been known professionally to your induction ceremony conductors for many years. (That is probably a loose use of the word “professionally”). Anyway in half an hour of conversation of the …
Induction – Ros #110
The third of our inductees is Ros. Like Kate and induction ceremony officiating member #37 Molly, Ros is a paramedic so we all felt very safe. A post induction debrief occurred at 4 Pines where we’d time our arrival perfectly …
Induction – Kate #109
The second of our three inductions was Kate. She’d made a very nice selection of beer from Mr Liquor and enjoyed the hazy voyage to Manly. Favourite beverage: Green Beacon POG Favourite sport to spectate: Cliff Diving Area of trivial …
Induction – Lachy #108
A crazy afternoon on the Back of the Ferry with inductions and new beers flying everywhere amongst a growing red haze. Illiards will provide an account of a wonderful slew of new beers that received the full Back of the …
Induction – Mimi #107
In what maybe become a Top 10 thing to do in Sydney on TripAdvisor visiting English journalist Mimi asked inductee #91 whether she could be inducted. We felt confident enough in Michael’s abilities to perform such a task and so …
12 Taps – bringing Regional Brewers to Glebe
There’s a terrific new venue in Glebe to enjoy beers you’d normally have to travel a long way to drink. 12 Taps opened in September 2019 and promises to serve regional beers on a regular basis. This will definitely become …
10th anniversary of Back of the Ferry coming soon – so let’s merch
On 9 November 2009, the first Back of the Ferry blog post was written. Almost 10 years later, we are still here drinking and talking about beer, beer travel, beer drunk on ferries and all sorts of other blatherings. It …
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A Mr Liquor unique and Toohey’s Country Special
Two completely unrelated beer musings. On Friday Sydney turned on a cracker and inductees #1, #2 and #100 decided to run the Friday afternoon security guard gauntlet. Our nemesis was on the boat, but he must have left his sun …
Wayward Everyday Ale and Grand Final Harbour Bridge Lights
Great to see Mr Liquor stocking a new unique for us. I haven’t frequented Wayward Brewing of late, the boys from Camperdown are going from strength to strength. Along with Akasha (another brewer with superannuation heritage – a longer story …
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