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.
Author: bladdamasta
More Torrance Breweries @monkishbrew & @thedudesbrew
A Saturday in G’s household is spent watching kid’s sport. Given the hectic schedule, there was not much hope held for any sneaky visits to anything really. Serendipitously, the daughter’s soccer game happened in the suburb next to Torrance …
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Loving LA @KingHarborBrew @AbsolutionBrewing
Another trip to the U.S. means another stop in LA to visit a great friend of BotF – Geoffrey. G has been threatening to become BotF’s North American correspondent for some time now. Well he should, because LA offers no …
Drumborg Sparkling Ale – another winemaker’s beery take
There’s no shortage of winemakers that have a crack at making a beer, with various degrees of success and scope. We’ve seen the blokes that make Yellow Tail and a small vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula put a variety of …
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Back to Back of the Ferry’s roots
When Back of the Ferry debuted as a blog over 5 years ago, its ambitions were modest at best. Write a couple of tales about bars between work and the ferry and maybe talk about a different beer imbibed on …
Eponymous beerp0rn
Went to Halong Bay. Magnificent. Found another Vietnamese pale lager before boarding. Haven’t done much beer photography this trip. That changed, much to the amusement of the crew. HaLong Bay is very important to the Vietnamese and features on their …
La Plage at An Bang Beach and my first Bia Hoi
Hoi An is a truly wonderful place. The Ancient Town is its deserved epicentre, but there is plenty around and about to keep one amused whilst that latest garment is being made. Transport options are plentiful and cheap. For USD$6 …
Mekong Delta bike ferries and Can Tho drinking
I’ve ventured to the heart of the Mekong Delta in a town called Vinh Long. We’ve covered a fair amount of territory in this part of the world travelling in a minibus from Ha Tien to Can Tho and have …
On the Back of the Siem Reap to Phnom Penh Speedboat
There’s a number of ways to get from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. By plane, by road or by speedboat. The Bladdamasta family had already experienced a minibus ride on Cambodian roads and a plane was a tad extravagant. Truthfully …
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Cambodian beer – it’s pretty straight forward
Beer is everywhere in Cambodia. Every milk bar, restaurant, B&B and corner store stocks it. There is a real battle going on judging by the multitude of shopfront advertising. Angkor, Anchor and Cambodia beer are the big three, with Angkor …
Kingdom Brewery Tour – the fastest ever
I took Mrs Bladdamasta for a bike ride to some markets in Phnom Penh. I’d hired a tandem and we gave the good citizens of Phnom Penh some entertainment as we huffed and puffed our way along the river bank. …
