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
Sail & Anchor – once craft, Steamrail – never craft
Much of an Australian’s everyday life is dominated by an ‘opoly of some sort. Monopolies, duopolies, quadopolies (thinking banks here). The duopoly of Coles and Woolworths is particularly pervasive. Not only do they dominate the supermarket scene, they’ve extended their …
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Back of the Ferry’s favourite beer blogs
When we started Back of the Ferry in 2009, WordPress (our blogging host provider) did this thing where they’d say in a dorky, gee whiz kind of way “hey, great post – these guys have written about something similar. You …
The Rook and Kooinda Golden Ale
West Wynyard continues its unstoppable crusade to become the pocket of Sydney that has the largest number of cool, small bars. The latest one I’ve visited is The Rook – “rooftop at 56-58 york”. Like many West Wynyard bars it …
Frank’s Pizza and Moylander Double IPA
Generally, when I post I try to be positive. There’s enough good places and good beer and too little time to talk about bad experiences that there’s not much that I bag out. If that was the case, and this …
What was Harold thinking and Mornington musings
I’ve always been partial to some Orstrayan rhyming slang, and there is no more quintessetially Orstrayan phrase than “doing the Harold Holt” ie leaving ie doing the bolt. It is named for Australia’s 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt, who is …
Hickinbotham of Dromana – another fine place to try beer on the Mornington Peninsula
I’m now convinced that there are few finer places in the world than the Mornington Peninsula. It is little wonder so many Melburnians flock here in summer. Apparently the population grows from about 135k to over 250k during the holiday …
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Red Hill Brewery – Bucolic Beer Imbibing at its Best @redhillbrewery @gumbokitchen
The most important thing, in the first instance, about Red Hill Brewery was that it was open. The Mornington Peninsula is a deceptively big place. A drive from Sorrento to Red Hill is not a hop, skip and a jump …
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On the back of the Queenscliff-Sorrento Ferry and Bellarine Brewing
The Great Ocean Road ends (or starts depending on your perspective) at the town of Queenscliff. Queenscliff is also one end of the Queenscliff to Sorrento car ferry route. It was my pleasure to experience this great ferry ride and …
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The Otways – a region of missed opportunities
Despite oppressive heat, I am loving Victoria. It is an easy State to drive around and for a first-timer other than Melbourne, there is so much to see. For the last couple of days we’ve been doing the Great Ocean …
Hanging Rock, Holgate Brewery and Empress
Mrs BotF was keen to inject some funds into the Daylesford economy, just not into the parts in which I’m interested. A quick look at the map indicates that Daylesford is close enough to Woodend which is the home of …
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