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
Tsingtao Stout, Draco and Happy Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year to you all. As I type this post, there will be fireworks galore going off in China and Taiwan as the Chinese New Year celebrations get underway. Tonight is Chinese New Year Eve, which kicks off …
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Epic Armageddon IPA – a beer that lasts and lasts
It was a warm afternoon in Melbourne, and I was in a suburban hotel in South Melbourne with tables and chairs on the pavement. It had been a long day of gasbagging at work and I was flagging. What was …
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Double Island Point, Dolphins and Otway Stout
This BotF correspondent was lucky enough to be the recipient of a Prickly Moses Mixed Gift Pack in the recent inaugural Back of the Ferry Kris Kringle. That’ll mean a spike in Prickly Moses beer reviews, which isn’t a bad …
The Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers – 2011
The Australian craft beer twitterverse, blogger verse and Facebook pages are all abuzz with the news that the 4th Annual Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll is now open for voting. The poll is put on by the Local Taphouses …
Christmas Ale by 4 Pines
Before Christmas, the beer blogger and twitterverse was full of releases and reviews of Christmas Ales. There’s over 200 varieties listed on http://www.BeerAdvocate.com with the vast majority being seasonals or one-offs for obvious reasons. Some Australian breweries have gotten in …
@inveralmondbeer Blackfriars at Lake McKenzie
For an island with 120kms of surf beach, Fraser Island has a major downfall – sharks. There is a fearsome current that runs 20m off the beach that creates a deep gutter. In this gutter live 3m bull sharks, 5m …
@bathales Dark Hare on the back of the Inskip ferry
The most common way to get to Fraser Island is by ferry. You can also fly or boat there, but if you want to drive around and see the sights, then a car ferry from Inskip Point or Hervey Bay …
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Wells Bombardier, 2 Metre Tall Cleansing Ale and Double Island Point
15kms drive south along the beach from from Rainbow Beach is one of Australia’s most phallic land forms – Double Island Point. Double Island Point is 4WD heaven and each day hordes gather to fish, swim, surf, climb sand dunes, …
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@BlueSkybrewery Pilsner and Inskip Point
About 12kms north of Rainbow Beach lies Inskip Point. There’s no permanent population at Inskip, but right now there must be 1,000 campers. Living cheek to jowl in a village made up of caravans and canvas, it is teeming with …
@pricklymoses Summer Ale and Mud Crabbing and Happy 2012
Happy New Year to all BotF readers. For the last couple of days, this correspondent has been enjoying the delights of Rainbow Beach with another BotF correspondent – TfT or as he is more formally known – Tony from Toowoomba. …
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