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
Tui Blond, 4 Pines Oktoberfest and #RWC2011
After 45 days of leather chasing, the Rugby World Cup concludes tomorrow night. Personally, even with it being played in NZ, I’ve never felt so disconnected to a Rugby World Cup. Without Foxtel, I’ve relied on Channel 9 and with …
Brief Carlton Pub Crawl and Alhambra Negra
Had an opportunity to meander back to Melbourne Airport. Chose Carlton as the pub crawl location. First stop was the Corkman, an Irish pub that has taken over what used to be the Carlton Inn. This is deep in Uni …
Hoöten – cheap Dutch piss of the most generic kind
Daylight savings trips on the back of the ferry are now in full swing. The crowds are growing at the outdoor Circular Quay bar and it seems that the bars at Circular Quay are growing in number. I talked about …
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‘na biretta Chiara and Young Alfred
There’s a new venue at Circular Quay. It looks to be an offshoot of Customs House Bar and is called Young Alfred, named because it is on the corner of well, Young and Alfred Streets – Circular Quay. Most bars …
Federal Hotel, Bigga and Sierra Nevada Kellerweis and the Wallabies
This school holidays has seen this correspondent visit some parts of NSW that are off the beaten track. I can safely say that until I saw the town of Bigga on a road sign, I’d never heard of it. Bigga …
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Thorny Goat Black IPA and a Rylstone Pub Crawl
illiards and bladdamasta’s weekend in the wilderness was not completely spent scale rocky outcrops and a journey to Rylstone was called for to collect supplies and refreshments. Rylstone is 240kms North West of Sydney and has preserved the look of …
RIP Steve Jobs and @4Pinesbeer OktoberFest
Short post. Much of this blog has been developed on the back of Apple Devices. That means Steve Jobs has been an enabler of this blog. The photos, the immediacy, the ease etc, He was (I hate to use that …
Vale/DRK and the Manly Jazz Festival, a meteorological certainty
You’d be a mug to think that you could predict the weather a year out from a particular date. There’s one exception to that rule, and if you are planning a wedding in Sydney or an outdoor function and you …
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Urbock and Namibian Rugby
This is the second Namibian beer to grace the Back of the Ferry pages. Windhoek is reasonably widespread and I’ve seen it on restaurant beer lists. It was a pretty standard German influenced macro. Urbock is also a drop that …
Daylight Savings Eve, @CoopersBrewery Best Extra Stout, BotF Canoodling & @Untappd 400
The BotF calendar is a full one. Winter Solstice, Summer Solstice, Christmas Eve, first Friday of the week etc. A big moment is the commencement of Daylight Savings, which is just around the corner, which means another event – the …
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