Value-Man, Curmudgeon, Longboarder
Author: illiards
The Rex Hotel
Travelling overseas with kids is challenging. I was never one to be particularly impacted by jet lag. However, my kids have absolutely been shellacked by it. Means we have to dive in and out of Saigon in bite size chucks. …
Back in SE Asia
Your correspondent is back in the steamy tropics. This time it’s to follow the Ho Chi Minh trail thru Vietnam. One of the highlights of these Asian countries in their explosive, unregulated and anything goes phase of capitalism is that …
Leg 3 @ the Cantina
The botf boys have settled in. Four glorious years.
Leg 2 @4PinesBeer
Leg 2 at our spiritual home. A few have dropped off. But our leader is here.
Happy 4th B’day to botf
An eclectic turnout for leg 1 of the 4th birthday celebrations.
New members and monopolizing the aft deck
A busy night on the botf with a few new members to be inducted and a botf takeover of the full aft deck. Our first inductee; Name: Ian Favourite drink: Russian Imperial Stout Favourite Sport to Spectate: EPL football Area …
Sweating gold sovereigns
Your correspondent’s day job enables me to visit the birdcage at the thoroughbred races at Flemington in Melbourne once a year. For those who may be unaware, this is the annual look-at-me fest that occurs in a roped off section …
1500 @untappd uniques!
The app of choice for the backoftheferry is @untappd. The botf correspondents celebrate with relish the various badges the app rewards us for enjoying our favourite beverage but none more than the Uniques*. Botf reached the 1000 milestone (“Extraordinary”) almost …
Fyshwick Redux
The backoftheferry returned to our nation’s capitol recently to enjoy a few of our countries best craft beer venues. One a brewery. The other a bottlo. Both venues feature in earlier posts (here and here) but they are of such …
The Gertrude Hotel and #hipstergeddon
Whenever your correspondent visits Melbourne the first thing I do is check Crafty Pint. As always the recommended pubs are spot on so, after a hard day adding shareholder value at my day job, your correspondent found himself at The …
back of the ferry 