It is very rare to be at the opening of an icon. Imagine being at the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Sydney Opera House, the first passenger on the Manly Ferry, the first customer at Rockpool or …
Category: Manly & the Ferry
Never follow a Schofferhofer Hefeweizen with a Cintra Pilsner
A coincidental early mark for illiards and bladdamasta meant an opportunity to enjoy a ferry trip home in the sunlight. Sydney is freezing at the moment, and the night time BotF is only for the saltiest of old seadogs. The …
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Tuborg Green, DAB and Bob Geldof
BotF was very excited when Tony from Toowoomba graced our shores and indeed the Back of the Ferry. Swept up in the excitement was a review of Tuborg Green, which upon reflection was very terse and very harsh. With it …
Birra Moretti, Fairy Bower and SUPs
A great afternoon’s spectating can be had on the headland overlooking Fairy Bower when the surf is up and the surfing herd is out. There was at least 100 surfers and boogie boarders in the water on Sunday arvo and …
Samuel Adams Summer Ale on an almost Summer Day
Sunday morning on the insular peninsula (aka Sydney’s Northern Beaches) has seen a solid swell pounding the coastline. When the sun is out, which it has been for extended periods, it is warm and getting a summery feel. When the …
Holgate Temptress and Murray’s Angry Man
This BotF correspondent spent Easter at a farmstay, just north of Dungog. Trepidation, caused by previous disastrous experiences, was replaced by exultation as we had jagged a beauty. A great house smack bang in the middle of a working dairy …
Balmy Autumn evenings and TfT
We’ve been fortunate to be able to entertain our Beijing based correspondent Tony from Toowoomba on two successive nights on the BotF. Sydney must be happy about that, because she has turned on some of the best April weather I …
Pink Killer, @HartsPub and the Butcher Porter
In the early days of BotF we discovered a beer brewed by the Silly Brasserie that was called “Silly Pils“. At the time we lamented the Australian distributors lack of a sense of humour because they renamed the beer “Real …
TfT has landed. Tuborg beer.
He’s made it. Our Beijing correspondent is on board. Crap beer, great view.
Paulaner Salvator and the Part-time Monk
Absent wives presented a rare opportunity to enjoy a Monday night BotF and a post voyage libation on Manly Wharf. So far, the post daylight savings voyages have all been very picturesque with Sydney Harbour not failing to turn a …
back of the ferry 