In between East Coast Lows, a number of us took a few days out to visit the South Coast of NSW. The 450km between Wollongong and the NSW/Vic border possesses some of the finest beaches and scenery you’d fine anywhere …
The Long Island City brewery trail – and Queens is done
The fifth and last borough of our five boroughs in five days mission was Queens. I’ve always imagined Queens to be far flung from Manhattan and its skyscrapers. Actually you can get great views of Manhattan from Queens’ western most …
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The Chubb’s Sports Bar empire
On Friday I was able to have a beer at Manly’s newest venue (and solving the mystery in this post). No mean feat because COVID19 capacity at Chubb’s Sports Bar is 20 punters. And the punters were keen. Like moths …
The Bronx Brewery and the Yankee Tavern
The theme of my trip to New York City in February was simple. Five boroughs in five days. And when my daughter was pursuing her passion for Broadway musicals, I pursued mine. So I made sure to visit a brewery …
Breaking news – new sports bar in Manly
So I’m popping into 4 Pines for a work meeting and I notice a couple of new neons. “Blue Moon” “Coors – Born in the Rockies” and “Sports Bar”. I had a peer through the window and there’s definitely a …
Luxus 8.5% – a new Mr Liquor unique
At Back of the Ferry we love it when Mr Liquor introduces a beer that is an @Untappd unique. For many years Mr Liquor has specialised in bargain basement Euroswill™. Six packs of Weidmann Pilsner, Dam Burg and Luxus are …
@BurnleyBrewing – going well in 2020
I write this post sitting in T4 of Tullamarine – waiting to flee Melbourne. Now BotF is prone to bouts of hyperbole, but that’s what it feels like. Melbournians are aghast that a New South Welshman would visit and family …
Shandong Mama Mini – Dumplings & Craft Beer
An in situ post I am back on the Melbourne shuttle. After about 9 years of it with a former employer, I’ve started a new gig and so I am again aboard (in pre-COVID19 times) the fourth most popular airline …
A new old club in Manly
For a century or so there has been a garage on the corner of Gilbert and Eustace St in Manly. The unusually named “Auckland” garage which sits behind the park on Belgrave where the Northern Beaches buses congregate has been …
Happy, hoppy 12th birthday @4PinesBrewing
One of the spiritual homes of Back of the Ferry is the original 4 Pines Bar opposite Manly Wharf. Fortuitously, I popped in after my first Monday ferry in 3 months to discover that they are having a low key …
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