Laura is a resident of Queensland via Victoria and the UK. #1 has been fortunate to travel with Laura in both states and enjoy her banter. An infrequent visitor to Sydney, Laura was delighted about the fortuitous coincidence of an …
Drinking in Kuching and 1602 Life Beer
Kuching is the capital of the Sarawak Province, in the north west of Borneo and the largest of the 13 Malaysian States. After roaming around a fair amount of Sabah, I decided to stay put and enjoy this delightful colonial …
Induction – Meryl #163
Meryl has been on a number of FNQ beer adventures with #1. Without Meryl I wouldn’t have been able to experience the craft beer delights of Mackay, Townsville and Cairns. She has a sense of adventure and is extremely tolerant …
Induction – Orlando #162
It is funny how work Christmas parties I organise often end up in Manly. Fortuitous™ I guess. And a great opportunity to induct a few workmates. Orlando is the 6th second generation inductee on to the Back of the Ferry. …
Drinking in Kota Kinabalu
At first glance, Kota Kinabalu isn’t a great city for pub crawling. Like many Asian cities there’s a bar street with cookie cutter Irish pubs and restaurants. In KK’s case that is the waterfront, which admittedly is a good place …
The Shamrock Irish Bar – Kota Kinabalu
I’m having a short trip to Malaysia. Four nights in Kota Kinabalu – capital of Sabah province, two nights in Kuching – capital of Sarawak province and two nights in Kuala Lumpur. I like to go for a wander when …
Tawny Grogmouth 4.0 – Drink Beer, Save Wildlife
A favourite event of my year is to head down to Bucketty’s in Brookvale to support the annual Tawny Grogmouth fundraiser for the Sydney Wildlife Rescue. It is a pretty simple formula, Bucketty’s brew a beer, Brentos designs a can …
Old Shanghai food court, Perth
Two of this correspondents great passions surprisingly came together in one location on a recent flying visit to Perth. I love a Laksa, but rarely does the opportunity arise to have a few crafties at the same time. The Old …
Basement Brewhouse and the Bankstown Sports Club
Inductees #1 and #2 were treated by #88 with a trip to Bankstown to experience a flight simulator. After landing and taking off at the old Hong Kong runway, we made the short trip to the Bankstown Sports Club – …
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BIG little Brewing and the Hoodoo Gurus
A gaggle of BotF inductees headed up the Central Coast last weekend. The principal objective of the trip away was to see the ageless Hoodoo Gurus play the album of our HSC year – StoneAge Romeos – back to back …
back of the ferry 