The suburb of Newtown in Wellington has gone through an unbelievable transformation over the last 10+ years. It was once a working class suburb with not a lot going for. It had a bad reputation as a run-down, derelict and dangerous …
8 New Beers You Should Know
via Mike Newman @ Cool Material As you hit your local liquor shop in search of some new beers to try, there are a few that are worth keeping an eye out for. Some of them are brand new and …
Donny’s, Dumplings, Dad & Dave’s – an alliterative combo
Back in the early days of Back of the Ferry, we wrote about a cool new bar in Manly. Almost four years later, as a symbol of Manly’s growth as a bar district, we are now writing about another new …
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FAA Kills a Great Idea
via The Verge A nearly unbelievable video of a drone that delivers 12-packs of beer to ice fishers on a frozen lake turns out to be too good to be true. Beermaker Lakemaid created the video as a riff on Amazon’s …
Induction – Anita #62
On a glorious evening in Sydney, Back of the Ferry completed its first induction for 2014. The Harbour was heaving with all sorts of boats including 2 cruise liners, armadas of yachts and the odd tall ship. This correspondent had …
Washable, Writable, Reusable Homebrew Beer Bottle Labels
via Ben Dahl from Cool Material If you have ever homebrewed your own beer, or know someone that has, you understand the very specific nightmare that is marking them. Writing on the bare bottles isn’t effective. Paper gets destroyed. Labels …
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Traditional t-shirt gifting
When a BotF founding member is fortunate to travel OS he usually shares his good fortune by bringing a beer, a beer glass, a beer-shirt or combination of the above. Illiards has been regaling us of his tales of Vietnam …
Halong Bay and The Windmill
I was uncertain of what to expect in Halong Bay, Vietnam. On one hand, it is a de riguer destination for every tourist to Vietnam, so likely to be crowded and overdone. But on the other, the scenery is so …
Massive news from Back of the Ferry
Two huge events today. Our readership can decide the “huger”. Lamb0 shot 171 on 3 dart triple 19 throw at the Sports Bar of the Menzies. Pommy_ch watched in awe. “Tremendous”. Mr Liquor has changed over its fridges and has …
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