It’s been a wild Melbourne like day in Sydney. Sunny, cold snap, drenching rain and now sunny and becoming warm. Now perfect conditions for an early trip home. Vintage Cellars at Wynyard has the odd unique and BotF’s great friend, …
Bar Nacional and a trio of Spanish beers
Most of the time, when this correspondent is in Melbourne, he schleps it down in whatever the opposite of the Paris End of Collins Street is. For a long time it has been a barren place, which has had the …
Beer Gossip
I love being back in the UK pubs over-hearing drink fuelled conversations (the amount of b*shit seems to be less creative in Sydney)… I thought I heard it all when the rumours started streaming about the father of Prince Harry …
Induction – Simon and Angelo #59 #60
The last of the inductions from our epic ceremony. First up, Angelo. Favourite beverage: Little Creatures Pale Ale Favourite sport to spectate: Association Football Area of trivial expertise: NSL And secondly our final inductee – Simon, Favourite beverage: Zinfandel Favourite …
Manly Phoenix at the Steyne and White Horse Lager
The 2013 edition of the Melbourne Cup was shaping up to be a shocker. I was crook, there was no free lunch to be found in these expense challenged times and we couldn’t even get the television to work on …
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Induction – Reynold and Michael A #57 #58
Another colleague of this correspondent, who has heard plenty about the Back of the Ferry going’s on. Has done the journey before, but before BotF was born. Reynold is Swiss, which explains the unusual sport choice. Well, at least it …
Induction – Toby #56
This correspondent’s worked with Toby a couple of times now, and after hearing numerous stories of the Back of the Ferry, Toby has figured that it is about time that he became a member. Another Melbourne connection for Back of …
Induction – Phil #55
Phil’s a man with many pursuits that are close to Back of the Ferry’s heart. He organises some of the most insane Sydney pub crawls and then proceeds to blog about them (amongst other things) on Loose Head Prop. A …
Induction – David B & David W #53 #54
The remaining Davids from the mass induction. Originally from the old dart, it isn’t surprising to see British and Scottish ales feature. That said, these two are not shy to have a lash at the best Australia has to offer …
Induction – David C #52
David C When there’s 10 inductions on the go at once, there’s bound to be some double ups on names. This is the first of three Davids that were welcomed. Favourite beverage: Guinness Favourite sport to spectate: Rugby Union Area …
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