After punching out endless Bintangs (with no complaints mind you) your correspondent has stumbled upon some local Balinese craft beers. There are two breweries as far as I can ascertain and I enjoyed some output from Stark made at the …
Whitsundays, Hamilton Island, XXXX Gold
This correspondent has had the privilege of lapping up some amazing weather in tropical QLD over the past week – namely on Hamilton Island. With temperatures in the low 20’s and glorious sunshine, it’s an ideal place to escape the …
Bintang and crackling
The food in Ubud is unbelievable. The strong Aussie banana means dinner for a family of 5 including a few Bintangs comes in at about AUD20-25. What’s more the choice is amazing. While I have my daily Lund-inspired Nasi Goreng …
Ichnusa, Theresianer and Cap’n Fergus wins the Wilkinson
Last weekend, two of your correspondents had a night out with their significant others and a few old school mates at Cala Luna – a restaurant in the Middle Harbour Yacht Club on the Spit. illiards and I weren’t expecting …
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Island of the Gods
Bali is often called the Island of the Gods. While Bintang is omnipresent so are temples. Family temples, clan temples, village temples, district temples, island temples and rice paddy temples. The majority of Balinese are Hindu and the temple is …
Late night trip plus a German beer I can’t spell
Had a night out with some old workmates. Popped in to a bar I don’t really like called Jackson’s on George, but you are guaranteed to find an @untappd unique. Tonight didn’t disappoint with a German (?) drop whose label …
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Beer monocosm
botf is now set up in Ubud with the family. Your correspondent loves Indo and loves Bintang. Only issue….there’s only Bintang. I have been set a challenge to get a fellow correspondent a Bala Hai T-shirt (the only other Indo …
backoftheferry in Indo
Yep. The botf crew are off to another exotique locale. This time it’s the land of Bintang – Indonesia. More used to helping Garuda reassess how much Bintang they need on the SYD-DENPASAR leg, your correspondent is definitely not travelling …
June 2012 Harbord Bowling Fish Comp
It has been a while since my last BOTF blog and with it being the last weekend of June, it was the final round the 2011/2012 HBFC monthly fishing comp. Opportunities to fish was limited to early Saturday morning and …
ABs v Irel, Hook Norton Twelve Days, Porterhouse
9 June 2012 marked the start of 2 things, 1) the southern hemisphere international rugby season, and 2) the All Blacks 2nd reign as world cup champs. In the modern rugby era, world champs have notoriously suffered a hangover from …
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