I can honestly say that I didn’t hold high hopes for my visit to Walgett. My daughter is an optimistic soul however, and she said “Wait until we do the Grawin”. “The Grawin” is a collection of opal mines, miners …
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The Carinda Hotel – unlikely Bowie history
Your correspondent made the trek to Walgett to visit a daughter working in the hospital up there. There’s no pub in Walgett and the Sports Club and RSL haven’t reopened. Luckily the publican of the Bucking Bull Hotel in Coonamble …
The world’s best commutes gets back on track
With your correspondents having been travelling far and wide lately, it has been a long time between orange whips on the back of the ferry. What better way to get back in our stride than with the latest #beermail from …
Death Ave Brewing Co and The High Line
Started this post in February when the world was a different place. Maybe a long time before I‘d visit NYC again. Manhattan is the epicentre of New York City. Yes, there are four other Boroughs (Queens, The Bronx, Brooklyn and …
The Staten Island Ferry and Flagship Brewing
For me it is sacrilegious to visit New York City and not ride the Staten Island Ferry. In my humble opinion it is the world’s second best commute, but I’m biased. There is so much to love about it. It …
Coney Island Brewing and the NYC Ferry
It was a cold and wet day in New York City – not good for walking. So we gave the ferries and trains a really good workout. The New York Ferries run about five routes along the East River. A …
Devil’s Elbow Brewery – Dubbo. Done well.
At short notice, I found myself driving Daughter No.2 to Dubbo, where her nursing career commences. I’ve following the Devil’s Elbow journey on social media and expected to visit once Daughter No.2 had some leave – but all of a …
Benchmark on Booner – Hawks Nest craftiness (and the Tea Gardens Hotel)
For 22 years, on and off, your correspondents have been spending their New Year’s break at the wonderful town of Hawk’s Nest, which is across the Singing Bridge from Tea Gardens. A very simple daily rhythm is followed. Bennett’s Beach …
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Peticolas Brewing and this how you do beer merch
Just a short Uber from Rodeo Goat, the subject of an earlier post, and still in the Designer District of Dallas, is the Peticolas Brewing Company. Michael Peticolas, owner and founder, is considered the William Wallace of craft brewing in …
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