A short sharp post from the Back of the Ferry, literally. This photo gives an idea as why we love travelling home this way. The view is from the Turn Bar or off Bradley’s Head as the Manly Ferry gracefully …
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A Winter Beer Festival – Trains and Beer
It is the last weekend of what has felt like a pretty cold winter in Sydney. Fortunately for the organisers of the first annual Winter Beer Festival, Sydney brought on a little piece of spring early and a cloudless day …
Induction – John #40
John Tonight’s induction almost didn’t happen. Sydney turned on a crazy weather day today. At one stage, it was apparently 29 degrees. Remember – this is winter. A wild win hit in the afternoon, which had that tropical, humid feel …
Induction – Linda #39
Whilst Sydney is supposedly in the grip of winter, she turned on an absolute belter of an evening last night, which was a wonderful backdrop for our latest induction. Linda is a Bostonian and there are ferries there. They have …
Induction – Fergus #38
Cap’n Fergus Daytime inductions are rare, but this correspondent took a weekend trip into big smoke to get into American food and beer at Harts Pub, and was accompanied by a frequent appearer in these pages – Fergus. Given that …
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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Induction – Molly #37
Tonight we see the first of the second generation to be inducted onto the BotF. Molly handled herself well discussing tidal and lunar issues with the salty old sea dogs and tonight’s witnesses – lamb0 and pommy_ch So to the …
The first autumn BotF twilight and Meteor from Alsace
Daylight saving finished on the weekend, and we’ve abruptly moved to a new skyline on the Back of the Ferry. It is amazing what a difference an hour makes. Tonight’s ferry trip was looking pretty lonely with an alomst empty …
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Queen Mary 2 and a trio of Matso’s
The Queen Mary 2 has been written about before on Back of the Ferry, when it came into Sydney Harbour with the Queen Elizabeth. This time the ships came in separately. The Queen Mary 2 this time berthed at the …
Induction Geoff P #34
Two inductions on one night is a rare event. Our second inductee is the redoubtable Geoff P – an even longer time friend of this correspondent. An influential character in many ways, it was great to see GP on the …
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