Friday, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:34
Thanks Baz,
I had the
William Creek and the Parachilna pubs on our agenda, but not the
Farina camp ground, that sounds excellent. These old outback pubs are really special and I think need to be supported and for my boys aged 12 and 15, an eye opener to an almost lost part of Australian culture.
As much as I like a beer, on this trip,the coldies will have to wait till the end of the day, too many long, flat roads from Tassie to the Simpson, so I'll have to call in and have a lemonade and a feed, instead. Gone are the days when we would measure the distance from
Darwin to Kathrine or wherever in the numbers of beers you could drink!(or do people still do that?)
One of the best pubs I have been to over the years is the Lions Den Hotel near
Cooktown. Great place to
camp at down the back near the creek and years ago the cows from the paddock next door would stick their heads through the window at the bar and bellow!!
The Humpty Doo Hotel near
Darwin was a beauty too, especially when one of the locals would bring his brahman bull into the bar for a few drinks. That bull could out drink anyone!!Another time I saw a local with a 2 metre python around his neck, he approached everyone along the barand said ".Pat me snake." ,when one bloke told him to piss off, he slowly unwound the snake punched the bloke, then put the snake back around his neck and kept moving along the bar and asked the next bloke to "Pat me snake!" needless to say everyone else patted the snake after that!!
You see some funny things in country pubs!
Thanks for the advice Baz, and reckon you are never too old to get out amongst it mate.
Campy
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