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Harts Pub

Posted: May 7, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

There’s a number of well known pubs in The Rocks that are the tourist “go to” pubs – The Orient down in the guts of the Rocks on George St, The Glenmore with its beautiful rooftop views of the harbour, The Fortune of War with its gorgeous original overhead bar…

But none of these are anything like a Local.

Harts, on the other hand, is a bit away from the rest of the Rocks.
Settle in and enjoy a Local Brew from the , listen to some great music in a lovely little beer garden… just watch your head as you walk up the back steps… don’t bang your head on the low hanging branch of the tree at the top of the stairs as you walk in from the street!

We went for a walk around the area and deliberately picked streets we’d never walked before. We tripped over some interesting excavations in Windmill St, walked through what you can at the YMCA and returned to the area via the new Wynyard Walk which connects Barangaroo to Wynyard station.

Pretty well done.

Candelo Family Hotel

Posted: April 23, 2017 in Bars, Driving NSW
Tags: Beer, driving NSW, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub

On the way to Bega for work and we stopped at this Local.

Lots of Beatles memorabilia and local history on the walls.
Candelo is in south east NSW near Bega – about 20 km from Merimbula where we are staying for a few nights over the Anzac weekend. 700 people in Candelo call this their local 🙂

The Horse and Jockey

Posted: April 15, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Hotel, Local, Pub, Sydney, weekend

What a surprise to find, hidden from view, a quiet beer garden at the back of the the Horse and Jockey on busy Parramatta Road at Homebush.

We enjoyed a beer (Wild Yak Pacific Ale) and a NZ Sav Blanc (“South Island”) on a glorious Good Friday afternoon.

This part of Sydney – Homebush/Flemington/Strathfield – is extremely multicultural, so no surprise to find all of the shops open in the local strip shopping on this traditional public holiday; not just an Asian grocer but the supermarket, cafes and chemist.
Must remember this when we really need something on a (Christian) public holiday.

The Welcome Hotel

Posted: April 2, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel, Inner West, Walking

What a beautiful little pub, tucked away in Rozelle near Balmain.

Welcome indeed. We’d been down at the water’s edge at Birchgrove giving the new pup her first swim and so were looking for a dog friendly hotel nearby.

The Welcome has been a dog friendly pub since 1878

A great variety of craft beers on tap (I had the Ekim After Battle), a substantial wine list and a gorgeous beer garden.

I can see why it was voted Time Out’s Sydney pub of the year in 2014.

Go there. We’ll be back!

The dog is definitely a water lover 🙂 Took her a while to warm to it. but once she got used to the water, she loved it.

The Blue Gum

Posted: March 27, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub, Sydney, Sydney weekends

Located on Sydney’s Upper North Shore near Hornsby, the Blue Gum serves a huge area in this, Sydney’s least populated pub area. Only about half a dozen real “pubs” are to be found on this stretch of the Pacific Highway from North Sydney to Hornsby.

Typical pub fare, a popular spot on a weekend evening.

A hilly spot for a walk!

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Woolwich Pier Hotel

Posted: March 27, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel, Walking
Tags: Hotel, Local Hotel, Local pub, Sydney Harbour

Beautifully situated above Woolwich Dock, the Woolwich Pier Hotel is right at the end of the peninsula at Woolwich, near Hunters Hill. With views to the Bridge and Harbour, it’s a favourite of locals and visitors alike.

The Woolwich has a beautiful balcony as well as beer gardens that afford private areas for small groups to sit and enjoy a drink.

The Bald Rock

Posted: March 27, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel, Inner West
Tags: Beer, Hotel, olympics, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

The Bald Rock Hotel is an historic pub in the suburb of Rozelle, down near White Bay in the shadow of the Anzac Bridge in the Inner West of Sydney.

Wikipedia says that Bald Rock was originally a suburb within Balmain.

The hotel was built in 1876 and was a lot closer to the harbour when first built; subsequent landfill means it’s now a bit further from the water.

The Bald Rock is sandstone inside and out and is heritage-listed.

It retains much character and is a favourite of locals in an area that used to have a pub on nearly every corner but has in this last generation become more gentrified and where community gardens and parks now flourish.

The Rag and Famish

Posted: February 26, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub, Sydney, Sydney weekends

During the week, the Rag and Famish at North Sydney is a suits lunch pub, but come the weekend, when the CBD is quiet, it caters to the locals.

Quite a bit of history in this old girl, the first hotel to trade in North Sydney in 1860. the pub’s name, Rag & Famish, comes from a slang term for the Army and Navy Club and has been known by this name since 1866.

Great local beers on tap and a wine list with a definite Australian flavour. Throw in an expansive and inviting beer garden with benches, tables, stools and lounges and you have pub where you can sit and drink away the afternoon.

The Old Fitzroy

Posted: February 23, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Local, wine

The Old Fitz is more than a century old but retains a lot of its original character and is loaded with history and stories.
It’s clearly a meeting place for locals.
Plenty of different beers on tap including some niche brews – I enjoyed a Quick Draw Pale Ale – and a good selection of wines from Australia or NZ – Robyn had a Marlborough Black Star Sav Blanc.

We then went for a walk around the local streets – an interesting mix of poor, gentrified and waiting for something to be done.
Interesting winding old “dunny lanes”, lots of stairs that are a thoroughfarebetween Potts Point/Kings Cross and Woolomooloo.

Finished off with a pie from Harry’s Cafe de Wheels.

The London

Posted: February 6, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub, Sydney, Sydney weekends, walking inner Sydney

On the corner of Darling Street since the 1870’s, The London’s colonial era building with its veranda and sandstone walls is reminder of times gone by.
The hotel has very close ties to the Cooper’s Brewery and the site was once part of a Cooper’s Brewery Complex.
Great pub grub and and fine dining with a great selection of beers on tap (including a gluten free option!) and wines.
Very dog friendly, so if the mutt is part of the family, then bring him or her with you. They are always ready to welcome puppies with a fresh bowl of water.
And their little secret? If there are fireworks going off over the Harbour Bridge, then this is the place to watch them 🙂

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