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Driving after you have consumed alcohol is dangerous. Australia has strict laws and penalties on ‘drink driving’ and police actively enforce them through random breath testing programs. If you have a full driver’s licence you must not drive if your blood alcohol level is 0.05 per cent or higher. At 0.05 per cent blood alcohol concentration, your risk of being involved in a crash doubles.
Many city venues have tried to recreate the quirky character of Outback pubs, but the only way to truly experience this unique
part of Australian life is to visit a real Great Outback Pub.
If the walls of these historic pubs could talk, they’d have plenty of yarns to tell you, from stories of courage and survival, to anecdotes about colourful
characters and the odd ‘tall tale’! Outback pubs serve as a meeting place for townsfolk and stockmen
from surrounding stations, so are a great place to meet the local characters and immerse yourself into the lifestyle of the community.
Whether you drop in for a hearty meal and a cold drink, or stay a few nights in an historic hotel, visiting an Outback pub is sure to be a highlight of your travels.
We’ve put together a collection of Great Outback Pubs that we reckon you shouldn’t miss when travelling through Queensland. But most rural towns have got great pubs of their own, so be sure to visit them all and make your own list.
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Immerse yourself into Steele Rudd’s legendary yarns of Dad & Dave and On Our Selection, some of which were penned in the pub by its namesake nearly 100 years ago. The walls are covered in a collage of old photographs and documents chronicling Nobby’s history. Wrap your mouth around a piece of Mabel’s Rump, or any of the other hearty meals on the menu!
Tooth St, NobbyPhone (07) 4696 [email protected]
Rudd’s Pub
This great Outback pub is located in the township of Amby, which aptly means ‘little waterhole’ in the local Aboriginal dialect. The Amby Hotel is renowned for its country hospitality, so drop in and meet the locals. While in town take up the challenge of the ‘no horse’ golf course.
Warrego Highway, AmbyPhone (07) 4623 1661wfi [email protected]
Amby Hotel
Kaimkillenbun is recognised as the Queensland town with the longest single name, but is affectionately known by locals as ‘The Bun’. The hotel was built in 1911, much to the disgust of many locals who practised restraint. The quaint old pub was used as a set in the 1983 Nicole Kidman movie Chase through the Night. Ask to see the signatures of WWI soldiers from the eve of their departure.
Moffatt St, KaimkillenbunPhone (07) 4663 4108
The Bun Hotel
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The scene is set by the authentic timber
weatherboard cladding on the outer walls and the hessian lining the walls of the dining room. See if you can spot the police hat among the collection of 140 Akubra hats on the wall, each donated by a local. This particular hat is simply labelled ‘pinched’.
‘Paddy’s Room’ is named in memory of a local who called in one night for a packet of cigarettes but didn’t survive the drive home. This is the room where patrons who are ‘under the weather’ can sleep off their festivities and continue on safely the next day.
Leaving Nindigully is sad but you can’t help smiling as
the sign that welcomed you to town – ‘Free beer yesterday’ - has a farewell message to deliver – ‘Free beer tomorrow’!
George Rd, NindigullyPhone (07) 4625 [email protected]
Located just inside the Dingo Fence, this is perhaps the only hotel in Australia that you’ll need to open a gate to enter. That is, if you’re entering Queensland from NSW. Getting priorities straight, this heritage-listed hotel was granted its fi rst licence in 1874, a year before Hungerford was gazetted as a township! Several of the hotel’s early publicans served as postmaster for the town, hence the name Royal Mail Hotel.
Achenar St, HungerfordPhone (07) 4655 4093
Royal Mail Hotel
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You can’t beat ‘The Gully’ for a classic Outback-style pub with riverside fi shing right out front! Sitting opposite the mighty Moonie River, this sprawling building bursts with character.
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The Noccundra Hotel was listed by the National Trust in 1977. It is a great example of a vernacular style of masonry construction that spread throughout central Australia in the late 19th century. It was built of sandstone quarried from Mount Poole in NSW and transported over 200 kilometres by camel trains. The stone and corrugated iron building stands out in isolation against the fl at gibber plains.
Wilson St, NoccundraPhone (07) 4655 4317
Noccundra Hotel
The sign at this old Cobb & Co. staging post says it all – ‘Toompine: Pub without a town.’ This and other signs outside the pub are a hint of the dry Outback humour you can expect inside the bar. An eclectic bunch call the Toompine Pub their ‘local’, including opal miners and pastoralists from the surrounding area. Play a round on the 9 hole golf course with sand ‘scrapes’.
Quilpie-Thargomindah Rd, ToompinePhone (07) 4656 4863
Toompine Hotel
This is the furthest pub – and town – from the sea in Australia. If you’ve made it this far, you deserve a drink and make that a cold one! Eromanga, after all, means ‘hot, dusty plain’. The Royal Hotel was built in 1885 from locally made mud bricks and retains much of its early character. Visit on a Saturday evening, when the pub hosts its weekly charity barbecue.
Deacon St, EromangaPhone (07) 4656 4837
Royal Hotel
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If you’re not sure which of the few buildings is the pub in the tiny town of Adavale, just look for the watertank painted to look like a giant can of beer! A surfboard hanging at the front declares the building to be a surf life saving club! It is usually a bit busy on Saturdays when the entire Adavale population comes to town. Don’t worry – there are only 12 people!
Shepherd St, AdavalePhone (07) 4656 [email protected]
Adavale Pub
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The hotel’s most famous owner, Isabel Robinson
was the self-proclaimed Eulo Queen. Legend has it she earned her nickname because when she was questioned by an unruly patron in her pub she was attempting to turf out, she was heard to have replied: “I’m the Eulo Queen... now get out!”
This thrice-married pub owner, storekeeper, sly-grog dealer, gambler and opal trader led a colourful life. She collected opals worth a small fortune by letting opal miners settle their debts with the fi ery gemstones.
The pub is full of mem- orabilia about Isabel who died in a mental hospital
in Toowoomba, having lost most of her fortune. Current publicans Ken and Marlene Manktelow would love to tell you her full story, as well as plenty of other yarns!
Leo St, EuloPhone (07) 4655 4867
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Isabel Robinson earned herself a reputation that ensured her illustrious life would not be forgotten. In the little town of Eulo she is remembered, quite aptly, by the only hotel in town – the Eulo Queen.
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Re-live the grand days of yesteryear in the 1924 heritage-listed Hotel Corones. The hotel is a living museum where you can explore the legend created by Harry “Poppa” Corones, the fi rst Greek to ever hold a hotel licence in Australia. Enjoy an afternoon of rich nostalgia and hear tales of the squattocracy, famous guests and frivolity from the 1930s and 1940s.
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33 Wills St, CharlevillePhone (07) 4654 [email protected] www.hotelcorones.com.au
Hotel Corones
The walls of the Globe Hotel are adorned with paintings by renowned Australian fi gurative impressionist artist Hugh Sawrey. Sawrey’s passion for the Outback led to his being the founder and driving force behind the creation of the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame in Longreach. Current licencees Pat and Clare Ogden have been running the Globe since 1970, so will be sure to have some stories to tell!
Oak St, BarcaldinePhone (07) 4651 1141
Globe Hotel
The Barcoo Hotel was once owned by legendary blade shearer Jackie Howe, who set a world record by shearing 321 sheep in 7 hours and 40 minutes. It took 58 years for that record to be broken and that was by machine shears. Inside the pub today, you will fi nd the Hall of Flame – a gallery of murals dedicated to the many pubs the town has lost to fi re, including the Barcoo itself – twice!
Barcoo Hotel95 Shamrock St, BlackallPhone (07) 4657 [email protected]
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Isisford is reputed to have been the inspiration for Banjo Paterson’s poem Clancy of the Overfl ow. So when Glen Clancy became the licensee of the hotel in 1965, its new name was an obvious choice! Clancy’s was the fi rst hotel in the far west to be connected to electricity, and when you see the original cold room you will probably look twice to make sure you haven’t had too many beers!
7 Saint Mary St, IsisfordPhone (07) 4658 8210clancysoverfl [email protected]
Clancy’s Overflow Hotel
The doors of the Wellshot Hotel were opened in 1890 – more than a year before the town formally came into existence! The building had been progressively relocated westward as the railway line extended from Rockhampton. Today the hotel houses memorabilia from the height of the wool station era, including its namesake, Wellshot Station, which was once the largest sheep station in the world.
Wellshot HotelMain Avenue, IlfracombePhone (07) 4658 [email protected]
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In its early days, tickets were issued to shearers at the Hotel, hence its name, the Union. When current licensee Serg Pelizzari bought the hotel in 1970, he was the youngest publican in Queensland. The Union would have been especially popular in 1958 when it became the fi rst hotel in town to have a cold room. Judge for yourself if they still serve the coldest beer in Barcaldine!
61 Oak St, BarcaldinePhone (07) 4651 [email protected]
Union Hotel
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Windorah is well-known for its great fi shing holes on the mighty Cooper Creek. Another popular ‘waterhole’ is the Western Star Hotel. Built in 1878, the Western Star is one of the oldest hotels in the region, and has been run by pioneering families of Windorah and the Channel Country. Enjoy a coldie at the bar with the locals or try a steak from the Sandhill Grill.
15 Albert St, WindorahPhone (07) 4656 3166 [email protected] www.westernstarhotel.com
Western Star Hotel
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The Birdsville Hotel is not just an Outback pub. Not just a remote watering hole. It’s a genuine Australian icon.
It is hard to imagine any place in Australia which evokes
quite the sense of isolation as that of Birdsville. This romantic remoteness operates like some kind of mysterious magnet, drawing people deep into the heat of the continent.
Birdsville is a name that has long been part of Australian folklore. And right at the heart
of this enduring Australian legend is the Birdsville Pub. The Birdsville Hotel, built way back in 1884, has seen history in the making. It’s a place where yarns have been spun for more than a century, a place in a harsh environment where the true spirit of Australian mateship still lives on.
No exploration of the Australian Outback is complete without a pilgrimage to the Birdsville Hotel.
Adelaide St, BirdsvillePhone (07) 4656 3244
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Regarded as one of the most isolated pubs in Queensland, the Middleton Hotel sits alone midway between Winton and Boulia. Most travellers are surprised to hear that there is a Hilton Hotel in town, until they realise that is name the locals have given to the bough shed over the road! Enjoy a cold beer on the verandah watching the sun set slowly behind the mesas.
Boulia-Winton Rd, MiddletonPhone (07) 4657 [email protected]
Middleton Hotel
Herbert St, BouliaPhone (07) 4746 3144
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Known as one of the waterholes for the Kidman stockmen, the Australian Hotel boasts a wonderfully colourful history dating back to the mid 1800s. Many a famous rodeo rider has enjoyed a coldie at the Australian, as well as Royal Flying Doctor Service founder Reverend John Flynn. Head to the hotel on Thursdays for the legendary crumbed steak special, or try your luck in the meat tray raffl es on a Friday.
Sitting on the edge of the Simpson Desert in the tiny town of Bedourie, the Royal Hotel has been operating continuously since it was fi rst licensed back in 1883. This adobe brick building has changed little in appearance since that time, except for the replacement of the thatched roof with corrugated iron. And of course the addition of Jimmy’s big screen plasma television to get all the latest cricket scores!
Herbert St, BedouriePhone (07) 4746 1201
Royal Hotel
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The Tatts, as it is fondly known, is the oldest standing hotel in Winton. Originally built in 1885 as a single storey structure, a second level was added sometime between 1910 and 1914. The second storey was carted from Charters Towers when a hotel there closed due to a decline in gold production. Travellers admire the majestic red cedar stairway which alludes to the early grandeur of this hotel.
78 Elderslie St, WintonPhone (07) 4657 1309
Tattersals Hotel
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The North Gregory Hotel has a great link with
Outback history and culture. It is recognised as the site of the fi rst public rendition of Waltzing Matilda way back in 1895.
Banjo Paterson is reported to have written the poem after visiting nearby Dagworth Station, the site of some aggression during the shearing
strike of 1894. Christina MacPherson, whose brothers owned Dagworth, entertained Banjo playing a tune she had heard at the Warrnambool Races and Banjo put words to the music thus creating what has become our national song.
The song’s chorus and the swagman’s image have been sand-etched into the hotel’s glass
doors by renowned sculptor Daphne Mayo, this masterpiece of her work is beyond valuation.
67 Elderslie St, WintonPhone (07) 4657 1375 [email protected]/northgregoryhotel
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Waltz your matilda to Winton. Drink a toast to bush poet Banjo Paterson at the hotel where Australia’s unoffi cial anthem, Waltzing Matilda, was fi rst performed.
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Featured in all three Crocodile Dundee movies, this large breezy pub sits on the Matilda Highway. It may be a hundred years old but it’s full of modern movie history, with photographs, props and memorabilia from Paul Hogan’s popular movies. There’s even a crocodile – but it’s stuffed! Enjoy a Dundee Burger on the wide verandah overlooking distant plains.
Kirby St, McKinlayPhone (07) 4746 [email protected]
Walkabout Creek Hotel
This hotel enjoyed 15 minutes of fame after it was featured in Neville Shute’s A Town Like Alice. In the novel, hero Joe Harman overlands 1,400 cattle from the Gulf to Julia Creek. He stays at the fi ctional Post Offi ce Hotel which was obviously based on Gannon’s Hotel, which is over the road from the Post Offi ce.
36 Burke St, Julia CreekPhone (07) 4746 7103
Gannon’s Hotel
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The ‘champagne window’ was immortalised in Banjo Paterson’s poem Goldenwater. It was through this window that the MacPhersons of Dagworth Station passed champagne to the very shearers who had burnt Dagworth’s woolshed, wool and 143 jumbucks during the great shearers’ strike. Drink a toast to the famous Australian working dog that is the hotel’s namesake and search for some famous names amongst the signatures festooned on the walls.
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Matilda Highway, KynunaPhone (07) 4746 8650
Blue Heeler Hotel
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Einasleigh Hotel is a typical old Queenslander mining town hotel built in 1910. But the dining room harbours a surprise - a miniature collection painstakingly built by the publican’s father. This museum-quality collection depicts everyday domestic scenes with fascinating detail. Some of the displays are so small, it is mind-boggling to consider effort and skill required to complete the scenes.
Daintree St, EinasleighPhone (07) 4062 [email protected]
Einasleigh Hotel
The National Hotel is more commonly known as the Purple Pub – and it’s easy to see why. The Purple Pub is a typical Outback pub – except for the fact that it is bright purple! Its distinctive colouring has made it a famous Normanton landmark and a popular spot for travellers to stop in for a drink while in the Gulf Country.
Landsborough St, NormantonPhone (07) 4745 1626
Purple Pub
The Prairie Hotel is more like a museum than a typical pub. Ringers’ hats, saddles, old farming equipment and other memorabilia adorn the walls and the ceiling! The old hitching rail is still out the front, waiting for the next Cobb & Co. coach to pull up. While you’re there, be sure to introduce yourself to the friendly ‘locals’, hotel pets Buffy the water buffalo and Harry the alpaca.
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Flinders Highway, PrairiePhone (07) 4741 [email protected]
Prairie Hotel
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