Hanging out at the pub of the Birdsville Hotel in Queensland, Australia.
Pub memorabilia.
We’ve spent a lot of time at the pub over the last few days. Basically, there’s nowhere else to go in town at the moment. But luckily for us, it’s a really good pub and filled with friendly local characters and cold beer.
The pub menu for when the chef's not around.
The Birdsville Hotel dates back to 1884. It has a main bar, the Green Lizard Bar and dining room and a beer garden. Every day, a menu for lunch is written on the chalkboard and then changed to a dinner menu. For being in the middle of nowhere, the hotel has offered up some pretty good meals, including everything from a Sunday roast to a Waldorf salad to fish and chips and local beef. In between meal times, another menu is put up and it features what you can get “when the cook has nicked off” – zapp pies or microwaved meat pies, ham and pineapple pizzas and pasties. I had to laugh at the seven course dinner option: a six pack of beer and a pie. All in all, there are a lot of options.
We still don’t know whether we can leave town today. But I’ll say it again: there are worse places we could be stuck!
The Birdsville hot rod, complete with hotel replica on top.
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Hi, just found your card at home, so decided to read your travels very interesting, I worked at the motel birdsville and am just about to go back out there for another 7 months I think it gets in your blood and want to go back, we had a really great time in this remote area and hear from the locals which is great for us. enjoy your travels Joan
Hi Joan, Great to hear from you. I think of my time in Birdsville very fondly. It is such a unique and amazing place and I agree, it does get in your blood. I would love to go back.
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