One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
After an extended break, we’re back! It’s been a little while between trips. But the important thing is the Tour is back now. And we’re back with a brand new Royal in a brand new state: the Royal Hotel Balaklava in South Australia. This particular leg had four participants. As per usual there was John and myself […]
Editor’s Note: After our night out in Newcastle, there was one stop left to go. For the last stop on this leg I once again leave you in the moderately competent hands of John. So if you don’t like it, blame him. If you do, I must be amazing at editing. First and only Royal […]
After departing Kew and its many punnily named businesses, we continued south to Newcastle and our last stop for the day, the Royal (Inn) Hotel Waratah. Firstly I’ll address the bit of an elephant in the room. Yes, the sign on the outside does say the Royal INN Hotel. And yes, I do know the […]
After setting off from South Grafton, several hours later we found ourselves in the small town of Kew, the home of our next stop on the Tour, the aptly named Royal Hotel Kew. Kew is a bit of a small, unassuming town. While Kew doesn’t have a ton of businesses, those that are there lean […]
As we’ve hit another 10 Royals, it’s time to update our running list of our favourites. These are our 10 favourite Royals of the first 60 we’ve visited. There was a bit of shake up in the rankings this time around. Scroll down to find out Just a reminder about our criteria: So here we […]
After departing Taree and spending a night in Coffs Harbour, the Tour rolled on to the northernmost point of this leg: the Royal Hotel South Grafton. While I won’t dwell on it, the night spent in Coffs Harbour was not, on the whole, amazing. We went to the stadium in Coffs and watched what I’m […]
After the one-off Royal in Bungendore it was time again for a proper full leg of the tour. This one took us up to the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales. The first stop: the Royal Hotel Taree. We had a fairly early morning departure to head up the coast so we rolled into Taree […]
After another short break we’re back with an international guest and a one-off Royal: the Royal Hotel Bungendore. When we first hatched this ambitious (or foolish depending on your point of view) Royal Tour endeavour a couple years ago, the Royal Hotel Bungendore was non-operational. It was shut down, but there were signs of life. […]
So after departing Grenfell and its myriad bottle openers, we headed up Henry Lawson Way in the direction of our final stop on this leg of the Tour, the Royal Hotel Parkes. We were staying in Parkes for the night. So we dropped our stuff at the Airbnb and headed into town. Parkes was easily […]
After leaving the welcoming confines and brilliant poetry of Caragabal behind, we headed on to our penultimate stop on this leg of the Tour: the Royal Hotel Grenfell. Grenfell is a town I’d been through once or twice previously, but never stayed long. But it’s a decent sized place for that part of the state. […]
