One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
The Royal in Hughenden was the last Royal of the last trip. But between the Royals in Ingham and Herberton, we made a lunch stop at a pub that was so good it deserves a write-up regardless of whether or not it’s a Royal. So we’re calling the El Arish Tavern an ‘Honorary Royal’. El […]
After departing Herberton, we headed south out of the Atherton Tablelands and into the outback. As alluded to last week, we had a 6-hour drive before we would arrive at the Royal Hotel Hughenden. So there was time for a few stops on the way to break up the journey. The first stop of the […]
After departing Ingham, we headed further into the north of Queensland. And after a few stops along the way, we rolled into the little mountain town of Herberton and the Royal Hotel Herberton. But it was closed… This put us in a bit of a quandary as we were staying in the nearby town of […]
About 3 months since our last Royal in Narromine, we were back on the road, this time way up in Far North Queensland. And our first stop in that part of the country was the Royal Hotel Ingham. For this trip we had John and myself as usual. We were also joined by veteran of […]
After we successfully deciphering the cryptic clues John received in Mendooran, we did successfully coast into a petrol station and were thus able to continue this leg of the tour without walking, pushing a vehicle, or hitchhiking. And with our full tank of petrol, we motored on to our final Royal of the leg: the […]
With our 100th Royal in the rearview mirror, we’ve set off to consolidate our century. We’ve now been to 110 Royal Hotels across Australia and that means it’s time again to update our top 10 list of the Royals (as we do every time we hit another 10). And we have a new entry into […]
The Royal Hotel Tambar Springs was going to be a tough one to beat. But we were certainly game to give it a crack. So we headed south, through the town of Binnaway with its former, but now closed Royal Hotel. And eventually we arrived at the Royal Hotel Mendooran. Full disclosure: we were a […]
After finishing the Day 2 Royals with Warialda and an awesome night with the Jatz-loving emu in Narrabri, we set out bright and early for Day 3 of the trip. And the first stop on Day 3, was the Royal Hotel Tambar Springs. Tambar Springs is one of those places where you put it into […]
We departed the sporty Royal at Moree and headed east for a not-too-long drive this time. And soon we arrived at Royal number two for the day: the Royal Hotel Warialda. I must admit, I was expecting a tiny barely-there town. But Warialda has a bit too it. There were multiple decent looking pubs and […]
With memories of the mulled wine from Coonabarabran in our heads, we set off on day 2 of the trip and headed a couple of hours up the road to the Royal Hotel Moree. We arrived at the Royal Hotel Moree mid-morning on a weekday. So we knew going in that what we saw of […]
