One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
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. […]
With our heads still quietly banging to ourselves with the memory of the Euabalong playlist, we headed off on the two hour trek to the next pub on the Tour: the Royal Hotel Caragabal. Caragabal is the exact small town when you think of the phrase ‘small town in central New South Wales’. It’s not […]
It was with some reluctance that we departed the Royal Hotel Mount Hope. But with merch in hand we loaded ourselves back into the car and set course for the next Royal on the Tour: the Royal Hotel Euabalong. Euabalong is another small town in the west of the state. Although coming from Mt Hope […]
After departing West Wyalong, we headed on to our furthest inland point on this leg of the tour, the Royal Hotel Mount Hope. Mount Hope was not supposed to be the next stop. But we discovered the Royal Hotel Condobolin closed for renovations when we arrived in town for the night. So after dinner at […]
After a couple weeks’ break we’re back. We last left off in Mirrool with their great Royal and better contest/backstory. From there we headed half an hour up the Newell Highway to the Royal Hotel West Wyalong. West Wyalong is a town I’ve actually spent some time in over the years. But somehow I never […]
So we departed Grong Grong and forged ahead into the next 50 Royals on the list. And the first Royal of that next 50? The Royal Hotel Mirrool. Mirrool is a tiny town of less than 250 people, but with an awesome claim to fame. But I’ll get to that in a sec. Now up […]
