One man's ongoing love letter to hoppy beverages
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 […]
As we have now officially hit our half-century, it’s officially time to update our Top 10 Royals list. These are our 10 favourite Royals of the first 50 we’ve visited. Just a reminder about our criteria: So without further ado, our Top Ten Royal Hotels of the first 50 (listed from 10 to 1, countdown […]
After departing our first ever surprise Royal in Coolamon, the Tour rolled on to the next scheduled stop, the Royal Hotel Grong Grong. Most exciting of all is that the Royal Hotel Grong Grong officially marked our half-century. That’s right, we have now hit 50(!) Royal Hotels since we started with Adelong all the way […]
And so, with Corowa and the first Victorian leg of the Tour in the review mirror, we headed into the wilds of central New South Wales for the next leg. A leg that started with the Royal Hotel Coolamon. But before I get too deeply into the pub itself, I should introduce the cast for […]
