dazuk

Did anyone else find aussie pubs are

the size of a warehouse

had the atmosphere of mars

resembled ladbrokes with a bar

the aussies only go ther for cheap bland food and pokies??

generally not much cop????

Pollyana

You're using the wrong pubs mate. they are certainly different from the UK ones, but they still have character (and characters!) and are worth a go. Maybe you are using the ones in city centres? Try some of the more remote ones......had some fantastic evenings in small-town pubs...... Best one I found was in Queenstown, Tas, full of miners, great sense of humour & surprisingly willing to accept a pommie sheila into the bar!

pommie bastard

You are spot on most are down market working mens clubs with strippers , the fake Irish and Brit Pubs here are the only ones worth going in.

jayr

Most Aussie pubs are like this, like UK working mens clubs but worse - not very family friendly, but as PB says the fake Irish/British ones can be decent. The Pig & Whistle chain is preety good (is this national?)

The Tooth Fairy

Apart from the "immitation" Pom pubs, the nearest you will get to a family Pom pub is a club. Clubs have emptied pubs because clubs have cheaper drinks and meals subsidised by poker machines and the like in the main.

Can not say I like any of the above, rather drink in the comfort of my home thanks.

Badge

these are the clubs eg. RSL, "country club". I like them - its a kind of one stop shop. If you're mates are there then you can't complain.

If there are no winebars or taverns or otherwise in your part of town why not try try the "hotels"??

badgers

ACE

Hi PB,
Is it true that pokies are illegal in some parts of WA?
Kind Regards
Ace

mr mover

most pubs in ozzie cities are pubs that the owners of ,said establishment, our what they assume that ,tourists or citified ozzies , want . WRONG , then they blame market up,s & downs when they fall over, you can drive 25 km from Adelaide in any direction , and you will find a pub with just as much atmosphere as any U.K. COUNTRY PUB ........... mm

grubelice

Agree with that. Found some great pubs with great grub up in the Adelaide Hills (sorry was too p***ed to remember where they were). One we went to a few times had dominoes a roaring fire and fit barmen and really good grub (including the most delicious fillet mignon). I believe they drew a decent schooner as well. I will find out it's name and location. Pig and Whistle is a chain and there are also Slug and Lettuces in Adelaide (Salisbury) But in UK the big warehousy, pretentious soul-less chains are taking over in the City Centres - lots of the old pubs in my home town (Bath) have been ripped out and tarted up. But again go to the country and you get the "real thing" just like in Oz . Mind you I have seen some pretty rough dives in Oz as I have in England.

Elaine

pabloako

I find the best places to go in the big cities are the Casino's.

pommie bastard

All parts but Burswood its Wait Awhile WA.

pommie bastard

Try it in WA most country pubs owned by the bikies who like a 1960 down at heel look with strippers.
An Aussie pub is about as welcoming as Klan is to a blackman , go inland in Australia or up north in WA and see the Klan at work , bars with Abos caged on one side while the whites drink in the other side.

DianeOZ

When I went to Melbourne recently and someone was on about Pokies and I thought they were propositioning me!! I slapped 'em round the face with me fake crocodile handbag, re-clipped my sussies and marched off in me 12" stilettos!

mr mover

traveled all over oz ,been in pubs in every state, the only pub ive seen with segregation ,was the "barrow creek " hotel in the NT, and that was what the tribal elders requested. the only bikie pub i know of is the " mount mary hotel" near Morgan on the murray river, great "skin & steel shows" , been to pubs around Broome ,wyndham, no worries. camoweal, mt isa ,charleville, in QLD. But prehaps ,having "sold my soul ",for apiece of paper ,i fitted in better............... MM

kaleb777

What's wrong with a huge room full of poker machines and naked women who sell raffle tickets by doing hand-stands with frozen chickens as first prize? ;-)