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We need your help. Right now. PLEASE!META has switched off our recommendations without warning, without explanation and ...
20/06/2026

We need your help. Right now. PLEASE!

META has switched off our recommendations without warning, without explanation and without any way to appeal. We can't reach new people. And we have no idea why.

The pubs we're fighting for are getting less support.

We've spent 5 YEARS telling the stories of Australian pubs that deserve to survive. The ones that saved towns. The ones that came back from floods and fires. The ones run by families who gave everything to keep the lights on.

We're not stopping. But we need you.

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That's it. That's all we're asking.

Australian pubs need a voice. Right now — so do we.

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Thanks to Josh H — one of our Local Legends — for this one.That bar. Just look at it.This pub has worn a few names over ...
19/06/2026

Thanks to Josh H — one of our Local Legends — for this one.
That bar. Just look at it.
This pub has worn a few names over 167 years. Duncan Campbell built it in 1858 and called it the Travellers Rest. For sixty years it was the heartbeat of Traralgon — Post Office, store, Court House, church and community hall all rolled into one. The first wedding in the district was held there in 1863.
In 1914 Mrs M H***e pulled it down and built what stands today. The iron lace balconies, the ornate balustrades, the double storey verandah over the footpath — all heritage listed and all still standing. The Ryan family took it on and gave it their name for decades. Now it trades as Hotel Traralgon.
Same corner. Same building. Different names. One long story.
And here's the detail that stopped us in our tracks.
Ryan's Hotel possibly boasts one of the longest main bars in the country.
We know — we did a whole post about the longest bar in Australia recently and landed on Captains Flat at 22.8 metres. Now someone in Traralgon is quietly suggesting they might have something to say about that. The old Ostler's cabin out the back has been converted into a beer garden servery. The balcony overlooks the heritage buildings of Franklin Street.
Josh — this one's got layers. And possibly a record we need to investigate.
📍 Hotel Traralgon, 171 Franklin Street, Traralgon VIC 3844

📞 (03) 5174 2058
Have you been to Hotel Traralgon? And does anyone know how long that bar actually is?

19/06/2026

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It's Un-Australian to drive past a country pub.
We reckon this one says it all. New tee, available now. Get around it. 👇
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The name is pronounced Barn-Bar. It's Gamilaraay for "place of mistletoe." Population 166. No general store. No servo.On...
19/06/2026

The name is pronounced Barn-Bar. It's Gamilaraay for "place of mistletoe." Population 166. No general store. No servo.
One pub. - Pub of the Week - Thanks to HTL Property
Baan Baa's Railway Hotel has been the social centre of this little grain town on the Kamilaroi Highway since the railway came through in 1882. At its peak the town had a bakery, butchery, ice cream shop, two general stores, a stock and station agent and two churches.
All of that is gone now. The pub is still there.
A few years back the previous owners closed the doors and walked away. A local farming family bought the licence because they were worried about what would happen to the town without it. They had no experience running a pub. They just didn't want their community to lose its last gathering place.
They opened it back up. Friday night raffles. Cold beer. Home cooked meals. Rooms for travellers and contractors doing long stints out in the cotton and grain country.
That generous mindset still walks through the door every day.
Baan Baa sits between Narrabri and Boggabri on the Kamilaroi Highway. If you're passing through, pull in.
Some pubs are just pubs. This one is the reason a town still has a heartbeat.
📍 Baan Baa Railway Hotel, Baranabah Street, Baan Baa NSW.
Have you stopped in? Drop it below.

HTL Property is proud to support stories like this one. They specialise in connecting people with pubs across regional Australia — places with history, character, and a future.
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Thanks to Peter M — one of our Local Legends — for this one.The Cordalba Commercial Hotel has been standing since 1895 i...
18/06/2026

Thanks to Peter M — one of our Local Legends — for this one.
The Cordalba Commercial Hotel has been standing since 1895 in the heart of Queensland sugar cane country, just off the Isis Highway between Childers and Bundaberg.
This town has history that runs deep. The railway arrived in 1896 and made Cordalba a major Queensland Railways depot for nearly 70 years. In 1911 the cane workers went on strike here — one of the significant labour battles in Queensland's history. Seven pubs once served this community. Fires took most of them. One survived.
Then even that one went dark. For nearly a decade the pub sat empty while a community kept the faith and kept the memory alive.

On 22 November 2025 the lights came back on. Locals converged on the much-missed Queen Street pub to celebrate its return. Previous pub stalwarts shared stories of their beloved local from back in the 1970s with anyone who would listen. The original golden glass chandeliers are still there. The black and white photographs are still on the walls.

Maude Sheehan ran this pub with fiery red hair and a temper to match. Her n**e portrait still hangs over the public bar — Queensland's answer to Melbourne's famous Chloe at Young and Jackson's. A troublemaker was once thrown out by Maude, came back the next day riding his horse directly into the bar. Maude punched the horse between the eyes. Horse and rider hit the floor.
Nobody gave Maude trouble twice.

The pub is back. Live music, cold beer, pub meals daily, accommodation upstairs. One of the great Queensland originals — still standing after 130 years.

Peter M — outstanding tip. This one's a beauty.

📍 Commercial Hotel, 1 Queen Street, Cordalba QLD 4660

📞 (07) 4126 6205

Have you been to the Cordalba pub?

That sunset tells you everything you need to know about Tangambalanga.The Union Hotel Tangam has been watching sunsets l...
18/06/2026

That sunset tells you everything you need to know about Tangambalanga.
The Union Hotel Tangam has been watching sunsets like that since 1877. Nearly 150 years of cold beer, friendly service and a town that sits quietly in the Kiewa Valley about 20 minutes south of Wodonga — tucked between the mountains and the river, the kind of place most people have never heard of and the people who live there wouldn't swap for anything.
The town's name comes from the Aboriginal word for Murray crayfish. The pub has been there almost as long as the town has.
It survived floods — the Kiewa River has cut Tangam off from the rest of the world more than once over the years. It survived the slow drift of people away from small valley towns that killed dozens of places like it. It survived the closure of the Murray Goulburn dairy factory that was the heartbeat of the district for generations.
It's still there. Cold beer. Friendly service. Pizza on Sunday nights. A beer garden that catches that sunset perfectly.
When the pub sold at auction a few years back, the buyer was a local family who asked to remain anonymous. The agent said simply — "it couldn't get more local than the person who bought it."
Some pubs just belong to their town.
📍 Union Hotel Tangam, 54 Kiewa East Road, Tangambalanga VIC. Est. 1877.

📞 02 6027 3253
Have you been to Tangam? Drop it below.

The Local's Guide to the World Cup 🍺Right. Pull up a stool. Here's what you need to know.NESTORY IRANKUNDA — Forward 🦘Bo...
17/06/2026

The Local's Guide to the World Cup 🍺

Right. Pull up a stool. Here's what you need to know.

NESTORY IRANKUNDA — Forward 🦘
Born in a refugee camp in Tanzania to parents fleeing the civil war in Burundi. Moved to Perth when he was three months old. Became the youngest ever A-League player at Adelaide United. Scored in the 27th minute against Turkey on Sunday to become the youngest Australian ever to score at a World Cup.

PATRICK BEACH — Goalkeeper, Australia 🍺
He grew up in Mt Druitt in Western Sydney — one of the toughest suburbs in the country. He was a left back until someone put him in goals at 12 and he never looked back. Kept a clean sheet against Turkey and became a national hero.

MO TOURÉ — Forward, Australia 🦘
His parents fled the civil war in Liberia in 1990. His father walked for 18 days on foot to reach safety in Guinea. The family spent 14 years in a refugee camp before a chance meeting with a Red Cross aid worker convinced them to move to Australia. They chose Australia because they believed they'd find kinder people here. Mo was born in the camp in 2004. Seven months later they landed in Adelaide. He's now playing for Australia.

Now. The rest of the world. PLAYERS to WATCH and DRINK TO

Maximilian BEIER — Germany 🍺
Beier means beer in German. He is called Maximum Beer. He plays for Borussia Dortmund. I wish I was called MAX BEER

Gustaf Johan LAGERBIELKE — Sweden 🍺
His name contains the word LAGER. That's IT!

What a World Cup. What a country. Get to the pub. 🍺🦘

This is what a modern Australian pub looks like.Angie and her husband own the Tourist Hotel in Narrabri. They could have...
17/06/2026

This is what a modern Australian pub looks like.

Angie and her husband own the Tourist Hotel in Narrabri. They could have just run a pub. Instead they turned their function room into a pop-up art gallery for local artists.
And have launched the Narrabri Portrait Prize — a $2,000 art prize celebrating the people who have shaped the Narrabri Shire. Open to artists from anywhere in Australia. The subject just needs a connection to Narrabri. People's Choice prize of $500 on top. A country pub in northwest NSW running an art prize.
This is how good publicans are fighting to keep their doors open — by making their pub mean more than a cold beer. By making it the centre of everything.
We love this. And we think Angie and her pub deserve every bit of support they can get.

Know an artist who should enter? Tag them below.

Know someone connected to Narrabri who deserves to be painted? Drop their name.

📍 Tourist Hotel, Narrabri NSW

🎨 Narrabri Portrait Prize — entries open now
👇 Tag an artist. Share this. Help a great country pub thrive.

16/06/2026

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