AUSTRALIAN HOTEL WINGHAM

SO ANYWAY MY office isn’t exactly dingy and there’s more than a stingy ray of sunlight that feebly reaches it and the air sure ain’t foetid but sometimes (often!) I just feel the need to get out to the bush – if not to catch up with a Clancy then certainly to immerse in the true Australia.

This was one of those times. So I turned to my trusty old pre-cursor to Trip Advisor and trolled it for reviews of a fair dinkum pub.

And stumbled on this:

“THE AUSTRALIAN HOTEL.

This is not only the leading hostelry in Wingham but is credited with being the largest hotel in the whole of the north coastal districts. The building is of most commanding proportions…. It is substantially built of brick; and contains 34 large and lofty rooms, including bedrooms, parlors, dining-rooms…. spacious sample-rooms, billiard-room, etc. The whole of the house is particularly well ventilated, nicely furnished,