August• 2017 | 25THE DALY WATERS PUB,NT
Looking for an Aussie outback pub
dripping with character? The Daly
Waters Pub, around 600 km south
of Darwin along the Stuart Highway
to Alice Springs, claims to have
“witnessed murders, shoot-outs in
the main street, cattle stampeding
through town and the odd drunken
brawls”. It’s also haunted by the ghost
of a woman named Sarah who was
murdered by her husband. Oh, and
female visitors are invited to ‘leave
their mark’ by removing their bra
and hanging it from the ceiling, a
tradition that began in the early ’80s
over a lost bet and continues to this
day. It’s not limited to just ladies’
undergarments. Literally anything
can be left pinned to any available
surface. Half the fun of a Daly Waters
Pub stopover (besides the swimming
pool and the superb ‘beef ‘n’ barra’
dining option) is to browse through
the memorabilia of thousands of
previous visitors. What will you
choose to leave behind?the first Ettamogah Pub opened in
1987 in Albury, NSW,where Maynard
was born. This award-winning
family-friendly hotel has since been
renovated to add a sports bar, cocktail
lounge and other distractions such
as a jumping castle and rock-climbing
wall for the kids. The original red-
roofed timber building with its unique
slanted walls true to Maynard’s
cartoon vision has been preserved as
a permanent tourist attraction.THE CHERRY BAR,VICTORIA
Any ‘favourite gig joint’ straw poll
of local or international rock acts
will likely include this hardcore
underground bar, the only business
located along the aptly named ACDC
Lane in Melbourne’s CBD. The tiny
200-capacity live music venue is a
standard fixture for touring legends,
who like to pop in for a drink or play
a set in between huge theatre or
arena shows. Guns N’ Roses front
man Axl Rose loved the place so
much, he once whiled away six hours
there; Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher
famously tried to buy it during a 2002
tour down under; and when Lady
Gaga wanted to host her 4th of July
party there in 2012 she was turned
away because The Cherry refused to
bump an existing booking for local
band Jackson Firebird. Nowthat’s
rock ‘n’ roll.The Ettamogah Pub is a living cartoonPHOTO: VIRTUALSTEVE