Australian Motorcyclist — December 2017

PUBOFTHEMONTH

ROYAL HOTEL,

BERRIGAN

In search of personality WORDS/PHOTOS COLIN WHELAN

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O ANYWAY, I’D given up
waiting for my replacement
knee to give me that last few
degrees of bend to comfortably ride

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with the original higher one, inserted

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and then covered this with my lambs

wool arse soother.

It just worked: I could bend to the

pedal, work the gear shift and who

really cared if I could now barely

touch the ground with both feet

when stopped?

And headed down the Hume.

I was researching the history of the

Temperance movement and a bloke

in my target town was living in the old

Temperance Hall and had lined up a

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Looked promising.

Royal Hotel, Berrigan

59 Jerilderie St, Berrigan NSW 2712

Ph: 03 5885 2064

RATED 4 OUT OF 5 HELMETS