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Quench your thirst. Join in the time-honoured tradition of an Aussie pub crawl around the Fraser Coast and soak up the amazing history and architecture of the region’s pubs, each of which has a story to tell.
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World’s Greatest Pub Fest One of the major events on the region’s annual calendar, thousands of people gather together from all over the country and beyond, in Maryborough on one day to support a worthwhile cause and celebrate an iconic Aussie tradition!
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World’s Greatest Pub Fest is a celebration of mateship and reunions and highlights Maryborough’s outstanding heritage architecture and welcoming hospitality. Young and old, friends and strangers, chat, laugh, dance and party away the afternoon as they work their way around the city’s pubs. Some of the most enthusiastic revellers are groups of grandmothers and
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Pubs with personalities When it comes to personality, Fraser Coast pubs pack a punch. Cool verandahs beckon at friendly hotels in the countryside. Modern al fresco venues in Hervey Bay invite languid hours with Fraser Island views. The heritage hotels of Maryborough whisper tales of the past whilE they reinvent themselves with the zany costumes and fun of Pubfest each year. You’ll want to visit them all!
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The discovery of gold at Gympie in 1867 spawned busy traffic to Maryborough’s port. The two-day trip had an overnight stop in Tiaro where gold was stashed in the police station. The Royal Hotel was one of the last of nine hotels built in Tiaro between 1868 and 1896. It was rebuilt on its current site in 1932. Meals are served all week.
Hideaway (Station) Hotel (Tiaro)
Trading as a hotel since 1881, the Hideaway, officially still the Station Hotel, is tucked away on the south side of the railway line. A fine example of a singlestorey hotel of that period, it has wide verandahs, original doors and detached kitchen. Meals are served all week.
The Tav is a local favourite in Pialba offering a relaxing, family-friendly atmosphere with all-day dining inside and out. The venue also has great TAB and sports bar facilities. A large front deck provides the ideal spot for sports fanatics to watch the massive carpark big screen or for parents to chill out and watch the kids in the outdoor playground. It’s located on Boat Harbour Drive - find the full-sized windmill and you’ve arrived.
Bayswater BAR & BISTRO Boasting the biggest deck in Hervey Bay, the Bayswater Bar and Bistro is the area’s most exciting venue, open seven days a week. It overlooks the iconic Urangan Pier and offers a breathtaking view to go with an extensive menu and beverages.
Hervey Bay Hotel Prince Alfred (Gundiah)
Pig races throughout the year are part of the quirky Prince Alfred Hotel’s entertainment program. The original hotel built on Gootchie Creek in 1868 was torched, as was the second built beside the railway line in 1896. The publican traded out of a tin shed before the licensing authorities told him to shape up. The current Prince Alfred was built in 1947. Meals are served all week.
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Set in the foothills of the Gunalda ranges, the Theebine Hotel is a classic 1910 Queenslander pub with historic curios and airy outdoor settings. It was built to service the train junction opposite, opening up the South Burnett. Meals are served all week.
Originally built in 1881, it was moved to the Esplanade, with magnificent views of the beach and Fraser Island. Today it features comfortable accommodation, relaxed atmosphere, bar and restaurant facilities, Fig Tree Bistro, pool and a full range of conference facilities and equipment hire.
Old Coal Country Grand Hotel (Howard)
The Grand Hotel was built in 1888 and is a popular tourist stop just off the Bruce Highway. The walls tell some of the tales of its robust heritage, when it was one of the watering holes for Burrum miners. Horses were ridden and occasionally cattle were driven through the Grand Hotel in Howard in its rollicking past. Meals are served all week. All information correct at time of publication.
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Kondari Hotel Set amongst 20 acres of lush tropical gardens, with a natural lagoon and abundant wildlife, Kondari Hotel offers the perfect environment in which to relax and unwind. There are a variety of motel accommodation options.
THE Beach House Hotel Opened in 1900 as the Scarborough, it was rebuilt as a graceful Queenslander in 1902 after a fire. Overlooking Fraser Island, it has evolved through three more rebuilds to a state-of-the-art landmark reopened in 2014.
Torquay Hotel Since 1890 this hotel has reinvented itself through cyclone, fire and rebuilds to its present open-air format. The beer garden overlooks the bay and has views of the ocean. Dining and function facilities are available.
The Miners Arms (Torbanlea)
The Miners Arms was built more than 125 years ago after the owner of the town’s only hotel, the Cosmopolitan, objected to the coal workers selling beer at their miners’ club. An enterprising miner built the Miners Arms Hotel in 1889 to settle the quarrel. The Cosmopolitan burnt down in 1904. The hotel retains much of its mining pub characteristics. Lunch Tues to Sun; dinner Thurs to Sat.
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569-571 Esplanade, Urangan; 07 4194 6444
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A lively history of mysterious deaths and contemporary ghostly experiences is embedded in the heritage-listed Customs House Hotel. The two-storey brick building built in 1868 is the oldest surviving original hotel in Maryborough. It closed in 2004.
A heritage-listed colonial gem, the Royal Hotel held royal crest for more than a century after vice-regal patronage in the 1880s. First built in 1858 as the Bush Inn, a two-storey hotel with a curved driveway for carriages, it was renamed the Royal in 1863. It long reigned as the finest hotel in Maryborough with its grand foyer and magnificent staircase. Closed for a decade, it re-opened as a bar mid-2015.
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The Lamington HOTEL
Haunted and heritage-listed, the hotel began in 1864 when a single storey boarding house was licensed as the Melbourne Hotel. It had ‘a magnificent view of the shipping of the port’, with the décor advertised at the time as ‘quite the smack of Victoria’. A special sitting of the licensing court in 1872 overcame reservations about granting the licence to a single woman, Sarah Gregory, who later married a seafaring regular, Neil Blue. It’s now a nightclub.
33 Ferry Street, Maryborough; 07 4121 3295
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The first Tattersalls Hotel opened in Richmond Street in 1870 with a large livery stable associated with it. By the 1880s the bench was “not desirous” of issuing another licence, mainly because of the fire risk posed by the Tattersalls and other timber hotels in the town. The smart new Tattersalls Hotel, a two-story red brick was built, on an adjoining block which remains there today. Ninety years later, a large entertainment area was built at the back. The Tattersalls Hotel closed its doors for the last time in 2018 after serving almost 150 years as a local watering hole.
Royal HOTEL Cnr Kent and Bazaar Sts, Maryborough; 07 4190 5742
The Tats 117 Richmond Street, Maryborough
Around Maryborough Carriers Arms HOTEL 405 Alice Street, Maryborough; 07 4122 6666
Murphy’s Oxford HOTEL 96 Richmond St, Maryborough; 07 4122 3366
Old Sydney HOTEL 34 Ellena St, Maryborough; 07 4121 3307
The Aussie HOTEL 100 Alice St, Maryborough; 07 4121 3586
the Granville HOTEL 23 Odessa St, Maryborough; 07 4121 3815
the White Lion HOTEL 37 Walker St, Maryborough; 07 4121 3374
Westside TAVERN 195-207 Gympie Road , Tinana; 07 4121 4369
(Wharf Street and Upper Kent Street) Customs House HOTEL
Originally built in 1889 as a wooden hotel to suit the wedge-shaped block. In 1889 it was replaced with a two storey brick building, designed by Samuel Bragg, who was a former employee of the Works Department. It was constructed by local contractor Mr Caldwell and ready for business on 5 July, 1889. The hotel ceased operating in 1951, and has subsequently been the Mayfair Guest or Boarding House, a restaurant, liqueur business, community centre and used as accommodation.
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Tourists appear daily to photograph the quaint Federal Hotel, built in 1884. In the 1950s a man booked into an upstairs room was found dead in his bed - £80,000 in cash (worth more than $1.5m today) was under the body. The money was never claimed nor the mystery solved. The hotel’s restaurant is open 7 days.
AROUND Maryborough Carriers Arms HOTEL The Carriers has been a Maryborough icon since 1882, named for the wagons stopping to water bullocks at Ululah lagoon. Extensive renovations and expansion from 1980 to 2012 ensured it kept its prestige status. It has a TAB, and restaurant open seven days.
Murphy’s Oxford HOTEL This two-storey hotel was built in 1884. Despite extensive remodelling in the 1930s, it retains many characteristics of a 19th Century city pub with original handmade bricks still visible. Meals are served Tuesday to Saturday.
Old Sydney HOTEL At least three ghosts are said to haunt this 150-year-old building. By 1874 it was
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effusively advertising its wow factors: in charge of cuisine was Ah Pie, ‘from the kitchen of his Celestial Majesty at Pekin’ and the beds were ‘neither effeminate softness nor ostentatious hardness’. The bistro is open all week.
The Aussie HOTEL After a fire in 1889, the Young Australian was rebuilt as a stately two-storey brick structure and reopened as the Australian, a name that remained for about 100 years. The bistro is open all week.
THE Granville HOTEL In the great flood of 1893, the resourceful Granville Arms publican kept his bar open and the beer flowing as residents waited for the Mary River to subside. The hotel becomes a lively social centre when floods isolate the suburb. The restaurant is open 7 days.
The Lamington HOTEL A cheeky cockatoo has been the star resident at the Lammy for 25 years. Stolen and recovered in 2013, Cocky was moved from her outside cage to safety in the main bar. Built in 1864 on the north side of the Mary River ferry crossing, the hotel was named the Ariadne after the first immigrant ship to Maryborough from England in 1862. The hotel was rebuilt after burning down in 1928 and renamed the Lamington. The restaurant is closed on Sundays.
THE White Lion HOTEL Originally built in 1864, by 1875 it was advertising swanky stables, with forage rooms and loose boxes for racehorses. Decades ago a plumber mixed up the water pipes with the lines to the keg. Startled upstairs guests found themselves showering in beer. It has a TAB and restaurant open from Tuesday to Saturday.
Westside TAVERN The newest pub in town was built at Tinana in 2002 in pioneer style with timber verandas. Meals are served all week.
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