FARMERS ARMS HOTEL, CRESWICK, AUSTRALIA

Built on the proceeds of rich gold deposits mined from the 1850's, Creswick today proudly displays fine examples of the grand architecture so reminiscent of that bygone era. A stroll down the main street will reveal a number of historic buildings including the former State Savings Bank,  Post Office, Library, Creswick Havilah Masonic Lodge and the FARMERS ARMS HOTEL.

Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood, Victoria.

Blackwood Hotel, Blackwood, Victoria

Located in beautiful Blackwood in the central Victorian Wombat State Forest on the Greendale - Trentham  

Road.

The Blackwood Pub was built in 1868. It is the oldest weatherboard pub with a continuous licence.
                                                               

The Blackwood Pub, in the historic gold mining township of Blackwood, is surrounded by spectacular forest, full    of memories of the gold rush.

In years gone by it was a bustling town, with axes, picks ans shovels aswinging to and fro, when coaches           driven by Cobb & Co would thunder through the town.

The place was full of miners, all were there to make their fortunes in that spot so full of gold.

Today, a century later, those golden days are now rest - just a quiet little hamlet that we love best.

Swiss Mountain Hotel, Blampied, Victoria

Established during the Victorian gold rush, the Swiss Mountain Hotel was one of Victoria's oldest licensed hotels until it was recently closed due to dwindling patronage.

Originally the hotel was named the The Manchester, but was renamed the Swiss Mountain in the 1880's by the new owner, a Swiss immigrant, Andre LaFranchi. The LeFranchi family operated the hotel for 80 years.

An interesting history of the Blampied district by  Aussie Rules football identity, Phil Cleary can be found here.
  

 

Avoca Hotel - Avoca, Victoria

Avoca Hotel - Avoca, Victoria

 Avoca is a town in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, 71 kilometres (44 mi) north west of Ballarat. It is one of two main towns in the Pyrenees Shire, the other being Beaufort to the south. At the 2006 census, Avoca had a population of 951.



The Avoca is one of two pubs in the town...one for each side of the main street.

Railway Hotel, Elaine, Victoria

Elaine is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Midland Highway between Ballarat and Geelong. At the 2006 census, Elaine and the surrounding area had a population of 677.
The railway came to the town with the opening of the Geelong-Ballarat line in 1862, with the local railway station opened soon after, but today only grain and freight trains use the line.  The hotel is situated opposite the now disused railway station.

Miners Rest Tavern, Victoria

Miners Rest is a small community on the outskirts of Ballarat, Victoria.

Wye River Hotel, Great Ocean Road, Victoria

The Wye Beach Hotel

The Wye Beach Hotel is famously located in Wye River, on the Great Ocean Road. Its prime position affords you a completely uninhibited ocean view, and a truly captivating and memorable experience. The safe, family environment makes it the perfect place to relax and unwind, or maybe even spot a whale! Best pub view in Australia? 
  
Wye River is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is also the name given to the waterway which flows through the town and into the sea at this point. Situated some 155 km west of Melbourne, on the Otway Coast part of the scenic Great Ocean Road, the Wye River township is a popular tourist destination about 15 km west of the resort town of Lorne, Victoria. It became a popular place for Melbournians to holiday after the Great Ocean Road was officially opened in 1932. The postcode of Wye River is 3234. At the 2006 census, Wye River had a permanent population of 144 although its holiday population is ten times that number.

The Terminus Hotel, Forrest, Victoria

The Terminus, Forrest.

Forrest, Victoria is a small rural township located in the Otway Ranges. At the 2006 census, Forrest and the surrounding area had a population of 170.

The Terminus Hotel, was originally a wooden structure that boasted some 9 boarding rooms, until it burned to the ground in 1996 and resulted in the tragic loss of the then publicans son in the fire.   This new building was constructed not long after and remains today.

Royal Mail Hotel, Birregurra, Victoria

The Royal Mail

Birregurra is a town in Victoria, Australia approximately 130 km south-west of Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Birregurra had a population of 688.
A Post Office opened in the area on 1 October 1858 and was renamed Mount Gellibrand in 1894, a few days before another office nearby was opened as Birregurra.
The Royal Mail Hotel is the centre piece of the small but thriving town of Birregurra
The hotel has been operating since 1871 and is the only hotel in town.
Birregurra is at the foot of the Otway Ranges, 30mins from Lorne on the Great Ocean Road and 60 minutes from Apollo Bay

The Royal Hotel, Queenscliff, Victoria

The Royal

Queenscliff is a small town on the Bellarine Peninsula in southern Victoria, Australia, south of Swan Bay at the entrance to Port Phillip.

The Royal Hotel in Queenscliff was built in 1854 by Irish immigrant William Leihy a Borough Councillor who bought the land in an area that was then out of town in the hope that the town would grow and surround him. He also owned a hotel in Geelong.

The hotel was the first of a group of grand hotels built in the mid to late 1800s to cater for tourists who travelled down from Melbourne on large steamers. The trip taking about two hours. The hotel originally featured 54 rooms.
The Royal is a truely majestic hotel whose decorative wrought iron work, colonades and tower make it a landmark building that is visible to all ships that enter Port Phillip Bay though the trecherous Rip.