Hotel Victoria - Avoca, Victoria
Built in 1930, with a Spanish style that was very popular in Hollywood at the time, the Vic is one of two pubs in Avoca.
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.
Avoca has had a number of A.F.L. players over the years. The most
notable being Jim Jess who played 223 games for Richmond Football Club
and playing in the 1980 Premiership. Jim Jess also represented Victoria
on 5 occasions and was an All Australian rep. The town has one current
player, Darren Jolly now playing at Collingwood Football Club recruited from the Sydney Swans at the end of the 2009 AFL season.
Britannia Hotel, Carisbrook, Victoria
Small, historic goldmining town Carisbrook is a very pleasant little town of several hundred people
located 159 km north-west of Melbourne between Castlemaine and
Maryborough (7 km to the west). A former goldmining town it
possesses some fine old bluestone buildings.
Carisbrook derives from an early pastoral run which was named in
honour of the squatter's daughter Caroline. The Simson brothers,
who later took up runs in the area, made a great deal of money in
the 1850s by collecting tolls from diggers travelling between
Castlemaine and Maryborough. The township also arose on the backs
of this through-traffic which was in need of facilities and
supplies.
In 1854 the population was around 100. It became a borough in
1857. A goldrush attracted some 15 000 diggers to Majorca, just
south of Carisbrook, in 1863.
Court House Hotel, Talbot..Victoria
Talbot is small historic town situated in central Victoria between Ballarat and Maryborough. Gold was discovered around Talbot around 1855 surging the population to 15,000 overnight. Many hotels sprung up in the town including the Court House Hotel built in 1861 being the only one still operating today.
Many of the buildings still existing in the town were built during the
1860s and 1870s. During the late 1880s the mines began to close and the
population slowly started to drift away. The return of soldiers from the
First World War
saw an acceleration of this drift. With no established industries left,
the town today is only a shadow of the town born during those early
days of 1860. However, Talbot still has an interesting story to tell to
any visitors.
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 is a small community on the outskirts of Ballarat, 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, 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.
