Aussie Pubs: Victoria
Known to locals as “The Stump”, the Caledonian Inn was established in 1844 and claims to be the oldest continually licensed hotel in Victoria. Located in the small coastal town of Port Fairy, the pub has maintained its country style atmosphere and is popular with locals and tourists, hungry travellers can try ‘Stump Rump’ a 900gram steak that defies you to be hungry afterwards. While there are several accounts of why the pub is known as “The Stump”, publican Nash Elg suggests that back in the time of 6pm closing, a lantern was hung on a stump near the pub to let locals know it was safe to come in and have a post-closing brew.
The Royal Mail Hotel is another quaint country hotel. Situated in the tiny town of Archies Creek, The Royal Mail Hotel is very popular with motorcyclists riding the picturesque circuit through the Bass Coast and South Gippsland. Consisting of a tiny front bar, the hotel is full of quirky memorabilia.
Built in 1870, the Robin Hood Inn served as a stopover for the Cobb & Co coach in the late 1800s and early 1900s and remains much the same as it was back then. A one-hour drive east of Melbourne along the Princess Freeway, the pub is filled with memorabilia and photos and boasts of its “unequalled hospitality and clean comfortable lodgings”. The pub has a wide veranda, beer garden, open fires, bottle shop and even a milk bar and postal service.
The Buxton Hotel, or “Bucky Pub”, was lucky to escape the flames during Victoria’s horrific Black Saturday bushfires after a wind change swung the fire away as it burned within 20 metre of the old pub. A typical country watering hole, the Bucky is a favourite with locals, car clubs and motorcyclists who drive over The Black Spur or down from Lake Mountain through Marysville, and take in the views from the wrap-around verandas. The walls are dotted with mounted deer, including a singing deer called Buck, who hangs above the bar. There are a range of activities, including “Toss the Boss”, in which punters flip a coin with the bar tender for a free pot of beer.
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