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Title: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on December 10, 2024, 12:15:03 PM
Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel – 12.30pm Saturday 12th April


Location 
2 Bay St, Port Broughton SA 5522 
https://portbroughtonhotel.com.au/
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kGqTuEw21TnA4TYW9

Port Broughton is 175km north of Adelaide, approximately 260km north west of Waikerie
Come and join us for lunch on the coast

Contacts:

Contacts for this ride are Shillas (0401 547 603) and Bodø
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Dragonstaff on December 10, 2024, 06:58:06 PM
Like the Waikerie reference for us Riverlanders.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on December 10, 2024, 07:07:38 PM
Quote from: Dragonstaff on December 10, 2024, 06:58:06 PM
Like the Waikerie reference for us Riverlanders.

There is one in the Murray Bridge RTE thread as well.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on January 23, 2025, 07:19:00 PM
Interested in attending:

Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on March 25, 2025, 03:23:41 AM
I'm in.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 04, 2025, 04:47:44 PM
This one is getting closer.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 05, 2025, 01:18:02 PM
Bodø Jnr is also coming.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 06, 2025, 08:29:35 AM
Just as I put my summer riding gear away yesterday it's now forecast to be 31°C on saturday.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Langers on April 06, 2025, 06:30:28 PM
I'm in. Julie is busy with Church work so I'll bring the Himmy.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Fossil178 on April 08, 2025, 09:08:15 AM
I am hoping to be at this one and intend on riding yorke peninsula on Friday and Saturday morning. Unfortunately will not know  my availability  until Wednesday afternoon.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 08, 2025, 05:58:10 PM
Quote from: Bodø on April 06, 2025, 08:29:35 AM
Just as I put my summer riding gear away yesterday it's now forecast to be 31°C on saturday.

Forecast now 34°C on Saturday, so a warm ride.

Will definitely wear the summer jacket.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 09, 2025, 06:42:03 AM
Quote from: Bodø on April 05, 2025, 01:18:02 PM
Bodø Jnr is also coming.

And now he's out.  Apparently there's a SACE presentation at the Japanese community school as he was the only one who progressed that far has to be there.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Fossil178 on April 10, 2025, 09:50:30 AM
Sorry guy's,  I'm out the mabe this Saturday job is now going ahead. Pity I was looking forward to the  ride.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Dragonstaff on April 10, 2025, 07:20:34 PM
I won't make this one. A funeral in Adelaide tomorrow, then four hours or so each way will be a bit much on Saturday.

See you all at Kapunda though, probably with my Grand-daughter on the back.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 12, 2025, 05:31:15 PM
Home safely.  It wasn't as toasty as I was expecting it to be.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 12, 2025, 06:35:59 PM
Home & showered after a deviation through the Barunga Gap & a refuel at the Toll Gate.

It was toasty enough, but at least it wasn't humid. Countryside obviously deep in drought - not a drop of moisture at all.

Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Langers on April 12, 2025, 07:10:22 PM
Home, rehydrated with Coopers Pale and Southwark Old Stout (water on the road - actually, no water on the road because we are in drought - you know what I mean). Perhaps the Himmys thermometer thingy reads high but it read 37/38 the whole way back and in my book, that's bl**dy hot for this little black duck. 'Twas a good catch up mind you.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Williamson on April 12, 2025, 08:34:02 PM
Quote from: Langers on April 12, 2025, 07:10:22 PM
Home, rehydrated with Coopers Pale and Southwark Old Stout (water on the road - actually, no water on the road because we are in drought - you know what I mean). Perhaps the Himmys thermometer thingy reads high but it read 37/38 the whole way back and in my book, that's bl**dy hot for this little black duck. 'Twas a good catch up mind you.

Shoulda fill ya panniers when riding through NSW.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 12, 2025, 10:01:50 PM
The variety, availability & the quality of beer in NSW was a topic of discussion today.

Need to fill the panniers in SA ahead of any future NSW excursions to bring the good stuff.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Langers on April 12, 2025, 11:16:52 PM
Totally agree Shillas. As mentioned at lunch, the Glen Innes Great Central Hotel was the only NSW pub I came across with drinkable beer on tap.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 15, 2025, 04:21:08 PM
Apologies for being a bit slack, but here's saturday's photo.

(https://www.imghostr.net/images/2025/04/15/125287b313c7cfabf9354554b29f45b7.jpg)
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Williamson on April 15, 2025, 04:53:24 PM
Quote from: Shillas on April 12, 2025, 10:01:50 PM
The variety, availability & the quality of beer in NSW was a topic of discussion today.

Need to fill the panniers in SA ahead of any future NSW excursions to bring the good stuff.

I don’t recall any complaints re. beer quality at Grafton, Stroud or Ulladulla.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 15, 2025, 05:47:58 PM
To be fair my Not The National Rally ended up being at Crystal Brook (SA) and they didn't have any quality beer either, not to mention the kitchen closes at 1300 not lunch was a blueberry muffin.  That could well be the first time I've had a muffin at a pub.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 15, 2025, 07:39:55 PM
Quote from: Williamson on April 15, 2025, 04:53:24 PM
Quote from: Shillas on April 12, 2025, 10:01:50 PM
I don’t recall any complaints re. beer quality at Grafton, Stroud or Ulladulla.


By stage I'd given up - they at least had Tooheys Old, best of the bunch :grin

If you recall, at Ulladulla, I wasn't pleased that when I ordered my Cooper's Sparkling Ale, he didn't roll the bottle to mix all the chewy stuff through.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Langers on April 17, 2025, 12:09:32 PM
I did a quick search of "draught beers in NSW hotels" and it came up with all manner of boutique ales which I would have been more than happy to imbibe. Sadly my experience was the pubs I stayed in were generally limited to insipid dishwater like Great Northern (undrinkable), XXXX Gold (similarly uninspiring), VB (crap) and Toohey's Old (about the only one that doesn't trigger the gagging reflex). It may have been I was staying in small country towns and it wasn't economically feasible to have a larger selection of beers on tap. I did try to get bottle/cans instead - but not much in stock. As I may have mentioned elsewhere, the Grand Central Hotel in Glen Innes was a shining beacon in a sea of miserable muck with its Deepwater Brewery beers on tap.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Williamson on April 17, 2025, 03:16:54 PM
Quote from: Shillas on April 15, 2025, 07:39:55 PM
By stage I'd given up - they at least had Tooheys Old, best of the bunch :grin

I agree, but don't think Nigel would.

Quote from: Shillas on April 15, 2025, 07:39:55 PM
If you recall, at Ulladulla, I wasn't pleased that when I ordered my Cooper's Sparkling Ale, he didn't roll the bottle to mix all the chewy stuff through.

Wasn't there a discussion on that and it concluded that was all a load of BS?
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Williamson on April 17, 2025, 03:23:13 PM
Quote from: Langers on April 17, 2025, 12:09:32 PM
I did a quick search of "draught beers in NSW hotels" and it came up with all manner of boutique ales which I would have been more than happy to imbibe. Sadly my experience was the pubs I stayed in were generally limited to insipid dishwater like Great Northern (undrinkable), XXXX Gold (similarly uninspiring), VB (crap) and Toohey's Old (about the only one that doesn't trigger the gagging reflex). It may have been I was staying in small country towns and it wasn't economically feasible to have a larger selection of beers on tap. I did try to get bottle/cans instead - but not much in stock. As I may have mentioned elsewhere, the Grand Central Hotel in Glen Innes was a shining beacon in a sea of miserable muck with its Deepwater Brewery beers on tap.

And this comes from a chap that was (probably) weaned on Southwark and West End lagers?

Toohey's Old Dark Ale, one of the best brews from the any of large Aussie brewers.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: ruSTynutz on April 17, 2025, 04:21:51 PM
In my opinion, all beer tastes like sh*te!  :whistle
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Langers on April 17, 2025, 07:53:13 PM
"Toohey's Old Dark Ale, one of the best brews from the any of large Aussie brewers."  HA!!!!

Average at best. Without a shadow of a doubt, Southwark Old Stout is the best stout on the market in Australia from a large foreign owned brewery. Noting that both SOS and TODA are made by Kirin, a Japanese business.

If you want to support Australian - go Coopers (Sparkling Ale - fantastic, Stout - ok, on par with TODA (and I'm being bloody generous here) but at least the money stays in Aus (SA in particular)) or any number of boutique breweries.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 18, 2025, 10:53:36 AM
Quote from: Williamson on April 17, 2025, 03:16:54 PM

Quote from: Shillas on April 15, 2025, 07:39:55 PM
If you recall, at Ulladulla, I wasn't pleased that when I ordered my Cooper's Sparkling Ale, he didn't roll the bottle to mix all the chewy stuff through.

Wasn't there a discussion on that and it concluded that was all a load of BS?

That was Gary at the Bellbird Creek Hotel.

Rolling the bottle, as far as I'm aware, has always been a thing - or at least it was happening in the early 80s.

The only time you didn't roll it was when you wanted the live yeast culture as the starter for your Coopers Sparkling Ale Home Brew.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Bodø on April 18, 2025, 11:07:45 AM
Quote from: Shillas on April 18, 2025, 10:53:36 AM
Rolling the bottle, as far as I'm aware, has always been a thing - or at least it was happening in the early 80s.

Is that a thing?  It's the first I've heard of it.
Title: Re: Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel
Post by: Shillas on April 18, 2025, 12:18:25 PM
Quote from: Bodø on April 18, 2025, 11:07:45 AM
Quote from: Shillas on April 18, 2025, 10:53:36 AM
Rolling the bottle, as far as I'm aware, has always been a thing - or at least it was happening in the early 80s.

Is that a thing?  It's the first I've heard of it.

And let's not even start on the joys of getting one of the last few pints from the bottom of the keg - thick, soupy and delicious   :-++