Saturday 12th April – Lunch at the Port Broughton Hotel

[Shillas]

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

[Dragonstaff]

Like the Waikerie reference for us Riverlanders.

[Bodø]

Like the Waikerie reference for us Riverlanders.

There is one in the Murray Bridge RTE thread as well.

[Shillas]

Interested in attending:

• Shillas
• Bodø & Bodø Jnr
• Langers
• Fossil 178 ?

[Bodø]

I'm in.

[Shillas]

This one is getting closer.

[Bodø]

Bodø Jnr is also coming.

[Bodø]

Just as I put my summer riding gear away yesterday it's now forecast to be 31°C on saturday.

[Langers]

I'm in. Julie is busy with Church work so I'll bring the Himmy.

[Fossil178]

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.

[Shillas]

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.

[Bodø]

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.

[Fossil178]

Sorry guy's,  I'm out the mabe this Saturday job is now going ahead. Pity I was looking forward to the  ride.

[Dragonstaff]

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.

[Bodø]

Home safely.  It wasn't as toasty as I was expecting it to be.

[Shillas]

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.

[Langers]

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.

[Williamson]

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.

[Shillas]

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.

[Langers]

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.

[Bodø]

Apologies for being a bit slack, but here's saturday's photo.

[Williamson]

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.

[Bodø]

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.

[Shillas]

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

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.

[Langers]

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.