RSS Feed (xml)I have always been interested to see what is inside this famous Aussie Pub, whenever we pass by it. And we finally had a chance to come over and had a look, on our way home from our Hervey Bay Trip a couple of months ago. We did not get to try their resto because we already had lunch then; so I just took some photos.
The Pub is beside Aussie World, a theme park. The Little One wanted to go in but B was on a hurry to get home. It was also late for us because the park closes at 1700H and it was already about 1400H when we got there.
Anyways, a brief history of the Pub taken from here.
The original creator of the Ettamogah Pub was Ken Maynard who started drawing the Ettamogah Pub in 1959. It was made famous through his regular cartoons in The Australasian Post.
The Aussie World Ettamogah Pub was built in 1989 and the word "ettamogah" is Aboriginal for "place of good drink!" Now one of Queensland's leading tourist attractions it stands at an impressive 18m in height. It's a must to visit due to its quirky shape and caricature appearance. It was opened on 24th November 1989 with most of the furniture inside the pub built from trees cleared from the actual site.
There's a 1927 Chevy truck on top of the bright red roof of the Ettamogah Pub. In the cartoon the theory is the truck was washed up there in the floods of 1946 and none of the regulars could be bothered to get it down. There are also pictures of the cartoons hanging around the walls of the Pub along with other eclectic displays of everything Australian.
The Pub is beside Aussie World, a theme park. The Little One wanted to go in but B was on a hurry to get home. It was also late for us because the park closes at 1700H and it was already about 1400H when we got there.
Anyways, a brief history of the Pub taken from here.
The original creator of the Ettamogah Pub was Ken Maynard who started drawing the Ettamogah Pub in 1959. It was made famous through his regular cartoons in The Australasian Post.
The Aussie World Ettamogah Pub was built in 1989 and the word "ettamogah" is Aboriginal for "place of good drink!" Now one of Queensland's leading tourist attractions it stands at an impressive 18m in height. It's a must to visit due to its quirky shape and caricature appearance. It was opened on 24th November 1989 with most of the furniture inside the pub built from trees cleared from the actual site.
There's a 1927 Chevy truck on top of the bright red roof of the Ettamogah Pub. In the cartoon the theory is the truck was washed up there in the floods of 1946 and none of the regulars could be bothered to get it down. There are also pictures of the cartoons hanging around the walls of the Pub along with other eclectic displays of everything Australian.
Gorgeously . . .
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