Strange But True One of the strangest graves in the ancient Western Road cemetery at Parramatta (NSW) is that of a parrot. For twenty years the bird entertained travellers at one of the hotels, and the wife of the hotelkeeper become… Read More ›
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Palace Hotel croc attack
CROCODILE IN STREET ATTACKS A CONSTABLE. BRISBANE, Friday. While two constables were walking along the main street of Townsville early yesterday morning, a crocodile, three and a half feet long, suddenly rose from the gutter, and snapped at a leg… Read More ›
The 1948 crocodile encounter at Hotel Darwin
AUSTRALIA’S Top End has always lent itself to an excellent crocodile tale. The last place you would expect an encounter with one of the Northern Territory’s deadly crocs would be at the bar of a pub. But this is Darwin,… Read More ›
Hotel Gosford
DOG HAS SENSE OF TIME. GOSFORD (NSW), Sunday. – Gosford has a woolly Airedale with a time sense. Basking in the sun all day “Jock” meanders down to the Hotel Gosford punctually at 5 o’clock each evening, forces his way… Read More ›
Parrot frozen to water bowl
Joy the parrot at the Bridge Hotel, Yackandandah, Victoria, went to sleep with his long tail dipping in his water bowl. Although the cage was placed in a closed shed for the night, the water froze, and in the morning… Read More ›
Kopke the albino talking crow
“Six o’clock ! Get out !” No longer will that familiar squawk be lheard at a hotel near the Haymarket, for Kopke, the famous white crow, died yesterday. Five years ago Kopke was presented to Mr. Norman Barrie, licensee of… Read More ›
Hotel customers nearly ‘stung’
Many Dungogites were nearly “stung” at Pat O’Neill’s Bank Hotel on Saturday afternoon (says Dungog “Chronicle”). It was no reflection on their sobriety, however, or on the quality of the beer provided by the genial Pat. It appears some of… Read More ›
Pub animal freaks
A SOUTH Australian hotel proprietor owns this remarkable two-legged cat (pictured). It is four years old and fully grown, and does not seem to miss the front legs of which fate deprived it. It walks upright, but when in a… Read More ›
Black swans visit Coraki pub
TWO black swans came out of the river at Coraki (WA) and walked up to the Club Hotel. They were a source of interest to a number of people and some fed the swans with bread. It is thought that they… Read More ›