NOT many pubs can boast of their own private passenger train. Well, Bellambi Hotel on the NSW South Coast, can… The pub had its own train, which took guests to the beach. William Wilson, manager of the South Bulli Colliery… Read More ›
Bellambi Hotel
The pub piano
THERE was nothing unusual to hear the boisterous voices of men bellowing from the bars of Australian pubs during the war years and beyond. Pubs were the principle venues of entertainment for men during the war years, which continued in… Read More ›
Bellambi’s ‘other hotel’ was a harbourside pub frequented by hard-drinking waterside workers and sailors
By MICK ROBERTS © WHILE many who call Bellambi home know of their historic watering hole by the railway station, some may be surprised to learn of their first pub, down by the sea. Today’s Bellambi Hotel – opened in… Read More ›