BEFORE the days of steel kegs, Northern Territory publicans had an ongoing battle with termites attacking their timber beer barrels. With nests rising like skyscrapers to heights of three metres or more, there are some weird and wonderful stories told… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THE pubs of the Northern Territory are full to the brim with terrific tales – some tall, some true – but most of all, entertaining; Like the one about when the host of Mataranka Hotel, Nellie… Read More ›
But drinking habits finally shut her doors… THE Victoria Hotel, survived three cyclones, and everything Mother Nature could throw at her, but the almighty dollar finally shut her doors in 2014. Three major cyclones have unroofed the Vic over its… Read More ›