Mark's Blog: Balmain-Rozelle Pub Crawl

The long-awaited Christmas pub crawl was a journey in so many ways. You, too, can follow that journey with the photos and interactive map.

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Participating were:
Pubs 1-11: me, Pete, Wayne, Andrew
Pubs 2-11: Paul (Meg's friend Sarah's husband), Michael
Pubs 1-7: Simon (Pete's mate)
Pubs 2-7 (?): Tycho
Pubs 1-3: Matt (Anna's boyfriend) and Cole (Laura's boyfriend)

Pub 1: The London Hotel
Starting in Balmain, this very popular English style pub has a view of the Harbour Bridge from its outside gallery; it also serves Little Creatures (one of the best) on tap.

Pub 2: The Royal Oak Hotel
Wayne gets in round number 2.

Pub 3: The Dry Dock Hotel

Tycho (foreground right) and Michael (centre) joined us at The Royal Oak, but Matt (left) was already planning to bail (to be fair he did have to go to work).

No idea what Pete is doing with his right hand

It's already too much for Andrew

Pub 4: The William Wallace Hotel

Wayne orders his beer before even getting in the door

From left to right: Tycho, Michael, Wayne, Andrew, Simon, Pete, Paul, me

Pub 5: The Riverview Hotel

Controversially, Pete and I decided we could slip in an extra pub, the Riverview (my old local when I moved here).

I've no idea what Paul is saying, but Wayne is really not impressed

I make that five chins

Check out my forearm

The problem with taking photos when we left each pub is that I'm the only one who knows where we're going next

Pub 6: The Town Hall Hotel

"Hi Meg, sorry, won't be back til late 2nite. Need to go 2 work"

.....'work'

Pub 7: The Exchange Hotel

Happy Birthday Kathy

An Englishman's motto: never leave home without a jumper

"Mmm, Tycho does have a great arse" (that girl in white looks familiar....)

Holding it together - so far

Wayne is unimpressed by Michael's tummy rub

Pub 8: The Welcome Hotel

The Welcome, a genuine Irish pub, was rammed - only mid afternoon and it was like 10pm; loud, drunken and with a live music band playing Hotel California and other anthems.

Paul, Pete and a couple of randoms perform their version of YMCA, apparently called "£*|^"

Pete tries hard to increase the chin count

It was only a matter of time before somebody dropped their trousers...

Pub 9: The Ruby L'otel

Michael sits this one out

... whilst I probably should have sat this one out

It's all getting a little blurry...

Pete is given permission to run around on the grass

Pub 10: The Three Weeds Hotel

Five schooners of Lord Nelson's "Three Sheets"

Having successfully avoided talking to the girls when our paths crossed in The Exchange (Pub 7), we had no such luck in The Three Weeds (Pub 10); Pete knows he's breaking the rules