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The Great Southern Hotel
The Great Southern Hotel is
a typically Australian country hotel bounded by wide
timber verandas. However, this is where the comparison
with other Australian country hotels ends. The Great
Southern Hotel has many features which make it a truly
unique landmark.
Ronato
Sburlati writes: "The furniture inside the hotel is
unrivalled anywhere. The tables and stools are made
of logs and tree roots and branches beautifully (naturally)
shaped and polished. One of the tables has been given
the appearance of a horse, which patrons can sit around
on stools made with genuine saddles and others covered
in cow hides. The verandas are furnished with old, rustic
timber tables, and benches facing the busy main street.
The
hotel is adorned with the most spectacular array of
antiques, collectables and artefacts. A patron can sit
and drink for hours, even days in awe of the decor.
Genuine antelope trophies hang from some of the walls
and in various corners are genuine carved wooden Indians
from the wild west. The pub's chandeliers are made from
wagon wheels and a collection of football jumpers and
jockey shirts hang from a plough rail fixed to the ceiling.
A characteristically medieval rack with chains and locks
stands ominously near the front door, and a large replica
bull looks to be charging at you from above the main
bar which is covered with corrugated iron.
For
the sports minded, one can sight boxing gloves, croquet
sticks, antique motorbikes, a surfboard, (which points
to the direction of the Bistro), sailing boat montages
of local entries in the Sydney to Hobart, and past football
team photos. On one wall is a set of photos which prove
it can be done.....one of the Hotel's patrons is shown
drinking a beer whilst standing on his head!!!!
Our
political heritage is also represented in the hotel,
with a wine cask fashioned into the bust of one of our
most famous prime ministers. Transport is well represented
too, with memorabilia from old buses and train stations.
The
service at the Great Southern Hotel is absolutely fabulous
for the weary traveller! The beer is always cold and
served in chilled, clean glasses by the friendly staff.
If you prefer you can have a coffee or a cappuccino.
The hotel also has a bistro serving great-value counter
lunches which are very popular.
On
Friday nights and Sunday afternoons the Great Southern
is host to live music and some of the best blues bands
have played in the "Top Pub". So if you find yourself
travelling through Berry, we recommend that you stop
off and relax at the Great Southern Hotel with either
a cold or hot drink while taking in its laid-back atmosphere
and maybe even recall some good old memories while browsing
through its memorabilia."
| Facilities |
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• Our staff, and
their efforts to help you enjoy your stay
• 7 motel rooms • Drive-through bottleshop
• Large beer garden • Barbeque area
• Enclosed sandpit/ childrens playground
in beer garden
• Ample parking available • Bananas
in Pyjamas
• ATM facility on footpath in front of Bottle
shop
• Eftpos in Great Southern Bistro
• "The Hut" available for private & bistro
meal bookings
• Gaming machines • Roadside verandah
seating
• Antique curiousities galore, adorning every
area of hotel!
• Amusement machines new and ancient
• Wide screen TV in bar
• Wide screen TV + digital video jukebox
in poolroom
• The big duck amusement ride!
• Manual antique Soccer game • Telephone
• Community Noticeboard
• Ramp access on driveway side entrance of
Hotel
• Pot belly stove in winter!
• The most amazingly decorated toilets you've
ever seen!
• Cigarette machine
Hotel Policy
• No goats allowed,
regardless of attire
• No sheeps dressed in wolves' clothing
• No plural sheeps
• The Great Southern Hotel has a Responsible
Service of Alcohol Policy
• The Great Southern Hotel has a Responsible
Gaming Policy
• As the sign says..... "the bar at the Great
Southern Hotel is dedicated to those ladies and
gentlemen who make drinking a pleasure, who reach
contentment before capacity, and who, whatever
they drink, can take it, hold it, and still remain
ladies and gentlemen".
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To order your tickets and/or book your camping online for
the 2004 Berry Blues & Comedy Festival, please
click here
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