Frommer's Australia from $50 a Day 13th Edition - To Parent Directory

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heats and finals, and victorious crustaceans win their owners prizes. 58 Cowper St.,
Glebe. & 02/9660 2326.
Henry the Ninth Bar This mock-Tudor drinking hole gets very busy on Friday
and Saturday nights. They serve up some good ales in an oaky atmosphere.
An Irish band whips up the patrons on Thursday and Friday nights, and a cover
band does the same on Wednesday and Saturday nights. A good-value happy
hour brings beer prices tumbling Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to
7:30pm, Friday 5:30 to 8:30pm, and Saturday 8 to 10pm. In the Sydney Hilton, 259
Pitt St. & 02/9266 2000.
Hero of Waterloo Hotel This sandstone landmark, built in 1845, was once
allegedly the stalking ground of press gangs, who’d whack unsuspecting landlubbers
on the head, push them down a trapdoor out the back, and cart them out to
sea. Today, this strangely shaped drinking hole is popular with the locals, and
hosts old-time jazz bands (the musicians are often in their 70s and 80s) on Saturday
and Sunday afternoons from 1:30 to 6:30pm, and Irish and cover bands
Friday through Sunday evenings from 8:30pm. 81 Lower Fort St.,The Rocks.& 02/9252
4553.
Jacksons on George A popular drinking spot, this place has four floors of
drinking, eating, dancing, and pool playing, and is a popular haunt with tourists
and after-work office staff. Pool is expensive here at A$3 (US$1.95) a game
(you’ll need to ask the rules, as Australians have their own), and drinks have a
nasty habit of going up in price without warning as the evening wears on. The
nightclub plays commercial dance, and there’s a smart/casual dress code. Happy
hour is Monday through Friday from 5 to 7pm, when drinks cost around onethird
less than normal. 178 George St., The Rocks. & 02/9247 2727. Cover A$10 (US$6.50)
for nightclub Fri–Sat after 10pm.
Lord Dudley Hotel The best way to get to this great English-style pub is via
the Edgecliff CityRail station (between Kings Cross and Bondi Junction). From
there, bear right along the edge of the bus station, walk up the hill for 5 minutes,
and then take a right onto Jersey Road—ask the railway staff for the correct exit
if you can find anyone working. The Lord Dudley has the best atmosphere of just
about any drinking hole in Sydney, with log fires in winter, couches to relax in,
three bars, and a restaurant. 236 Jersey Rd., Woollahra. & 02/9327 5399.
Lord Nelson Hotel Value Another Sydney sandstone landmark, the Lord Nelson
rivals the Hero of Waterloo for the title of Sydney’s oldest pub. The drinks
are sold English-style, in pints and half-pints, and the landlord even makes his
own prize-winning beers. Of these beers, Three Sheets is the most popular, but
if you can handle falling over on your way home you might want to try a drop
of Quail (a pale beer), Victory (based on an English bitter), and a dark beer
called Admiral. You can get some good pub grub here, too. Upstairs there’s a
more formal brasserie. At Kent and Argyle sts., The Rocks. & 02/9251 4044.
Marble Bar Once part of a hotel demolished in the 1970s, the Marble Bar is
unique as the only grand-cafe–style drinking hole in Australia. With oil paintings,
marble columns, and brass everywhere, it’s the picture of 15th-century Italian
Renaissance architecture, a tourist attraction in itself. Live music, generally
jazz or soul, is played here Tuesday through Saturday beginning at 8:30pm.
Dress smart on Friday and Saturday evenings. Drinks are normally very expensive,
but the happy hour (daily 7–9pm) cuts prices down to what you’d pay during
normal drinking hours elsewhere. In the Sydney Hilton, 259 Pitt St.& 02/9266 2000.