Pittwater Life June 2019 Issue

Dining Clubs & Guide Pubs
Clubs & Pubs
June's best functions, music gigs, events and dining news...
TWO SETS, TWO HOURS: Dragon (with co-founder and bass player
Todd Hunter second from right) play Pittwater RSL on Saturday June 8.
Catch the Best of Dragon
Avalon
Beach RSL
Bistro 61
1 Bowling Green Lane
Avalon Beach
Avalon Beach RSL’s Bistro 61
is a great place to head for
a local meal, offering tasty
modern Australian dishes at
affordable prices.
Take advantage of their
new #AVRSL MEMBER MON-
DAY. This brand new weekly
promotion includes $5 drinks
all day for members, plus a
$15 Roast Meal special (lunch
and dinner) and $10 chicken
wings available to all!
Don't miss the Back to the
'90s Party, featuring Kid Kenobi
and Friends on Saturday
June 8.
Head down for State of
Origin on the big screen on
June 5 and June 23 – there
will be $5 schooners from
7.30-9.30pm, plus $10 Blues
Burgers.
And now available for free
download – the new Avalon
Beach RSL Club App. Earn
rewards, prizes and member
points by logging in daily.
See what's on, check out
events, view menus and more!
Don't miss the Super Sunday
raffle on the first Sunday
of the month – there's more
than $1500 in prizes.
Bistro 61 is open for breakfast
from 9am to 11.30am.
Open for lunch and dinner
seven days, with extensive
outdoor dining areas, Bistro
61 offers a variety of specials
(lunch and dinner) during the
week, including $12 tacos
(Tues), $15 Chicken Schnitzels
(Wed), 2-4-1 pizzas (Thurs),
and a $20 burger + beer (Fri).
Seniors are well catered
for – there are daily Seniors
specials, including beer-battered
flathead – plus they do
a $5 kids meals on Sundays!
(There’s a playground, too.)
avalonbeachrsl.com.au
RMYC’s restaurant Salt Cove
on Pittwater’s winter menu
is now available, offering affordable
meals and generous
servings including a variety
of starters and share plates,
seafood, burgers, grills, salads,
desserts and woodfired
pizza.
Friday night music kicks off
in the Lounge Bar from 5.30pm
to 8.30pm. There are some
great acts in June, including
Jack Evans (7th); Sarah Paton
(14th); Alex Roussos (21st); and
Bernie Segedin (28th).
Book now for the Ladies
Lunch on Wednesday June 12 –
Avalon author Dianah Chorlton
will talk through the writing
process of her eclectic thriller
'The Vanishing Of Venice'. Dianah
was inspired to write the
novel after visiting the popular
tourist venue; her plot involves
the murder of tourists by the
local Brotherhood of Priests,
to end the 'mass invasion'.
Tickets $50 include a 2-course
meal plus drink on arrival.
Bookings essential 9997 5511.
Trivia every Tuesday night
from 7.30pm (great prizes and
vouchers – 12 years plus).
Club Boat and Social memberships
are now available for
just $160.
royalmotor.com.au
It’s been three years since Old Enough’, ‘Still In Love’,
Aussie-based Kiwi rock band ‘Rain’ and ‘Young Years’.
Dragon has ventured to the Todd attributes the
Peninsula but the members enduring popularity of Dragon
are excited to be returning and other iconic Aussie-scene
this month with an expansive bands to a more discerning
gig at Pittwater RSL on
local musical public.
Saturday June 8.
“I think Australian audiences
Co-founder and bass player are becoming more musically
Todd Hunter told Pittwater literate and are not locked in
Life that the quartet have been to music from their own era,”
playing solidly since they last he said.
hit Pittwater, getting bookings “In the 1960s you either
for the widest range of events liked the Beatles or the
imaginable.
Stones... now, people’s
“Because we love playing so loyalties are to songs, not
much our aim is to play every bands.”
weekend and that’s what we Todd reflected on how he
have been doing,” Todd said. got into the business, and
“We’ve played everything what keeps him going – at the
Club Palm Beach
Barrenjoey Bistro
to country pubs and clubs, “Well, at the age of six I got
1087 Barrenjoey Road,
and we have just finished the to play with my uncle’s rock
Palm Beach
‘Red Hot Summer Tour’. band in New Zealand,” he
from WOMAD in New Zealand age of 67.
“Plus we have a new album recalls. “It was so loud and the
In June, make your way to
of new songs called ‘Life Is A crowd was rambunctious and
Club Palm Beach, located a
Beautiful Mess’ which you can everyone had huge smiles on
short stroll from Palm Beach
hear on iTunes or any other their faces.
Wharf, for great dining for
streaming platform.”
“I looked around and
the whole family.
The Pittwater RSL show is thought ‘right, this is what I’m
Head down to watch State
part of their ‘Best of Dragon gonna do with my life’. And
of Origin I (June 5) and II
Tour’.
I did.
(June 23) and enjoy half-price
“We play two sets in a
“I will keep doing it for
schooners of Carlton during
two-hour show, where we as long as it’s fun, and it
game time.
play Dragon songs that are certainly still is so far!”
Also, enjoy a Works Burger
constantly requested in the He added the band had
and schooner for just $15
first set and all the more wellknown
started writing for a new
every Friday in June.
songs in the second,” album with the intention of
Every Wednesday there's
Todd explained.
starting its recording in July.
family trivia from 7pm, with
“And we’ll include some
– Nigel Wall Royal Motor
great prizes!
cover songs from the UK from * Catch Dragon at
Grab some friends and
Yacht Club
the 1980s... just for fun.” Pittwater RSL on Saturday
enjoy their Cruising Palm
That means hits including June 8. Tickets at reception Salt Cove on Pittwater Beach deal, with a cruise on
‘April Sun In Cuba’, ‘Are You or pittwaterrsl.com.au 46 Prince Alfred
Pittwater plus traditional
Parade, Newport
lunch at the club for $25pp.
62 JUNE 2019
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