Boreen Point
23 July 2009
From Brian Mcmilan
Had lunch here on Friday. It's near Lake Cootharaba (200m West) not on the sea which is 10 km away by bird.
A great place for a beer. Accommodation is also very reasonable in nearby bunkhouse
Ed - Thanks Brian
Great shots, mine were done with a very early Camera so poor resolution so excellent, thanks.
This Pub has a fun story for me from when I was in Gympie and got involved in trying to find Queenslands first Qld licensed Pub. Which had to have come from Gympie as the home of statehood, the town that saved Qld with its gold find, and was issued the first licences.
After chatting with the locals and Publicans in the 13 existing Pubs I found that the first 2 licensed Pubs had been apparently physically moved from Gympie and tracked the Appollonian to Boreen Point only to find that it was license number 2. So spent a great few days there trying to research where license 1 finished up whilst enjoying the hospitality of the Hotel. I never did track down Pub 1, Perhaps it may well be the Golden Age Hotel that is still open in Gympie that holds license 3 but may possible have held license 1 and it was re issued. A long shot though.
There were 2 trails of a story that the first license was associated with a Pub that was in fact physically moved to a new country location to await a railway and then to a second city location. After the first move it was reportedly called the St George Hotel. The history on this is shaky at best but coming from two different sources, sometimes where there is smoke there is fire. So for us it is still one of the great unsolved questions of Australian Pubs.
Yes the Appollonian is a great Pub, love the front bar, and brilliant Town. Thanks for the Pics. Did you spot a "St George Hotel" in your travels ??????
Cheers John