One of the places we had considered staying at when we were planning the Sydney part of the trip is the Lord Nelson Brewery and Hotel. The Lord Nelson is one of a handful of pubs that claim to be the oldest pub in Sydney. It is located in The Rocks, which as mentioned previously, is the original site of the British penal colony and the birthplace of Sydney. It was interesting to read that in the 1800’s pubs were required to offer rooms to their customers. This, according to what I have read, was to protect pub customers from leaving the pub late at night and being robbed or worse. It also provided a place for those who imbibed too much. We ended up not staying there because it was pricey and because, as the rooms are above the bar, which has live music in the evenings, it was said to be a noisy place to stay.
However, we did want to go there to have a beer. Tony is quite the beer aficionado. We did a lot of beer tasting while in Australia. So on one of our three days, we walked to The Rocks and then tried to find the Lord Nelson. It was quite a walk with a lot of hills but we finally found it! By then we were not only thirsty but very hungry. We ate delicious bar food (I think mine was seafood chowder) and enjoyed a couple of their beers.
The Lord Nelson is a wonderful place to go for a brew and a bite! If you go, make sure you go upstairs as you will find a lot of memorabilia on display. It’s quite the mini-museum! It’s near the observatory so you might want to take the walk up the hill to check that out, too.
Lord Nelson Brewery & Hotel, Sydney, AUS
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