Old Pubs in WA

Yes I have a fascination with pubs, specially the old or historical variety. Mt Palmer, south of Yellowdine in WA had a magnificent pub.
I've never been there yet but all that is left apparently is an arch. The story goes, that when the gold ran out (or so they thought) the pub was knocked down and the bricks and building materials were used to put up new buildings in Kalgoorlie.
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If you have a look at this video at 6.00 min into it you will see video footage of the arches that remain of the old hotel.

Really loved Kookynie, some great relics and ruins of old pubs there. Here's a shot of the old Cosmopolitan Hotel back door. Think they were selling more than beer here.....
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Its even got a chute so they can slide ya out when ya done

Reckin ive seen them chutes on Hay st in Kal too, when i once ACCIDENTLY drove past there cause i was LOST and my STEERING had jammed up.

uh huh! uh huh!

Ahhhhh the pints are cold and the pub is as it was in the original goldrush days,
Cant seem to drive past the Broady,then cant seem to get outta there.


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Have they still got them mongrel peacocks at Kookynie. Nearly sh*t me self having a Leak in the dunny. There was a panel missing from the ceiling and one of the sods used to get in the ceiling and wait for unsuspecting dunny customers.
One hell of a shreek and it was new undies time

Just noticed, what happened to the pic of the Lancefield/Beria Pub ?

You will have to excuse me, I'm sober. Found It :geek:

Ora Banda. Top pub on a hot day but the buggers turn their fridges off at night and they should open earlier.

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Bignuggs wrote:Have they still got them mongrel peacocks at Kookynie. Nearly sh*t me self having a Leak in the dunny. There was a panel missing from the ceiling and one of the sods used to get in the ceiling and wait for unsuspecting dunny customers.
One hell of a shreek and it was new undies time

Na, BN didn't see any peacocks around, but after we paid the 'fuel up' bill nearly needed a new set myself....

Yeah they got ya by the short n curley's at that place for fuel


Pete

This ones not in WA but i wish it was

GPX you've probly had a few ales at this little gem, "The Logan Pub" at logan east of you mate.

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The boy and me always used to called in for a few while running between Wedderburn and Dunolly back in the day, its like walking into a time machine,
the inside hasnt changed since the gold rushes in the 1850's, theres some
great photo's on the wall of times gone by.....


Pete

Talking about price of fuel, $1.90 litre at Paynes Find back in July. Hate to think what it is now.

Pete, the logan pub ay, I have driven past this plenty of times but have never stopped. I will next time

How i'd love to get acess to the diggings adjacent to that joint!!

I bet you would too, maybe the publican owns it or knows the people who do

Hi Bignuggs Mrs Red Devil here. You mentioned there was a pic of the Lancefield/Beria pub somewhere. Is there any way I could get a copy to email to Canada, please? A Canadian friend is researching her family tree and her ancestor was a carpenter at the Lancefield mine. I would love to give her a pic to add to her collection. Thanks.

Hello Mrs Red. I actually found it by accident. I don't have the pic but this link will take you to a site with the picture and a lot more.

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cheers
Cliff

Many thanks, Cliff. I'm onto it right now. Cheers Mrs RD

No problems. theres some good pics on the site.

Went out to the old pub at Big Bell today, what an awesome building, i'll post some pics later, also got some of the Mount Palmer arch somewhere on the computer.
Chris

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Mount Palmer taken in August, Big Bell to come as the file has not come off the camera properly, have to wait for my computer guru to come back from Mongolia.
Chris

not in WA but old Pub and stop in old times on the way to goldfields.
As you can see interesting one as well
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G'day G

This is not a WA pub either mate but it was a stop over for the old diggers on their way to Vic from sth oz,
the warden also issued sth Aus miners rights from there for the nearby Chapel Hill diggins (1852),
and it actualy looks a lot similar to the pub in your last link, great old stonework..

The Aldgate Pump Hotel


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Good cold pints of Coopers pale ale on tap,


Crazy Pete

goldstalkergpx wrote:If you have a look at this video at 6.00 min into it you will see video footage of the arches that remain of the old hotel.

Wow the person who shot they video is a youtube legend. oh ok, yes i made that video, glad to see someone found it and linked it. thankyou.
i got 61 videos sitting in my channel now and that mt palmer is the one people like the most, i just feel its me chatting to much.
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I go to MT Palmer quite regularly for over night camps just to get away, the old pub is in Kal Westpac building(if westpac still in same spot been a few year since been to Kal) is the old pub brick by brick so the story go's, lot of fossickers go there for the Smokey quartes for jewellery making, salt lake is soft there have pulled few people out that should know better, be interesting if any one has found crystal gold in the lakes as the mine was very rich