Mickey Randall continues his tour of pubs in the inner northern suburbs and catches up with Almanacker ER.
Pub Review Tour: Tuesday in Fitzroy
July 10, 2019 by 8 Comments
Mickey Randall is in Melbourne, and he’s wasting no time in checking out the inner city pub scene.
Help needed!: New pubs for Mickey to explore
July 2, 2019 by 19 Comments
Mickey Randall is Melbourne next week and would like to visit some inner-city hotels that fit his criteria. Can you help him out with some recommendations?
Pub Review: Three Brothers Arms, Macclesfield
June 28, 2019 by 4 Comments
Mickey Randall loves the homey, English feel of the Three Brothers Arms Hotel, and he loves the music selections, played the way they should be, on a turntable. You’ve won Mickey over!
Pub Review – The Macclesfield: Man v Megalodon Hamburger
June 22, 2019 by 8 Comments
Mickey Randall has a challenge on his hands, how does he eat the megaloden, whole or deconstruct? Find out how he resolves this issue confronting him at the Macclesfield Hotel.
Almanac Beer – Review: Coopers XPA
June 6, 2019 by 7 Comments
The V8 punch Mickey Randall was expecting from the new Coopers XPA beer was not to be, unfortunately for him, it was a lightweight punch, and left him at the starting line.
Pub Review: Hotel Victor, Victor Harbor
May 6, 2019 by 13 Comments
Sometimes a discount voucher is no bonus. Mickey Randall didn’t have the greatest time at the Hotel Victor.
Almanac Bushwalking: On Granite Island
April 29, 2019 by 14 Comments
Mickey Randall takes his boys to do a lap of Granite Island at Victor Harbor where they encounter a storied tree again. [Nice – Ed]
When too much football is barely enough
April 15, 2019 by 2 Comments
Mickey Randall really packed it in to his Saturday arvo, making time for three games of footy (and a horse race or two) in a classic case of “Too much sport being barely enough”.
Adelaide Oval in the Eighties: Rodney Hogg, Adidas Romes and Mondo Rock
April 5, 2019 by 11 Comments
‘Our world was still wonderfully small, and for a few days every summer Adelaide Oval was at its centre.’ Mickey Randall revisits a well spent youth where heaven was a day out at the cricket for the lads from Kapunda.
Pub Review: Sir John Franklin, Kapunda
March 23, 2019 by 10 Comments
Mickey Randall reviews in his inimitable style, that grand old pub, the Sir John Franklin Hotel in Kapunda.
The tomato and me
March 15, 2019 by 16 Comments
Ahh, the joys of the humble tomato! Mickey Randall tomatosises about their pros and cons.
Kapunda Cricket Club: The Comeback
February 25, 2019 by 15 Comments
Mickey Randall returns to the Kapunda CC and is selected to play alongside childhood mates. Best you read it. [Ripper yarn – Ed]
Almanac Backyards – Dad calls backyard cricket DRS trial a success
January 28, 2019 by 18 Comments
Mickey Randall writes about the joys of a game of backyard cricket with his boys, and in particular, the workings of the DRS.
Vampire Weekend’s Hannah Hunt
January 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s an enthralling, alliterative name. Say it aloud. Hannah Hunt. It’s easy to pronounce. There’s an affable rhythm, and linguists suggest the repetition of “H” creates romantic introspection explains Mickey Randall as he falls in love with Hannah Hunt.
Four pubs and a funeral
January 13, 2019 by 11 Comments
Another fine piece from Mickey Randall on the sad (recent) day of the funeral of his mate Jeff.
Paul Kelly’s “How to Make Gravy” and me
December 21, 2018 by 18 Comments
Mickey Randall’s favourite Christmas song, Paul Kelly’s “How to Make Gravy”, is twenty-two. But it seems as though it’s been around forever. Like Love Actually, which premiered in 2003, they’re both part of the festive furniture, and signal the season’s arrival. Mickey explains.
Pub Review: The Cumberland, Glanville
December 18, 2018 by 3 Comments
So, if you’ve a raging thirst, or you want to hear one, then this pub is right there. And, should you wish, you can catch a train. Mickey Randall reviews The Cumberland Hotel in Glanville.
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