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
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
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
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
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
Sometimes a discount voucher is no bonus. Mickey Randall didn’t have the greatest time at the Hotel Victor.
Almanac Bushwalking: On Granite Island
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
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
‘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
Mickey Randall reviews in his inimitable style, that grand old pub, the Sir John Franklin Hotel in Kapunda.
The tomato and me
Ahh, the joys of the humble tomato! Mickey Randall tomatosises about their pros and cons.
Kapunda Cricket Club: The Comeback
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
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
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
Another fine piece from Mickey Randall on the sad (recent) day of the funeral of his mate Jeff.
Pub Review: The Cumberland, Glanville
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.
Pub Review: The Birkenhead Tavern, Port Adelaide
Mickey heads to the Port Riviera to take in the Birkenhead Tavern and all she has to offer.











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