Pub entertainment in Queensland
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Magnum’s
Imagine a giant bottle of champagne. Now imagine five hundred sunburned 21-somethings jumping around in a vast outdoor venue with cheap champagne and cheap beds. Magnum’s is a classic backpacker party; we say whack it on an ironic ‘do-before-you-die’ list.
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Gordi's Cafe & Bar
Order a $5 schooner and pull up a stool at this big open-air bar overlooking Victoria St's comings and goings.
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Court House Hotel
In Cairns' gleaming white former courthouse building, dating from 1921, the Court House pub is replete with a polished timber island bar and Scales of Justice statue – and cane-toad races on Wednesday night.
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Alibi Room
Kitschy trinkets are scattered around this fun retro bar, which is a popular hang-out for New Farm locals. The downstairs tiki bar houses Alibi’s ultimate tacky attraction – a mini in-house waterfall.
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Criterion Hotel
Easily Rockhampton's favourite pub, the Criterion resonates with a good-time feel in its front bar and in the Bush Inn Bar & Grill. There's live music Wednesday to Saturday nights.
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Kitty O'Sheas
Any hint of pretensions are left at the door of this atmospheric pub that serves up pints of the good stuff - Guinness and Kilkenny. There's live music at the weekends.
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Queenslander
Enjoy live gigs and DJs at this pub, which rocks on every Friday and Saturday night. When the weather is fine, the gigs move into the tropical beer garden.
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Criterion Hotel
Try the Criterion Hotel, plastered with the ubiquitous XXXX beer signage, the 'Cri' lives up to its party reputation.
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Mad Cow Tavern
Mad Cow Tavern, with its drooping fans, ceiling roses and checkered floor, is gaudy fun.
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Court House Hotel
Commanding a prime corner location, the 'Courty' is a lively local, with cover bands on weekends.
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Iron Bar
A bit of whacky outback-shearing-shed decor never goes astray in Queensland. It's well done – all rustic iron and ageing timber; even the outdoor furniture is old wood and hessian. After polishing off your Don Bradman eye fillet (the steaks are named after famous Aussies), head upstairs for a flutter on the cane-toad races ($5). Usually the latest closer in town.
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Normanby Hotel
Classic old pub with an enormous beer garden.
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Strand Hotel
The battered old Strand has live music every weekend. The pub serves $10 counter meals at lunch and dinner daily, but is especially known for its Sunday-evening parrilla, an Argentine-style barbecue with music to match. The pub's on the corner of Anzac Pde.
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Seaview Hotel
The sea views, fig-tree locale and occasionally loud live music win over pub-loving locals in this sprawling drinking hub.
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Heritage Hotel
This grand old pub with iron-lattice balconies has a stylish cocktail lounge with river views and outdoor tables. After-work drinks can linger on to dinner in the tavern (meals $7 to $21), where the extensive menu includes pizzas, burgers and lamb shank pie as well as the ubiquitous steak.
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Club Hotel
The lounge bar has laid-back lounges and chill-out music.
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Woolshed Chargrill & Saloon
The archetypal backpacker pub, with two levels of revelry, cheap bar food, prize nights, and a barely-legal crowd that drinks to get drunk, then dances on the tables all night long.
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Clock Hotel
Easily recognisable with its gaudy clock-tower exterior, this three-level pub is a good central meeting place for beer and cheap steak. There's outdoor seating and DJs on Friday and Saturday nights.
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