FireWire400 @ FireWire400 @lemmy.world

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Yeah, someone mentioned to me how it used to be next to the highway but then said highway was rebuilt to bypass Albury or something.

It's still not that far away in my opinion but it's not exactly walking distance from anywhere. The place was pretty empty when we went there, there were a few people in the cafe but it kinda stank of grease so we didn't go.

It's really a shame to see such a delightful and iconic place go downhill, the people I went with thought so as well.

Why would you wanna abbreviate words that are so fun to say?

Interesting that the previous owner of the Pub in Albury had these grand plans of a caravan park and a petrol station, even read somewhere that they wanted to build it into a theme park.

Obviously didn't go too well for them...

It's apparently a Wiradjuri word meaning "place of good drink".

I say apparently because I can't find it in my Wiradjuri dictionary app.

They still had them when I was there!

Mhhh... Looked up some reviews on Google and the owner's responses are either hopeful that they can return the place to its former glory, blaming the previous owners for its current state, dismissive of any criticism or completely unhinged...

As I've mentioned, you can't actually go inside anymore, they closed down the souvenir shop and the website refers to the place as "Table Top Hotel (Formally Ettamogah)" The only thing that's open there is a café next to the actual pub.

I hope they won't close it down or anything, it needs to be preserved in some way IMO...

I'm kinda aware that there were 4 Ettamogah Pubs in total, but I don't know where and I can't find anything about the other ones

Edit: Seems like the only one that's still in operation as Ettamogah Pub is the one in Cunderdin, WA.

As I've mentioned elsewhere the one in Albury seems to have been renamed.... Looks like I need to go to Cunderdin lol

I actually don't know the significance of the words, must be in reference to the Ettamogah Pub comic strip that inspired the building. But you're right, it's kinda amusing how Aussie it is; I couldn't help but chuckle when first reading it^^

Thanks heaps for sharing!

I'd love seeing that picture, if you wanna show it

It must've been amazing back then. My relatives kept telling me how popular it was with tourists.

Very versatile word in Straya and NZ

They denied Kanye West entrance to Straya because of Antisemitism (which is ultra based, fuck that guy), but a chatbot can spew out anything without consequence?

Could that be the first actual improvement in years?

I'm sure they're gonna replace it with something even more asinine but my god, the trending page was always just a cesspool of the absolute worst content on YouTube (with a few exceptions every now and then).

Yeah, ever since Nike bought the lot they've been a bit mad with the designs...

I always had Chucks, not because I didn't wanna get teased mind you I just thought they were cool. Kids teased me for different things anyway.

But man, they never really lasted that long. One to one and a half years of daily use, and they doubled in price in the last ~15 years (which maybe isn't that much but I feel the quality went down a bit).

That's even better then. I just used an Opal card, I'm sure my credit card would've worked fine but I tend to be extra cautious when It comes to things like that, plus it's a nice souvenir

When I was in Australia, a bunch of people asked me about the public transport here and all of them were baffled when I told them how shit it was...

I have no idea where this perception that everything must be perfect in Germany or Europe came from but it is sooo outdated.

Speaking of tickets; in NSW you just tap your Opal card when entering/leaving train stations. It makes so much more sense and is so much easier.

Bought my first AMD card last year, never looked back

It's great that Papua New Guinea is still receiving updates /s

first formal "truth-telling" inquiry [...] from 2021

Holy fuck... I mean that's great but why did it take until 2021 for them to enquire about that?