Nindigully Pub New Years Eve

[Rod and Mavis]

Greetings all.

We just received a note from a good friend Dave Allen who owns a winery (plug coming Rangemore Estate with B&B & camping) here in Queensland. It is a post that has been sent to a lot of tourism organisations here.

It is an interesting read and had we not organised our New Years eve gathering at Jondarian Woolshed we most certainly would have spent the festive season at the Pub.

We have free camped here before and it is a great spot. Well worth considering if you are passing through this area.

If we are in town next year we will certainly post this as a gathering so keep it in mind.

Enough waffle, please see the following as sent by the pub.

Cheers and Merry Christmas to all.

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Hi to all our valued friends and colleagues....

hopefully you can spare us here at the Nindigully Pub 5 minutes of your valuable time...if not we do understand.

Nindigully is a very small country town consisting of five (yes 5) dedicated hard working people, the pub plus 3 houses.

Our nearest town is St George app 45 kilometers away. Goondiwindi, Moree and Roma are 2 hours away , 4 hours will get you to Toowoomba, Dalby , Armidale or Bourke. Brisbane , Gold and Sunshine Coasts , Emerald and Tamworth are app 6 hours easy drive. There are plenty of beautiful motels in St George to accomodate several hundred people.

The Gully is a family owned (since Aug 2002) and operated country pub that does rely heavily on tourism and particularly on the success of its events.

The benefits of our events do flow thru to the surrounding communities as people travel from many places and spend along the way and their return home at service stations ,

other pubs and general stores. The importance of tourism to the bush is immense and integral to our survival. We strive here at Nindigully to make every person who visits a friend for life...as our town entry signage says "come as a stranger, leave as a friend".

Our claims to fame are....the oldest continually licensed hotel (pub) in Queensland (licensed 1864) still in its original location and position on the banks of the beautiful Moonie River. Voted in 2011 by CNN (CNNGO.COM) Australias No1 Outback Pub....Voted Australias best country pub by 4x4 Australia magazine in late 2006.

Winner of the Balonne Shire buisness of the year in 2006. Recently we have received notoriety for building Australias Biggest Burgers, our smallest Megaburger weighs in at 5.5 Kilos (the Roadtrain burger) and it is available every day at the gully excluding events...it feeds a minimum of 4 adults.

We have 10 different burgers over 10 kilograms..each a different shape and with different ingredients, each feed a minimum of 15 adults. The largest is 25 kilos and is over 1 meter long in the shape of a semi trailer (prime mover and trailer are seperate yet join together for presentation)...it feed 30 people minimum. All our 10 kilo plus burgers are available on a 3 day preorderand are very popular with rally groups and mega families.

In March 2010 we had our biggest recorded flood in the pubs history. Floodwater reached 4.65 metres and the floorboards of the pub. We lost all our plumbing from under the pub and all our tank water. Pub was surrounded by water yet had none on tap. We were isolated for over a month but had a lot of fun.

On 31.12.2010 (nyeve 10/11) our pub was closed by the Inspector of Police in Roma who was of the belief we were in threat of being flooded overnight. All our guests were sent home at 3pm new years eve by the police and all monies were refunded to our guests. This was a huge loss to us & our Community but to all our Workers also.The river was at 2.45 meters at 3pm on 31.12.10 (2 Sydney harbours from any danger) and 2.65 at 9am 1.1.11. A long way from any danger and quite a normal flow for the time of year.The inspector allowed us to reopen by 2pm 1.1.11 but everyone had gone home so 10/11 was a sad new year for us. Sometimes life does not make sense but we all move on to better times as we have.

Today (14.12.11) we are at 2.90 meters with no problems and noboby has even called us let alone closed our pub.

This new years will be the biggest ever at the Gully. For $50 adults (kids under 14 free) patrons get 3 huge days of entertainment, starting Friday 30.12.11 with country music band Kerry Kennedy & Double Barrel playing into the night.

New years eve we will host the legendary Rob Black and the Kelly Gang who we booked over 2 years ago to play this year.We have our late licenses approved.

At midnight on new years eve Wazza from Fireworks Downunder will light up our beautiful starlit sky with his own massive fireworks display. The largest calibre (diameter and weight) fireworks in Australia are let off every year at Nindigully. You will have to travel to Asia to see the size mortars Waza fires here at the gully.

On new years day our special gully friend and entertainer Adam Kilpatrick will sing to you from lunch time till late afternoon followed by Neil Duddy into the night.By then we hope to of worn everyone out as the 5 of us will certainly be tired.

The weekend is fully catered for your enjoyment by Doggas Bury the Bone Banquets from Thargomindah who has a talent for serving up wonderful healthy bush tucker

to as many people as we can throw at him. He will feed you from 6am till late into the night daily. Assisting him and ourselves as always are our friends,family and the people of Variety Club Qld, we love you all.

The theme for the weekend as usual is a Pool Party so bring your own pool and blow ups and set up along and in the Moonie River and enjoy the party. Bikinis and Boardshorts are encouraged . And of course RM's and Akubras are always welcome.

If anyone can find anywhere else in Australia New years eve that you can get 3 days and nights of entertainment , massive fireworks spectacular, free camping beside a beautiful river and free use of pub showers and toilets always then please call and let me know.

PLEASE help us by getting us out there into the media and your friends minds and help us make this our most successful year ever.

All the best to you all for 2012 and always....thanks heaps for your time.

BURNSIE & DEBBIE

NINDIGULLY PUB, LICENSED SINCE 1864,

FAMILY OWNED SINCE 2002

PHONE :- 0428744292

www.nindigully.com
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Rod and Mavis

[King and Deb]

Deb & I will be at Nindigully on the 28th, not quite New Years Eve but we'll help the economy of The Gully with a meal and a few coldies.

King