Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya is located in the arcade off 2nd road opposite Mike shopping mall. In the same arcade you will find Patrick’s & the Beefeater.
A table or a booth sir?
Plenty of space between the tables. 🙂
Walking Street
This is dated 1960, however it should show 1980, the reason is I actually took the photo on my first visit to Pattaya.
The original photo
That’s my friend Rob Symonds walking towards the camera. We have visited Manila & Hong Kong on the way to Thailand. Follow THIS LINK for more 1980 photos.
July promotion was exceptional value.
B595 or $19 USD.
Lobster Bisque to begin
It tasted as good as it looks. 🙂
Australian Ribeye
At Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya this Australian Ribeye was extremely tender & tasty.
Guess who was celebrating his birthday?
Guilty as charged. 🙂
Creme Brulee is a favourite of mine.
It was a toss up between this & the Tiramisu. Creme Brulee is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a texturally contrasting layer of hardened caramelized sugar. It is normally served slightly chilled; the heat from the caramelizing process tends to warm the top of the custard, while leaving the center cool. The custard base is traditionally flavored with vanilla in French cuisine or with cinnamon and lemon in Catalan cuisine, but can have other flavorings. It is sometimes garnished with fruit.
Toast Skagen, one of my all time favorites.
The Beefeater also offers Skagen. Toast Skagen is an appetizer and Swedish food. Consisting of two slices of toast, mayonnaise and many prawns. Sometimes crabs are used instead of shrimp. The name of the dish originated from Skagen in Denmark, but the dish is not very well-known and most popular in Sweden, which was created by the restaurant and chef from Stockholm Tore Wretman. He introduced the Toast Skagen … Wikipedia
Australian Shiraz
Tonight I chose to take my own wine as it was a special occasion, the corkage fee is B300, or $9 USD.
Tiramisu
Very rich, I prefer the Creme Brulee.
Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya
Thanks for visiting my Longhorn Steakhouse Pattaya photo blog, I highly recommend this excellent restaurant. Don’t forget In the same arcade you will find two other very good restaurants Patrick’s & the Beefeater.
First six months 2020 happily living in Thailand with a view to die for. For most of December & January we have had severe pollution in Pattaya (and elsewhere), the government seem to lack the skill & the will to solve this unhealthy problem. Most of it seems to come because farmers burn off their sugar cane crops, surely they would be easy to find & 6 months in jail may make them think twice next year.
The first was January 10 & finally we got clean air on January 26, however within a couple of days the pollution was back. The 2nd photo is June 12th, what a fabulous clear day it was.
Beach Quarter
Mid January the old Mantra site (part of the Amari Hotel) is almost completed, can’t wait for it to open. 🙂
Two new chairs
I’m guessing I spend 8 to 10 hours a day in both these chairs.
Pothole & one of the Squabblers
Pothole, aka John Martin has 2 sons aged 9 & 11, this is Tyrone who has just busted open his piggy bank to find just over B110,000 or $5,300 AUD, both sons are very good savers.
Fabulous chicken teriyaki skewers.
The food park at Central Marinais one of my favourite eating spots. Normally I have a wonton soup & 2 chicken skewers for a B100, or $4.80 AUD, this day I had 4 skewers for B60, or $2.90 AUD.
Genki Soi 4 North Pattaya
A very authentic Japanese restaurant with good quality reasonably priced food.
View from my balcony
Without a doubt I am lucky enough to see some of the best sunsets in the world from my condo, for more please follow THIS LINK.
New drains on Beach Road
For many months they have been digging up Beach Rd to improve the drainage system, only time will tell if it’s worth the effort. 🙂
Painting Markland Condo
These guys seem to have no fear. 🙂
Spiderman is here wearing thongs. 🙂
I would certainly have a heart attack if I tried this. 🙂
Toast Skagen
My favourite entree at the Beefeater restaurant.
Clean up Pattaya Beach
The beach will be clean, the water not so much. 🙂
Holiday Inn at happy hour
Drinks & dinner at Holiday Inn with Mark Yagalla, buy a bottle get one free. 🙂
Healthy lunch at home
It’s hard to find good avocados in Thailand, most of the time I use them for smoothies. The avocado bistro in Bangkok is an exception.
Soi 2 North Pattaya
Lots of construction & renovations happening in Soi 2, I’m directly above this hotel on the 20th floor in Markland Condo.
Rain at last
It’s March 15 & this is the 1st significant rain we have seen this year.
2nd Road North Pattaya
Only 9 am & this tall LadyBoy is dressed to kill. 🙂
March 2020 and Chinese tourists are not allowed to swarm into Pattaya, many business owners are suffering but residents like myself are loving the peace & quiet.
February 2020
What a fabulous smile, this is little Charli with her mum Laura, my gorgeous niece.
Two of our local lads at the Holiday Inn
Greg Clee & David Rose enjoying a drink at the Holiday Inn.
My million dollar view
From my balcony on March 26 2020.
First six months 2020
Now anybody who has been to Pattaya & some parts of Bangkok knows the uneven footpaths are rather treacherous. Yesterday morning while walking I was briefly distracted which resulted in “a leap of death.” With 109 kg crashing to the ground strangely enough, (don’t laugh) it was my two big toes that came out the worst. Both toenails were damaged rather badly, but I assure you my friends I was shaken not stirred, I’m guessing no morning walks for a few days.
Takeaway only
Starbucks & the few restaurants that are open can only serve takeaway due to Covid-9 restrictions. No big deal, I’m happy to sip coffee by the beach. 🙂
Pattaya beach has never looked so beautiful.
However the thing I miss most are the restaurants.
More drinks at the Holiday Inn
John Martin & David Robertson, aka Pothole & Chocolates. Chocs lives in Surfers Paradise & spends quite a bit of time in Pattaya, he rents one of Pothole’s studios in Markland, & pays far too much rent. 🙂
Beautiful clouds
April 20th & a beautiful morning.
Combating the virus
Who is that masked man?
Hamish has a barbecue
That’s Jonathon Sheaffe & his girlfriend Anne with Hamish Elton.
Sausages & chicken
So much food & such little time. 🙂
Proud father with baby Jasmine
One month old & gorgeous.
Creme brulee
Perfect end to lunch at the Longhorn Steakhouse.
Amazing cloud
May 5th at sunset.
Robin Hood Tavern
Sunday roast is very good value at around $16 AUD.
First six months 2020
Another of the many business closures due to Covid-19, this was a massage parlour in Soi 1 opposite my condo.
Pattaya Bay looking fabulous
I never grow tired of the view from my balcony.
Ancient timber ferries
Lots of character but I( would not like to be onboard in a storm. 🙂
Beach re-opens June 1st.
After many weeks you can now go to the beach.
First six months 2020, at last a foot massage
I can now enjoy a massage after the salons have been closed because of Covid-19.
Lunch at Miyazaki
Teriyaki chicken was delicious.
Best pancake I have ever tasted.
Holly’s cafe at Terminal 21.
Magnificent clouds June 1st 2020
The view from my balcony.
Safe at last
Building lifeguard towers on Pattaya Beach. 🙂
And here it is.
I really wonder if it will ever get used. 🙂
Soi 2 hotel construction
View from my balcony June 29th.
Holiday Inn opens again June 25
So happy to be able to relax here after 2 months of shutdown due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Delicious food
Fettuccine with smoke salmon & asparagus, washed down with 2 glasses of Wolf Blass shiraz.
Thanks for visiting my First six months 2020 photo blog, life in Thailand has been very good even with the virus restrictions.
For what it’s worth in my humble opinion the danger from Covid-19 has been greatly exaggerated.
Central Festival food hall Pattaya has recently expanded with the entire basement offering an incredible range of delicious food. The section above is near the Beach Road entrance.
Thai seafood
Squid corner has many seafood options beside squid. 🙂
If you like your food on a stick
Then this is the place for you. 🙂
A nice looking bar for a beer or two.
There are so many great beers on offer in Pattaya.
The hanging ducks of Babylon
Or should I say the hanging ducks of Central Festival food hall Pattaya?
A bottle of wine perhaps?
One of the very few things I dislike about Thailand is the horrendous tax on wine. For a price comparison check out THIS LINK.
Good prices here…
Six for B100, or $4.80 AUD, great value.
Fabulous seafood range
You name it, they have it.
Mouth watering oysters from France
Enjoying fresh oysters is one of the great passions in my life, for confirmation just follow THIS LINK.
Now I wait for these to come on special
On special the price drops to B120 for 3. Today March 8th 2020 I ordered 9 for B360 & they gave me 2 extra for free. 🙂
Sydney Rock & Coffin Bay oysters from Australia.
The thought of these makes me homesick.
Shucker at work
My friend Hamish Elton was quicker than this guy, take a look HERE.
You gotta love oysters
A great way to start a meal, however my friend Mark Yagalla paid B640 fir 6 oysters & at a counter nearby I only paid B420, so the tip is to make sure you shop around. 🙂
Central Festival food hall
The perfect lunch, fresh prawns & salmon sashimi.
To finish off a perfect lunch
A truly iconic Thai classic, mango & sticky rice.
Grill Bar adjacent to or part of Tops supermarket.
Central Festival food hall Excellent coffee, + the custard tarts were very good also. 🙂
Low cost sandwiches
At B45 & B60 they are terrific value.
Aussie lamb chops
My friend Mark Yagala said these were the best chops he has ever eaten in Thailand, only B620 or $20 USD.
Back another day for oysters, prawns & sashimi
These are the same my friend paid B620 on another counter, my cost was B420.
Absolutely delicious
Fine de Claire from France.
A repeat of what I had a few days ago.
When you are on a good thing stick to it. 🙂
Mr Donuts
Starbucks change B115 for a latte, here at Mr Donuts I paid B93 for what you see.
Baked Ham & vegetables
Absolutely delirious & only B200 or $10 AUD.
Thanks for visiting my Central Festival food hall photo blog, I intend to have lunch here at least once a week in the future.
Iconsiam shopping mall Bangkok on the Chao Phraya River is yet another wonderful Bangkok shopping venue. I certainly believe Bangkok now rivals Tokyo with the best shopping malls in the world.
The forecourt
This is where you arrive on the free ferry shuttle from Sathon wharf. The River Park is a riverside community space covering a 10,000-sq. m. area in front of ICONLUXE. Open daily, it welcomes all visitors to enjoy an enchanting view of the Chao Phraya River amid lush, green auspicious trees.
Entrance to the mall.
Stairway to heaven. 🙂
You will need several hours to explore this wonderful shopping precinct. In fact there are over a hundred famous restaurants from all over the world available in seven spacious zones, each of them catering to diverse culinary tastes. Check out THIS LINK for details.
One section of the ground floor as you enter.
For a list of the hundreds of shops just follow THIS LINK.
Estimates are that there are about 3,500 domesticated elephants in Thailand. Roughly 3,340 wild elephants live in 69 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks across the country. Thailand’s population of wild elephants has been rising.
However, it’s a far cry from a century ago when at least 100,00 elephants roamed the heavily forested Kingdom. Loss of habitat and poaching helped lead to the steep decline in the elephant population.
While on the subject of animals
This bull is a real cool dude. 🙂
That’s all folks
Thanks for visiting my Iconsiam shopping mall Bangkok photo blog, please go to THIS LINK to see some incredible buildings along the Chao Phraya river.
But wait, there’s more.
A new huge branch to open in February 2021. In addition to the main Starbucks signature coffee bar, the Starbucks Reserve store will be the first to serve Starbucks’ Mew Jai ‘Blend coffee grown in the northern part of our country, along with the’ Tee Vana ( Teavana ™ Bar) ‘first in Thailand. For customers who like drinking tea. Both Earl Gray Lychee and Peach Mojito Tea There are also cocktail bars that are not yet available
Italian food Beach Rd Pattaya at Trattoria Pizzeria Toscana is a delightful experience. TripAdvisor obviously agree with a rating of 45 out of 1,111 Restaurants in Pattaya. Owner & chef Luca Marchetti is originally from Pracchiola, a tiny village in the mountains to the north of Tuscany.
Flashback to 2006
The original restaurant was on the block where the Holiday Inn is now situated.
Here’s to old times in 2006
The restaurant was much smaller & more intimate, in fact I preferred the atmosphere to the current location which seats over 700 people.
Pizza with parma ham.
Definitely one of my favourites.
Fettuccine is absolutely delicious.
Of course they serve every kind of pasta & pizza imaginable.
Memories of 2012
Dinner & red wine with Irina from Ukraine.
Take your pick
It all looks so good, Toscana’s menu is huge.
There are several sections of the restaurant
This is my preferred area to dine.
What a fearsome sight this is.
The big fellow Luca with a knife in his hand should be avoided at all cost. 🙂
Lots of stock in the cold room.
Luca operates his own organic and sustainable farm not far from Pattaya where he grows his own vegetables, rears free-range chickens, rabbits, ducks, pigeons, guinea fowl, wild boar, goats, sheep, pigs and cows. No processed food, no growth hormones, no chemicals, no problem. 🙂
Another pizza
Notice the anchovies on the side, delicious.
The boys from Oz in 2014
Lenny, yours truly & my brother Warren. Sadly we lost Lenny early 2016 after losing a battle with cancer, RIP.
Seafood anyone?
Toscana has recently opened a new seafood section in the front garden.
Lots of wine, mainly ITALIAN.
Quite a few wines available y the glass.
A very friendly waitress in 2014.
As you can see I’m not a person who misses a photo opportunity. 🙂
Dinner with friends January 2019
From the left we have May, Alex, Hamish & Gary.
Hamish’s favourite
Beef carpaccio tasted as good as it looked.
May chose the Baby Clams aka Pippies.
This is the same dish she had on New Years Eve.
Quail for dinner December 2021
Quite tasty but very fiddly to eat.
Thanks for visiting my Italian food Beach Rd Pattaya photo blog.
Coffee with Luca
February 6th I met Luca for coffee during my morning walk.
Patrick’s Belgian Steakhouse Pattaya is certainly one of my favourite restaurants. TripAdvisor rating is #22 of 1,025 Restaurants in Pattaya, however in my opinion it is in the top 10.
Perhaps a salad to start with.
Lots of choices at Patrick’s Belgian Steakhouse Pattaya.
The photo does not do it justice.
The Oxtail soup is fantastic, I often drop in and have it for lunch, followed by a waffle of course. 🙂
Of course I sometime have the pancake instead of the waffle. 🙂
They are both delicious.
Patrick’s Belgian Steakhouse Pattaya
Dining with my friend Hamish & my brother Warren in May 2018 just after the renovation was completed.
The Tuesday night special.
Without a doubt they serve the best lamb shank in Pattaya, perhaps even the northern hemisphere.
Patrick’s Belgian Steakhouse Pattaya
The new decor is attractive & modern. This was at 6.30 pm & I was the only customer. 🙂
In case you were wondering, here’s Patrick.
He used to be a parachuter, now he is a biker. 🙂
Early May 2018 they gutted the restaurant.
The finished product is excellent.
Here we are at the old restaurant.
I’m with Greg Clee & Hamish Elton celebrating Hamish’s birthday in 2015. Notice the old fashioned decor?
Can you believe the size of this Tomahawk? 🙂
A whopping 1.5 kilo, I think Hamish could handle it. 🙂
A terrific dinner with friends.
August 31st 2018, 3 Aussies, a Belgium & a Yankee.
Good food & nice people.
From the left we have Dan Escamilla, Hamish Elton, David Herd, Sally Schmidt & Wayne Schmidt.
Another Tuesday night dinner
Half the table ordered the lamb shank. 🙂 From the right we have David Rose, Brendan Tate, Jessica, Hamish Elton, David Herd, Dan Escamilla & last but not least Possum. 🙂
That is a great looking slab of beef.
You would need a huge appetite to get through that. 🙂
Irish stew was exceptional on October 21 2020
Great value at B250 or $8 USD.
Location
Opposite Mike shopping mall in an arcade opposite the Beefeater.
One final look at the Tuesday special.
Lamb shank (French style) & potato au gratin. I only have one criticism of this fine restaurant, the house wine is far too expensive. Everything else is excellent, many thanks for visiting my Patrick’s Belgian Steakhouse Pattaya photo blog.
July 31 st 2020
Belgian waffles & red wine.
For more Pattaya steak restaurants just CLICK HERE.
Patrick discovers El Mercado
Here is what Patrick had to say about El Mercado; “Didn’t know where to eat tonight in Bangkok so I asked my good friend David Herd who is an expert in Bangkok restaurants. He suggested El Mercado. Wow, what a surprise. Never saw anything like that in Thailand. All those choices of cheeses, cold cuts, seafood and fish. Many wines as well, but a bit on the expensive side. I enjoyed a mixed platter with cheeses and cold cuts, my wife went for the oysters and seafood dish. All in all a success and very enjoyable. Book in advance, packed all the time. Worth a visit when in Bangkok.”
Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018 was a noisy affair as usual. There is a bandstand on the beach which blasts very ordinary music until the early hours of the morning. My condo is on the 20th floor 400 meters away & the sound hits me full blast even with the door closed. 🙂
Beach Road Pattaya
One of the bigger kitchens along Beach Road.
Prawns, crab & shell fish
A good variety & freshly cooked.
Big variety of meat including crocodile. 🙂
I’m surprised there is no snake or buffalo. 🙂
Pattaya Seafood Festival 2018
One of the many stalls lined along Beach Road.
Here is my favourite shot
A typical spontaneous Thai smile, no wonder we love living here.
Time for a mango shake
Another huge benefit of living in Thailand, the mangoes are wonderful.
OK, I’m confused…..
I have no idea what these bamboo tubes are for.
Busy ladies here on Beach Road
The festival runs for 5 nights and really draws the crowds.
This is the view from Horizons the amazing rooftop bar. A great five star hotel located opposte the beach & above the Central Festival shopping mall. Just book through THIS LINK for an excellent room rate.
Heartbreak Sadness Songkran Road Toll, the Thai new year celebration is forever tarnished by hundreds of road deaths throughout the country which has the 2nd worst road toll in the world. Only war torn Libya is worse than Thailand.
The accumulated death toll from the first five of the so-called seven dangerous days of Songkran has risen to 323, with 3,140 people hospitalized in over 3,000 road accidents across the country, the Road Safety Centre announced on Monday. On Sunday alone, sixty-nine people were killed and 589 hospitalized in 552 road accidents nationwide.
Credit to Bangkok Post.
Songkran is supposed to be fun.
Children having fun & adults acting like children while the road carnage is totally out of control.
Road toll after 5 days
Worse than last year despite government calls to take care on the roads.
The carnage continues
Commonly known in Thailand as the seven deadly days.
This really shows the Heartbreak Sadness Songkran brings to thousands of families.
No chance on a bike.
I believe about 75% of deaths are young motorbike riders.
Tree versus truck
Tree wins every time.
Heartbreak Sadness Songkran day 6.
According to the Bangkok Post police have impounded a total of 13,964 vehicles (10,139 motorcycles and 3,825 cars) from April 11 to 16 for violating the alcohol ban. Police have taken legal action against 147,971 motorcyclists and 86,674 drivers of private vehicles and public transport.
The sad figures.
A total of 176,415 traffic offenders were arrested at 2,013 road checkpoints. Of that number, 49,866 people were not wearing crash helmets and 46,067 people were not carrying a driving licence. Credit BKK Post.
Were they playing chicken?
My guess is someone either went to sleep or was checking his phone.
Two killed 3 injured.
Most of these photos show motor vehicles however 78% of deaths come from motorbikes.
The final count
As horrific as it is sadly it will be repeated same time next year.
This is the view from Horizons the amazing rooftop bar. A great five star hotel located opposite the beach & above the Central Festival shopping mall. Just book through THIS LINK for an excellent room rate.
Shakariki 432 Japanese restaurants which are so authentic you will think you are in Osaka. There are several branches in Bangkok & one in Pattaya, the Asoke branch is ranked by TripAdvisor # 866 of 10,352 restaurants in Bangkok.
Pattaya branch
I prefer to sit upstairs.
Location
Opposite the Mike Hotel in 2nd road, +66 33 036 369.
Now for the food
On my first visit in 2017 I ordered two of my favourite dishes, salmon caviar & Unagi or Japanese eel.
Shakariki 432 great Japanese restaurants
Hard to fault the food at this noisy authentic Japanese restaurant.
How good is this?
Is it any wonder this is now one of my favourite restaurants along with Genki in Soi 4North Pattaya.
Is there a better beer than Asahi?
I don’t think so, the Belgium beers are great but my pick is Asahi. 🙂
Fabulous colour combination
And what a taste, perfect.
Salmon Caviar washed down with Asahi.
As good as it gets. Plus they have a special on liquor, all you can drink in 90 minutes for B299.
Home delivery is a great idea.
The restaurant is two floors, upstairs is better.
Shakariki 432 great Japanese restaurants
Dinner with friends February 21 2018. Hamish, Jonathon & Anne.
How good do these oysters look? Photo credit Nick & Sharon. 🙂
Absolutely mouth watering.
Have I convinced you?
Just trust me & try out this great little hole in the wall & you will feel like you have been transported to Osaka. In fact follow THE LINK for one of my Osaka photo blogs.
Meanwhile thanks for visiting my Shakariki 432 Japanese restaurants photo blog. I will be back in Japan in May 2018, here is my agenda.
Pattaya Life Absolutely Perfect place to live for a guy like me. Good friends & great restaurants, what more could I want? Plus a reasonably short plane ride to many outstanding locations. Above is the incredible view from my Markland apartment on the 20th floor.
We went to Chiang Mai for 4 days which was excellent then 8 days in Cambodiawhich was not so good. Reason being we all caught a dose of the flu which really took the shine off our holiday.
A terrific beach side restaurant with very good food.
Surf & Turf hamburger
Guaranteed to fix your appetite.
Geriatrics are us. 🙂
I think the combined ages were 272 years, from the right we have David Herd, Richard (Stingy) Blair, John Hunjadi & David Robertson who is even more Stingy than Stingy. 🙂
Bali Hai wharf.
This was supposed to be completed by October 2017, however given the fact that this is Thailand it will more likely be Xmas 2018.
And so this is Xmas….
Light show at the A-One hotel.
One last Mantra dinner on December 28
Hamish & I had a 20% discount voucher. 🙂
Fabulous food as usual.
Finally on the subject of food which is very dear to my hear.
Fresh prawns & Aussie lamb chops & cutlets from Big C.
Now you can understand why I make the following claim “Pattaya Life Absolutely Perfect.”
Newport peninsular Sydney is my personal photo history not part of my travel blog.
Newport peninsular Sydney
Newport peninsular Sydney was my home for three years from 1984 to 1987. After becoming engaged to a beautiful Melbourne lady Karen Smith, I purchased a timber home perched on a hill above the Royal Motor Yacht Club. The cost was $128k, and I sold it after our engagement fizzled out 4 years later for $360K. I guess it would be worth nearly 2 million dollars today.
Absolutely gorgeous.
As you can see Karen was a beautiful lady, it took me anther 10 years before I realised I was just not cut out for marriage or long term relationships. There is probably a multitude of reasons why, fear of commitment, too independent etc etc.
Dinner party at Herbert Avenue
We were very happy at Newport 80% of the time, I tried hard to settle down and enjoy life as a couple, every now and then however the “call of the wild” would interrupt our utopia.
Wolf Wottke (with the beard) had been my best friend for a number of years, I left him renting my Drummoyne apartment for a year or so until I got fed up chasing the rent. Consequently I sold it which in hindsight was probably a mistake.
Lots of birds & wildlife
These beautiful Rainbow Lorikeets would visit every day for their snack on the balcony.
Life was very good
I had all the toys, a beautiful Mercedes Sports, a cabin cruiser moored at the yacht club, a liquor store in Sydenham which I was in the process of selling and a good sales job with Canon Australia.
Lion Island
This great photo (excuse the quality) was taken on Lion Island in the Hawksbury River, from left to right we have Graham La Roche aka “Biff”, his girlfriend at the time Mona,Ross Ansell from Melbourne and Karen Smith & I.
Me Tarzan
Ross doing his Tarzan impersonation on Lion Island.
31 Herbert Avenue Newport
About 25 years later around 2012 I paid a visit to Herbert Avenue to see if things had changed. Apart from the colour scheme and far less vegetation nothing much had changed.
Another day on Pittwater
My good friend Tony Murphy and his beautiful wife Inge join Karen & I on my 26 foot cabin cruiser. After 29 years I caught up with Inge in Melbourne in 2014.
My back veranda overlooked Bayview
Here is my good friend Paul Slaughter with two gorgeous girls, on the left is Trish and on the right an old girlfriend of mine Shirley.
Big Tim Bristow, dinner at Herbert Avenue.
Tim Bristow was a friend of mine dating back from the time we met in 1971 when he was on my tail to give me a hiding, but that’s another story just follow THIS LINK. In the 70s just the name Tim Bristow struck fear into the heart of all those who knew him, an enforcer with a reputation of being one of the most brutal street fighters in Australia. Put simply he was legend, a bouncer at the Newport Arms hotel, would be contenders for his crown would travel from all over Sydney to try their luck, many came and all of them were sent packing battered and bruised.
Sydenham Cellars
I sold my liquor store in late 1984 which took the pressure off me. I had been working with Canon for a few months and travelling to Sydenham (a one hour drive each way) at weekends to work in the liquor store. Meanwhile I dug a wine cellar underneath my Newport home and stored a huge amount of wine that I took home from the shop.
Unwins Bridge Road
That’s Madison my beautiful 4 year old German Shepherd who used to diligently guard the store overnight.
Brian Millard on Newport peninsular Sydney
Brian was a boat broker at Newport and a regular drinker at the Newport Arms hotel. He lived just up the road at Bungan Beach before moving to Noosa where I believe he still resides.
Richard on the left and Rob Carnahan
Two very nice guys who were customers of mine when I was with Canon. Their office was opposites the Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay so more often than not we would meet in the pub.
A bunch of my nephews & nieces come to visit.
Amazing seeing these old photos, all of these cute kids now have children of their own.
Sue and John Heatherington
A lovely couple who lived in the next street from us, John also worked at Canon in the computer division.
Malaysia 1985
John & Sue, Karen & I went on a Canon conference to Penang, here we are driving from Penang to Singapore via Kuala Lumpur.
Singapore Xmas 1985
Here we are in Singapore, notice the cigarette. I smoke on and off for most of my life until 2003. Usually 2 or 3 years then I would quit for a similar time before returning to the grip of the nicotine.
Newport peninsular Sydney with Phil Parkinson
Phil has lived most of his life on the Newport peninsular Sydney and I believe still does in 2016. He is the brother of my ex girlfriend Di Parkinson.
Melbourne Cup 1985
Karen & I at the cup with friends including another ex girlfriend Helen Burkewho is on the left of the photo. Helen has a vineyard at Dromana on the Mornington Peninsular, I spent a few day there in October 2014 drinking wine with her and her partner Jack.
Oscars Coolangatta 1985
I can’t remember the name of the beautiful dark haired princess, she was the girlfriend of my crazy chiropractor from North Sydney.
Newport peninsular Sydney
Prior to buying my cabin cruiser I had this little run-about, it was a lot of fun, do you like the name?
Another guy from my rogues gallery.
Danny Rose one of Adelaide’s true characters, we had a day of the water, you can see “Stamped Urgent” in the background.
Beautiful Karen Smith
Certainly my life on the Newport peninsular Sydney revolved around lots of good friends and my beautiful fiancee Karen. My thanks to her for being the most important part of my life for those great years.
Thanks also to you for visiting my Newport peninsular Sydney photo blog.
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B595 or $19 USD.
Guilty as charged. 🙂
Tonight I chose to take my own wine as it was a special occasion, the corkage fee is B300, or $9 USD.
Very rich, I prefer the Creme Brulee.
