Longest bar in Australia

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As with any such statistic, there are a number of claims for the title "the longest bar in Australia":

• Captains Flat, New South Wales: When the new hotel was built in 1938 was said to have the longest bar in Australia at the time; it was 32 metres long.^[1]

• Mildura, Victoria: The Mildura Workingman's Sports & Social Club built a T-shaped bar in 1938.It was believed to be the longest bar in the state of Victoria. In 1970 it was rebuilt with a hook and was noted in the Guinness Book of Records as holding world record length status. The bar was 91 metres long around "the centre line of the service surface" and had 32 beer taps. The bar was removed in 1995 during renovations to add slot machines. ^[2]

• Big Bell, Western Australia: the hotel of an abandoned township in the Murchison region in Western Australia. ^[3]

• Wiluna, Western Australia: The old Weeloona Hotel (demolished in the mid 1970s) was reputed to have the world's longest bar. ^[4]

• Adelaide, South Australia: The bar at The Trust in Flinders Lane is said to be over 40 metres long. ^[5]

[edit] References

1. ^ Captains Flat. Travel. Sydney Morning herald (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
2. ^ (History of Mildura Workingman's Sports and Social Club)
3. ^ Murchison trip. Trip notes. The Mitsubishi 4WD Owners Club of Western Australia Inc. (2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
4. ^ Batavia Coast and Midlands Towns Western Australia. Australian Tourism Net (2006). Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
5. ^ Cox, Geoff. South Australia - City bars. Coxy's Big Break. RACV. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.