Entries Tagged as 'The Venue'
The Junction Hotel, Preston (again)
A small foray into the Junction was made on Saturday. The Mug was on light beer which always dampens the occassion. Combined with this, a little extra traffic meant that the mugpunter team were shunted off to a corner. And a quaddie where not one leg saluted guaranteed a changed perspective from visit one.
The day […]
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The Junction Hotel, Preston
The Mug and DJ ventured for a quick punting donation to The Junction Hotel, Preston. This pub has always been intriguing. It sits on the junction (surprise) where Plenty Rd and High St merge into just High St and looks from the outside as if only the lowest of low characters would frequent […]
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Let’s all move to Adelaide
The Mug made a quick business trip to Adelaide during the week and found a pub punter’s paradise. It would be fair to say that on a Wednesday night in Adelaide there appears to be not much happening - I had to walk about 500 metres from my hotel to find on open shop, […]
The Cramer Hotel, Preston
The only reason a trip to the Cramer Hotel could be worthwhile is if you are a fan of Seinfeld. And thirsty. And slightly brain damaged.
It would be fair to say that there is absolutely nothing to recommend the Cramer Hotel. Sat right next to the Northern Bullants football oval, across the […]
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The Pubtab with no name
Down on King Street, amongst the girlie bars and dodgy nightclubs, not far from the newsworthy events of recent weeks, there is a bar with a TAB sign and the rather worrying sign, “Sportz Bar”.
I noticed this sign from afar on my normal trek to the office and persuaded to Pimp to take in an […]
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The Albion Charles Hotel
DJ and the Mug went on a new adventure today - The Albion Charles in Northcote. Walking in to the Albion Charles means business. There is no other reason for the existence of this place than to punt and drink. While there is a pokies area, it is the only PubTab I’ve been to thus […]
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themugpunter.com trotters handicap - Crown Casino
Just a quick post on the venue for themugpunter.com trotters handicap. The team gathered at the heart of the Melbourne gambling community. The need for a full Saturday session at Crown is obvious, and had been clearly in a blindspot for The Mug. This post is not to make the assessment therefore, […]
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Welcome to themugpunter
At themugpunter.com a motley crew of Melbourne-based punting desperados are on the hunt for the jewel in the crown - a great place to wile away a lazy Saturday afternoon on the punt.
This is not a site for sensible racing chat (if there is such a thing) although if you want to find once of […]
The Mug goes East
The Mug is off on a sojourn to the capital of the free world, Washington DC. For the bulk of the trip, the Mug will be staying in Bethesda, Maryland (yep, the chicken). Maryland just happens to be the home one of the bastions of US racing, Pimlico racetrack, which is home to […]
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The Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick
For a couple of hours in the rain-soaked Melbourne mid-afternoon, the Lomond was the venue for the Mug, DJ and the George. And ordinary punting was matched by an out of the ordinary venue.
The Lomond is definitely one of the stranger mixes in a pub tab. On the inner fringes of northern Melbourne, […]
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