Dining

Dog n’ Bull Hotel
23 Sandilands St, Bonalbo NSW 2469
Phone:02 6665 1477

The Dog N Bull Hotel is situated in a small village called Bonalbo off the main roads the towns got a caravan park, bowls club and petrol station and local shops this is small town/village with a population of around 300 people. It’s worth the drive to this town great family run with a little creek runs though the town the chickens and roasters walk the streets freely, this town started as many small towns started with a farmer needing a community to prosper in 1911 land was purchased from McNamee and several buildings some built and owned by McNamee formed the basis of the town. There was a butcher’s shop, hotel, billiard hall, post office, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and “yes” Scottish heritage, a school, a boarding house, a blacksmith’s, a bank, a general store, and a butter factory. The pub is the hub of the town a newer style pub as the old one burnt down in 1985 the original pub was established in 1909, I couldn’t find a photo of the original pub, if anyone has one I would like to add it to this blog just e-mail to me danielhickeymedia@gmail.com . Bonalbo is a convenient country drive rest stop on the scenic border ranges routes linking Queensland’s Southern Downs with the northern Tablelands of NSW. I stayed at the pub Dog N Bull Hotel has 4 motel style room a public Bar and Bistro. Guests can choose from a variety of rooms including Double, Single and Triple which are fully serviced every day. Private ensuite, air-conditioning, small bar fridge and tea and coffee making facilities, toaster and television.
Bonalbo offers some amazing sights in and around the town on my stay, the pub had a “Eat Street” were the fire truck blocked of the road in front of the pub and food stalls set to raise money for local charity it was a great night with the locals coming out to enjoy the food and entertainment, Bonalbo has the Yabbra State Forest to explore with some spectacular eucalypt trees, bellbirds in the top of the trees and rainforest walks of the side of the road if you keep driving out north to Urbenville you will find signposted Bean Creek Falls.
Bonalbo is claimed to have had the State’s first dog trials 52 years ago and was also a famed centre for bull sales. A bronze statue of a working dog was unveiled in April 2017. Bonalbo as the birthplace of working dog trials, in 1841 only four years after arriving in Sydney, drove sheep from the Hunter Valley to the Bonalbo district where he established the ‘Bunalbo’ or Duck Creek run. I found this place on my way the Tabulam Rodeo after visiting the Casino Beef Week