The Vine Hotel

On our way home we stopped at Wangaratta and there was a pub 500 metres up the back road which has now been closed to cars. It has been become part of a walking track. We dont usually go to pubs for a meal but this was the second country pub that we used for a meal.

We were a little early for dinner so I went for a wander outside as there was a multi cache. Reading the signs about the early settlers and working out the coordinates filled in the time nicely. The cache itself was just the outside of the pub so a nice easy one to do.

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Very old pub that had been burnt down twice and rebuilt. Meals were great and cheap. We both ordered a ham steak and pineapple with vegetables. It was $15! And a massive meal for that.

Wangaratta is an aboriginal word, wanga means long ne k and ratta means cormorant.  I didnt know they existed around that arra but they must have. The pub was out on its own and had been the place for everything, mail had been delivered and distributed from there. Fascinating some of the history that can be learnt along the way.