SUN 23 - MON 
24.2.2014: Set off for Renmark - drove 40km and spotted the Overland Corner Historic Hotel sign. To date SA has boasted many historic sites which have resulted in a plot of land with a plaque indicating the historical information. Onwards to the plaque or at best remnants of what was once the local "watering hole". There are instances where it is s-o g-o-o-d to be proven wr, wr, wr, wr, incorrect! What a little oasis. 
24.2.2014: Set off for Renmark - drove 40km and spotted the Overland Corner Historic Hotel sign. To date SA has boasted many historic sites which have resulted in a plot of land with a plaque indicating the historical information. Onwards to the plaque or at best remnants of what was once the local "watering hole". There are instances where it is s-o g-o-o-d to be proven wr, wr, wr, wr, incorrect! What a little oasis.
Bushrangers, overlanders, ghosts and a beer! The Historic Overland Corner Hotel is both pub and living museum. The hotel was built in 1859 on the site - 'Overland Corner' - which had become a popular resting place for drovers.
Timed our arrival perfectly with Sunday afternoon entertainment in the garden. Even better was the fact that we were able to fall out into the carpark and stay indefinitely. Down a dirt road some 700 metres on was another area where you could stay by the great Murray River. When James Chambers arrived in Adelaide in 1837 he established Cobdogla Station and with the Overlanders passing through in need of a drink and supplies he convinced the Brand brothers from Kent to build the pub. Between the miners and overlanders it’s not surprising the pub did particularly well. To build a stone pub you need a quarry and for the Brand Brothers, thankfully that wasn't too far away - in fact it was right next door. Not only did they build it next to a quarry but also the quarry was used for quarrying quite a lot of homes around Barmera and further south. Fossils are still evident in the quarry walls.
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