The Best Bar in Australia

I have unilaterally declared, “The Lazy Lizard” in Pine Creek, Northern Territories as Australia’s best bar.

  In the very small town of Pine Creek, on the lonely road between Katherine and Darwin, the jumping off place for

 Kakadu National Park, sits The Lazy Lizard.

  Part gas station, part grocery, part RV park and the biggest,

best, most inviting, charming,

 can’t-get-enough-of-it bar in all of Australia. 

 

The building is made of unfinished bricks cut from the ever-present termite mounds.  The décor is Western, with old photos of the, “stockmen” who tamed the horses and managed the cattle. 

 

 The music is easy listening classic rock straight from the United States.  [I really needed Steve J. to be there to help with the artists and actual names of the songs, but I knew the words to all of them.] 

 

The beer is cold, the food home made, the outdoor tables cool and bug free due to lots of fans.  Carved wood was everywhere, even forming the sinks in the bathroom.

 
Yup, I would make a special trip just to go back to that bar. 

The Lazy Lizard is the best bar in Australia—

and I’ve got the T-shirt to prove it.