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One Tree Hotel

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DescriptionOutback hotel of legend, now undergoing renovation.
Location 34° 11′ CD" S       **.****
144° 43′ CD" E       **.****
Co-ordinates accuracy : Co-ordinates estimated from Google Earth
Location description : * km * of Hay NSW
Prominent feature : One Tree Plain
What's there  2wd  Heritage  PetFriendly

General comments
This legendary hotel operated as a Cobb & Co staging post and is featured in the song "Flash Jack from Gundagai", has long been in disrepair but is presenty (2007) being restored an.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Attractions
Photography. This is one of the main sites along "The Long Paddock", a trek along the cobb Highway from Echuca to Wilcannia commemora.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Upsides
Iconic spot in midst of desola.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Downsides
No facilities. Gene.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Access considerations
The hotel is just 100m west of the sealed Cobb Highway at the junction with .... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Activities for the Kids
Read a bit of the hisotry of the place on the info boards w.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Considerations for those with disabilities
All loose and u.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Pictures (click on image to enlarge)
Potted history and picture of the old hotel and staging post on the   The boards tell the history of droving along the Cobb Highway in yesteryear. : ../data/lrc689/lrc689_signs_tell_of_the_long_paddock_along_the_cobb_hway.jpg (available on CD)  The new roof is on, now working on the interiror : ../data/lrc689/lrc689_the_old_pub_is_being_renovated.jpg (available on CD)  

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History on the area
Take yourself back in time to the old Cobb & Co staging post of the One Tree Hotel made famous by Banjo Patterson's immortal poem, 'Hay and Hell and Booligal'. Built in 1862, the One Tree Hotel was named because of this lone large gum tree growing on a clay pan near a shallow fresh water well, about half a mile away. The present owners, the McQuade family have owned the hotel sin.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

How do I get there
Take the Cobb Highway N from Hay. At 38 km and at the unction with C.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Contact details for further information.
Lots of things to do in nearby Hay, including Shear Outback. Check with the Information Centre on state of progress of the renovation: Hay Vis.... Remainder of the content is available on the CampGroundCorner CD

Document revision history
1/7/2007    LRC    Stewart Needham

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Document produced on 03-02-2010