History of the Lyndoch Hotel
What name?
The hotel was originally called the “Farmers’ Rest Hotel” from 1869 – 1880 but later came to be known as the “Travellers’ Rest Hotel” until 1937 when it was named the “Lyndoch Hotel”.
A number of people have held the license of the Lyndoch Hotel since 1937, the longest serving of these was the Balogh family. The current licensees are Grant and Debbie Schumacher. Since its establishment as the Farmers’ Rest Hotel, this hotel has served the Lyndoch and Barossa community for 145 years.
Colourful History
No withstanding today’s characters and stories at the Lyndoch Hotel, there have been some interesting events including:
- A visitor’s car catching fire and the hotel patrons putting the fire out with mud
- Another fire that guttered the building but as it was insured for £1000 in 1914, it was rebuilt much as it is today.
- Complaints of disgraceful language in 1921 from the billiard room, causing the moving of the table to the another hotel.
See pages 16 – 18 in the gallery for the summary of historical events for the Lyndoch Hotel.
“A Brief History of the Hotels of Lyndoch 1847 – 1937” by Anne Hausler, 1991, is kindly authorised by The Lyndoch & District Historical Society.
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🎄✨ Lyndoch Christmas Street Party – Friday 12th December ✨🎄
We’re going BIG this year and proud to be right in the middle of the action 🙌
Here’s what we’re bringing to the party👇
🍜 Food
• Lyndoch Hotel Thai Street Food Stall – quick, tasty, big flavour street food vibes
🍺 Beverages
• Coopers beers:
Pale Ale, Aussie Lager, Mid 3.5 & Sparkling Ale
• RTDs: Hard Rated Lemon & Lemon Lime, Jim Beam & Cola, Johnnie Walker & Cola, CC & Dry
⛳ Activations
• Full Send Golf Simulator in conjunction with the Lyndoch Post Office
• Big swings = big prizes to be won
🎧 AFTER PARTY
• The biggest after party in Lyndoch
• DJ MSKNDKT on the decks from 9pm ‘til late
• Beer Garden takeover (weather permitting)
🍻 We’re also proud to be supplying all alcohol for the community bar, with massive thanks to Coopers Brewery and our other generous suppliers.
We love this community ❤️ and can’t wait to celebrate with you all — let’s make it even bigger and better than last year 🎉
#LHEvents #LHSpecials
#Lyndoch #LyndochHotel #BarossaValley
#BarossaEvents #CommunityEvent #StreetParty
#ChristmasStreetParty #ChristmasInTheBarossa
#SupportLocal #LocalLegends
#BeerGardenVibes #FridayNightFun #AfterParty
#DJLife #LiveDJ #MSKNDKT Lyndoch Christmas Party
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Street Party + Lyndoch Hotel = perfect combo. Bring on the this Friday! 🔥
Weather is going to be perfect!!
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🔥 Summer is coming… and so are BIG things at Liquor Legends @ Lyndoch Hotel! 👀🍻
Epic deals, huge promos, and massive prizes are just around the corner. Stay tuned! 😎🌞
#competitions #prizestobewon #BigPrizes #liquorlegends #legends
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Club #47 – Lyndoch Cricket Club
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Visit them on OpenSports opensports.com.au/sport-businesses/lyndoch-cricket-club/
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🎄 Staff Christmas Party Today! 🎉
Just a friendly reminder that the entire pub will be closing today (Sunday 9th November) from 3:30pm, with the kitchen closing at 2:30pm, so our amazing team can enjoy our annual staff Christmas party!
We’ll be back open as normal tomorrow, ready to serve you with smiles (and maybe a few sore heads 😅).
Thanks for your understanding and continued support — cheers to another great year at The Lyndoch Hotel! 💛
#LyndochHotel #BarossaValley #StaffChristmasParty #ThankYouTeam #LocalPub #BarossaEats #Lyndoch #PubLife #ChristmasCheers
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Congrats on rewarding your team for all the hard yards they do. 🙏💕
Well done team. Great work. Dx
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