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.

View Gallery

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA DAY WEEKEND AT THE PUB 🇦🇺

It doesn’t get much more Aussie than this 👇

🥩 Classic Australian Steak Sandwich
🍺 Coopers Australian Lager
💥 JUST $29.90

📅 Available Saturday, Sunday & Monday
🍽️ All-day dining available all three days

Good food. Cold beer. Great company.
Celebrate Australia Day weekend the right way at Lyndoch Hotel.

⏰ While stocks last

#AustraliaDay #AustraliaDayWeekend #AussieAs #SteakSandwich #Coopers #PubFeed #LHSpecials
… See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook

View Comments

likes

love

haha

58

Shares:

8

Comments:

1

1 CommentsComment on Facebook

🎉 Happy New Year Lyndoch & Community! 🎉

We hope everyone’s woken up feeling reasonably fresh this morning 😉

It looks like we’ll be the only business open in Lyndoch today, so we kindly ask for your patience as we do our absolute best to look after everyone.

🍽️ All-day dining available
⏰ 11:30am – 8:30pm

👉 Please note: a 10% surcharge applies for all public holiday trading.

Pop in, relax, refuel, and let us help ease that New Year’s hangover.
Thanks as always for supporting your local ❤️

#HappyNewYear #Lyndoch #SupportLocal #CountryPub #OpenAllDay #NewYearsDay #LHSpecials #LHEvents
… See MoreSee Less

🎉 Happy New Year

View on Facebook

View Comments

likes

love

18

Shares:

5

Comments:

0

0 CommentsComment on Facebook

Cheers to a brand new year, Lyndoch! 🥂🎉
Thank you to our incredible local community for the support, laughs and memories.
We’re pumped for a massive 2026 ahead filled with great food, cold drinks, live entertainment and good times.

Wishing everyone a safe, happy and prosperous New Year — see you at the pub! 🍻✨

#HappyNewYear #CheersTo2026 #LyndochHotel #BarossaLife #CommunityStrong #SupportLocal #CountryPub #GoodTimes #LHevents #lhspecials
… See MoreSee Less

View on Facebook

View Comments

likes

love

88

Shares:

7

Comments:

1

1 CommentsComment on Facebook

🎸 TURN IT UP WITH JAMESON 🎸

Win an exclusive Jameson x Fender Guitar!
Purchase any Jameson product from Liquor Legends @ Lyndoch Hotel between
📅 10 Dec 2025 – 27 Jan 2026
and you’ll go in the draw to win 1 of 5 Jameson x Fender Telecaster guitars.

🎶 Big sound. Big brand. Big prize.
📍 Shop local. Win big.

👉 T&Cs apply – see Liquor Legends website

#LiquorLegends #Jameson #WinBig #FenderGuitar #Telecaster #BigPrizes #LHSpecials
… See MoreSee Less

🎸 TURN IT UP WITH

View on Facebook

View Comments

likes

2

Shares:

3

Comments:

0

0 CommentsComment on Facebook