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.Β  The current licensees are Grant and Debbie Schumacher.Β  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 Β£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,Β  is kindly authorised by The Lyndoch & District Historical Society.

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1920s
Early 1900s
Fred Klose's Truck and Lyndoch Footballers




















Pre 1937 (Before the name change)
Parked for refreshments at the 'local'
Town Square, 1950s
View up Lyndoch Valley Road
View coming in from Tanunda Road
Williamstown Road 1950s
1949
1950s
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2 weeks ago

Exciting times for the Hotel at the time. We have exciting plans for this space in the very near future.
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Exciting times for the Hotel at the time. We have exciting plans for this space in the very near future.

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Red room mural made a great back drop for ourwedding photos 1985😊😍πŸ₯°

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3 weeks ago

Come in after the Street Party to continue the celebrations.

We are excited to welcome The Cutters to the Lyndoch Hotel after party.🌟The Cutters band look forward to playing at The Lyndoch Hotel on Friday the 13th of December. πŸŽΆπŸŽΈπŸŽ„

🌟The band will be starting at 10pm. This will be the night of the Lyndoch Christmas Party so come on in once the street party ends. Allow the band to keep you in the Christmas spirit with our great mix of songs, positive, vibrant energy and fun stage presence. Dance the night away and continue with your Christmas Festivities into the wee hours. πŸŽΆπŸŽ€πŸŽ„

🌟If you have a work break up dinner planned near by, head on in after to party the night away with us. Hope to see you there. 🎢πŸ₯πŸŽ„

πŸ†“πŸ†“FREE ENTRYπŸ†“πŸ†“
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The Cutters @ Lyndoch Hotel. Blues Rock .
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Come in after the Street Party to continue the celebrations.

We are excited to welcome The Cutters to the Lyndoch Hotel after party.

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Cheers. We are very excited to be playing The Cutters @ Lyndoch Hotel. Blues Rock to continue the Christmas festivities. It will be a fun night of celebrations and great music. πŸŽ„πŸŽΆπŸŒŸ

What part of the pub are they playing in please ?

2 months ago

Good evening,

We are excited to say that we will be open all day Monday 7th October for Labour Day.

11:00am-9:00pm with all day dining and takeaway.

Drop in and say hi or give us a call for your table booking or takeaway order.
Please note a 10% surcharge on all orders applies on public holidays.

We look forward to welcoming you to your local pub this public holiday Monday.

Thanks,

Lyndoch Hotel

#food #barossapub #lyndoch #pub #DRINKS #sapub #hotel #southaustralia #labourdayholiday
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Good evening, 

We are excited to say that we will be open all day Monday 7th October for Labour Day.

11:00am-9:00pm with all day dining and takeaway. 

Drop in and say hi or give us a call for your table booking or takeaway order.
Please note a 10% surcharge on all orders applies on public holidays. 

We look forward to welcoming you to your local pub this public holiday Monday.

Thanks,

Lyndoch Hotel 

#food #barossapub #lyndoch #pub #drinks #sapub #hotel #southaustralia #labourdayholiday
2 months ago


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Looks great guys

And definitely interested in bringing some live music to the
Lyndoch Hotel
Not far for us northern boys 😎😎😎😎

Looks great, well done πŸ™Œ

Wow! What a difference! Fabulous ☺️

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