Wombat Hotel, NSW

Wombat Hotel, NSW Cold drinks, country meals and warm hospitality in the heart of Wombat, NSW. 🍻 We re-opened on 24 October 2025, after the pub closed temporarily in 2024.
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The Wombat Hotel ... Where you eat, drink and don't want to leave. 🐾
Australia’s longest continually licensed hotel — proudly serving travellers and locals since the 1800s. The Wombat Hotel was established in 1877 and holds the longest continuous liquor license in NSW. The village of Wombat is renowned for its cherry production and was an historic gold mining area with a living history display con

tained in the historic Wombat Hotel. There are still the odd remnants of diggings located on the landscape. Why don't you drop in at the Wombat Hotel for a refreshing drink and view the living history of this village. Wombat is also becoming known for its Australia Day Tractor Pull and markets and most recently, the Wombat Swap Meet on the long weekend in June.

23/06/2026

CHAPTER SIX: LET THERE BE LIGHT (AND SAFE WIRING)

If walls could talk, the wiring would scream.

Circuits that made no sense. Switches that controlled entirely unrelated things – or had been disconnected, but no one had told the switch. Power trips that arrived without warning.

The verdict was unanimous: full electrical refit.

Kilometres of wire replaced. Every circuit rethought. The pub, at last, stopped flickering like a failing starship and started behaving like a place that was meant to welcome people safely.

📣 A special thankful shoutout to Gabe Simpson (G. Simpson Electrical) 💡🔌⚡️

22/06/2026

CHAPTER FIVE: BRINGING THE BAR BACK TO LIFE🍺

At first glance, the bar looked much the same as it had for years.
The timber still shone. The walls still told stories. The history was all around.

But behind the bar, time had left its mark.

The floor had endured decades of foot traffic, spills and hard work. Equipment was moved - and in some cases replaced, surfaces stripped back and years of wear uncovered.

It wasn't glamorous work, but it mattered.

Because restoring this old pub isn't about changing what makes it special. It's about preserving the character while making sure it's ready for the future.

A special thanks to the community for helping to preserve and make sense of the history - especially Sharyn Angel. 🤩

One more job done.

One more chapter in the story of bringing the Wombat back to life.

🔥 And the sparks were only just beginning…

20/06/2026

CHAPTER FOUR: THE DIRT FLOOR BATHROOM

We lifted the floor expecting trouble.

We found … earth.
No slab. Irreparable drainage. Just dirt …solid, stubborn and completely uninterested in modern plumbing.

So we did what had to be done.

We built a new bathroom from the ground up.

Literally.

Foundations. Concrete. Plumbing. Walls. The works.

Sometimes progress means starting where someone else stopped — decades ago.

Next Up: Bringing the Bar Back to Life. 🍺

18/06/2026

CHAPTER THREE: THE KITCHEN COMES APART

We thought the kitchen needed a tidy-up.
It needed a complete pull-out.

Walls came down. Linings were stripped. Old appliances bowed out gracefully ... or not so gracefully ... making way for equipment that actually worked.

Out of the chaos came something new: a proper scullery, clean lines, functional space and a glimpse of what this pub could be.

This wasn’t renovation anymore.

This was re-construction. 🛠️

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
👏 Glen Harris Tiling
👏 Terry Bros Carpet Court
👏 Mick Dawes (Door to Door)

🛁 Next: a bathroom that rewrote the rulebook.

17/06/2026

CHAPTER TWO: THE RISING DAMP

You don’t see rising damp at first.

You feel it.

Walls that never quite dry. Floors that smell faintly of earth. Plaster quietly surrendering.

The damp had been creeping for years, slow and patient, reclaiming brick by brick. There would be no quick fix. No cosmetic patch.

This was the kind of problem that demands respect — and a proper fix.

🌧️ The building had been waiting for someone to listen.
.. 👏 A special thanks to Brett (BW Rising Dam)

15/06/2026

CHAPTER ONE: THE DECISION

As you know, we’d retired and got bored… so we bought a pub.

Retirement was supposed to be quiet.

Less rushing. Fewer plans. More sunsets.

Instead, we found ourselves standing in front of an old country pub, keys in hand, wondering what on earth we’d just done.

The locals smiled knowingly. The building creaked ominously. The sign out front looked like it had a few stories left to tell.

We didn’t buy a business.

We bought a mission.

And the universe laughed.

🍻 To be continued…

14/06/2026

We’d retired and got bored… so 12 months ago we bought a pub.

This is the story of the Wombat Hotel’s second life.

It’s a story about rising damp, dirt floors, dodgy wiring and more than one moment where we wondered what on earth we’d taken on. It’s also a story about not giving up, community and bringing an old country pub back to life.

We’re sharing it chapter by chapter - just as it happened.
The wins. The mess. The learning. The laughs.

Pull up a stool and follow along 🍻

This one’s for everyone who believes old places still have good stories left to tell.

24/05/2026

🐾 The next chapter of Wombat’s history has arrived…

Gold rush dreams, bushrangers, dusty roads and the beginnings of the old Royal Hotel — it’s all part of the story. 🤠🍺

Head over to our Instagram to watch the next reel in the series and step back into 1861.

📍 Find us on Instagram:
👉 Watch the full reel here: https://www.instagram.com/wombat_hotel/reel/DYtVQlAK97F/
🎬 A preview is attached

Look who hopped into The Bat today! 👀🦘🐾
24/05/2026

Look who hopped into The Bat today! 👀🦘🐾

In the pub, amidst clinking glasses, a local regular ponders life's profound questions over a schooner, truly brewed for...
21/05/2026

In the pub, amidst clinking glasses, a local regular ponders life's profound questions over a schooner, truly brewed for greatness 🍻 🤔
Wombat Hotel, NSW

Address

Olympic Highway
Wombat, NSW
2587

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11:30am - 10pm
Thursday 11:30am - 10pm
Friday 11:30am - 10pm
Saturday 11:30am - 10pm
Sunday 11:30am - 10pm

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