With Louth being a mecca for fishermen, campers, caravaners and once per year – bush race-goers, and with Shindy’s Inn being the only business in town, the Louth watering hole can be a busy place at times.
With draft beers on tap and a wide array of packaged beer kept icy cold for customers, plus meals available seven days a week (including ‘the best hot chips for 100km’), the shady hotel is a great place to stop.
Owner and publican Kathy Barnes provides fuel if you need it, and offers accommodation in the form of comfortable riverside cabins. The pub has a broad wrap-around verandah with plenty of bespoke timber seating. There’s a large grassy area adjacent to the river bank, and just over the road is a public park with excellent play equipment for kids, public toilets and showers, and tennis courts if you fancy having a hit.
Make sure you have a look at the array of memorabilia from around the region which is arranged on the walls of the spacious dining room, and keep a few days free in early August when the town fills up with campers and punters for the annual race meeting, which attracts up to 5000 visitors every year.
Shindy’s Inn is a Pub Stop along these adjoining Pub Routes. Discover more routes and pub history.
Pub Stories
Discover the history of the Shindy’s Inn & The Pubs & Breweries of Louth
Royal Hotel
The Royal was a lovely old building, made from red cedar timber, which ran vertically. There was a large bar with cellar underneath, six guest rooms, two parlours, a dining room, kitchen, front gauzed verandah sleepout, and quarters for the publican and family.
The Pubs of Louth
This Darling River village, developed near large pastoral stations, once had five hotels: The Daniel O’Connell, The Royal Hotel, The Post Office Hotel, The Telegraph Hotel (likely at Weelong), and Shindy’s Inn (formerly The Royal).