Table Top Hotel - NSW

Iconic Australian Hotel nestled just off the Highway a few minutes north of Albury NSW. A family friendly environment with good meals and cold refreshments. It's also a museum of Australiana yesteryear and has free unpowered camping.(formerly Ettamogah Pub)History of the Ettamogah Pub is a cartoon pub that was featured in the now defunct Australasian Post magazine. The cartoonist Ken Maynard, loving empty spaces and having nothing around him, enjoyed an area just outside Albury at Table Top, New South Wales, named Ettamogah, thus christening the eponymous name of his now famous pub the "Ettamogah Pub". The pub was built by businessman Lindsay Cooper and first opened in 1987. The aim was to create a themed family restaurant which would become a tourist attraction. The timber building featured sloping walls and a distinctive architectural style true to the original cartoon design. In 2007, the hotel in Albury opened 17 new cabins for accommodation. The site also houses the Ken Maynard Museum and an artwork collection. In 2011, the owner Leigh O’Brien embarked on redevelopment which included the addition of a caravan park and petrol station.Over the years, other Ettamogah pubs popped up all around Australia - the 2nd was built in 1989 on the Sunshine Coast (now the Banana Bender Pub), a third site was built in 2001 in Cunderdin WA and retains its cartoon appearance. A 4th Ettamogah Pub was opened in Sydney's North West suburb of Kellyville in 2003.