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There’s a farmer at the front bar reading Australasian Poultry magazine, while the beer garden is busy with Zoomers playing trivia. Needless to say, this cracking country pub in a vibrant green valley takes all comers. And chef Alanna Sapwell-Stone’s menu is built to suit all tastes, from a classic chicken schnitty to slow-cooked wild boar ragu.

“What’s Italian for ‘before the meal’?” calls out the quizmaster – and if it’s antipasti in Italy, here it has to be something from the specials board. Spicy emu pastrami packaged into a delightful little doughnut with mustard mayonnaise and sauerkraut, say, or a slab of panko-crumbed beef tongue with punchy zhoug, paired with a banging local brew (anyone for a Spangled Drongo Pale Ale?).

Vegan diners can savour flatbread with seaweed butter, or sweet and sour miso eggplant with Nimbin brown rice, bean sprouts and chilli crunch. Welcome, welcome one and all.