Drinks For Women: The Regatta Hotel
Though Australian pubs tend towards being all-male enclaves, women were once legally barred to "protect" them from the corrupting influence of foul language. On April 1, 1965, Merle Thornton (mother of the actress Sigrid Thornton) and her friend Rosalie Bogner chained themselves to the footrail of the Regatta Hotel bar at Toowong in protest; the movement they inspired led to the granting of "the right to drink alongside men" in the mid-1970s. The pink-and-white colonial hotel is now a trendy place for a drink after work on Friday. It's on the west bank of the river along Coronation Drive, about 2km from the city centre towards St Lucia.
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