The Royal Hotel Meredith — Restaurant in Meredith

After a long ride along GOR and heading home to Ballaratr, lights were on at the Royal Hotel. Just a pot and to sit in the corner out of the way and then I would be on my way.

I thought I snuck in unnoticed (and that was my intention, did not want to intrude) but the awesome person behind the bar in a black Balter T-shirt clearly had radar. It was almost if I was one of the locals and as such we had a conversation about how busy it had been today.

Was a bit of a lift of the spirit. So I got my pot and sat in the corner out of the way of a flood of ppl who were clearly part of this lovely community and this was their place

I'm used to ducking eye contact but whenever I failed, all I saw were smiles.

And to top it off, kids with colouriung in books and clear relationships with the team behind the bar (including a little counselling about messing with the ATM machine!)

I just ... wanted a quiet pot and to move on once I was rested. Instead I was welcomed into an entire community I live nearby where I live.

I'm so glad I got tired and decided to have a quiet few minues at this place. Have been here many timnes before anonymously but tonight was different.

I hope it will be OK to bring my family down (including my grandson) for an early dinner and a lesson for him hopefully about what regional welcoming communities are all about.

(And also watching for the next session about smoking local meat produce! )

Thank you for being so welcoming and inclusive. It...

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