The Playhouse Hotel in Barraba, New South Wales | Bed and breakfast

The Playhouse Hotel

Locality: Barraba, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6782 1109

Address: 123 Queen St 2347 Barraba, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.playhousehotel.com

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25.01.2022 Morning tea guests of the day! Centenarian Joyce Abra with her granddaughter Rachael Hempling and great granddaughter Rose Hempling. (Note: Mindful of the health risk to Barraba’s many elderly residents, The Playhouse Hotel cafe is not currently operating. Rachael and her sister and their daughters are hotel guests, and they asked if they could have a small open air family gathering to spend some private time with Joyce.)

25.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Tim Hughes (l) and John Gillett (r), who stayed overnight while in the district assessing bushfire damage to wildlife on a local property, as part of their conservation work for South Endeavour Trust. www.southendeavour.com.au

24.01.2022 Guests of Saturday! Penny Milson and Rob Lawrence on their way to the Bingara Races where Rob went on to win first prize in the Fashions in the Field, Sir Dapper Section.

23.01.2022 Guests of the Week! Lisa Roberts (standing) and Sandy McNaughton who spent a couple of days in Barraba conducting interviews with locals about the social and financial impacts of the drought for the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.

22.01.2022 Hullo all. This evening at the RSL Hall @ 6pm the PCYC are holding a drought relief Disco, including a free feed. Gather all your friends and family and get on down for an evening of fun and community bonding!

22.01.2022 Guests of the Day: It was lovely to meet Peter and Lyn Hale, who own and run the beautiful Strathearn Park Lodge in Scone, when they paid us a visit on the final stop of their four day holiday break. https://www.strathearnparklodge.com.au

20.01.2022 Guests of the Day! Former popular teacher at Barraba Central School John Searle came to stay at the hotel with his wife Marlene and daughter Kerry Dedman.

19.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Grace Bishton with friend Sam Eddington and her little brother Sam, who dropped into the hotel for brunch on Sunday. Grace and Sam were in town from Sydney for the Australia Day Drought Recovery Concert on Sunday night.

19.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Cheyne Hough (L) and Russell Smith, in town to do water treatment work on behalf of ProMinent. www.prominent.com

19.01.2022 All set up in the courtyard for tonight’s annual FLICKERFEST short film festival!

19.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Wayne and Elaine Perry from Newcastle, on their way to a family reunion in Brisbane. Having decided to take the inland route, they have been completely bowled over by the beauty of the drive.

19.01.2022 This weekend’s movie: Sunday at 2:30 pm 1917 (MA15+, for strong war themes, 119 mins) This gripping adventure is set amidst the chaotic danger of the French trenches, where a soldier struggles to get a vital message across enemy lines. Oscar Nominated for Best Picture. All tkts $10. Enq: 6782 1109

18.01.2022 Guests of the Day! Alan Reed and his son Simon. Alan was born in Barraba. He met his future wife Helen Spencer at the pictures when Clifton Hall was the town cinema. They were happily married for 61 years.

16.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Drewin and Olga Bodman, of Byron Bay, who spent the night en route to celebrate their wedding anniversary at Dubbo zoo!

15.01.2022 Guests of last week! Trevor and Mandy Blanning, of Hallidays Point, who stayed three balmy nights as part of their tour of the region, celebrating Trevor’s 70th birthday.

14.01.2022 Barraba attracting fame.

14.01.2022 Guests of the Day! Attending a special private screening of The Wizard of Oz, Vickie Steiger (left) with her mother Mary Leehy and her granddaughters (Mary’s great granddaughters!) Mia (right) and Mia’s cousin Ruby. (Note: Ruby is seen here with her friend Mousey tucked securely under her arm.)

14.01.2022 Guests of the Day! (L to R:) Henrique, Juliana and Marta, who took a night off from camping at Split Rock Dam with a youth group they are helping to facilitate.

13.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Joy Smith and Russell Johnson of Coffs Harbour and Delungra respectively who dropped in to Barraba to visit Joy’s daughter.

12.01.2022 Guests of Last Week! Five intrepid bikers, all from the Gold Coast, all riding KTM motorcycles, spent the night on the way to and again on the way back from being spectators at the Australian round of the World Superbike Races on Phillip Island. L to R: Bruce, Warren, Tony, Laurie and Gavan. (They told us the destination was really just an excuse for the ride, which was carefully planned to include as many dirt roads as possible.)

12.01.2022 Some of the important audience members attending this afternoon’s special screening of The Wizard of Oz, where a good time was had by all.

12.01.2022 Woo Hoo, the crew have arrived from Bingara in readiness for the event tonight!

12.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Gretel Smith (L) and Kaila Savolainen (R) of Tathra who ventured as far as Lightning Ridge on their long road trip exploring inland NSW.

11.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Christine and Andrew Bolger from Sydney. In the district while Andrew retraces the footsteps of his ancestors who lived in Barraba.

10.01.2022 Guests of the Day! Matt Wearne and Emma Hicks, of Willoughby, visiting the district as part of Emma’s research into her Gamileroi ancestors.

10.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Petrina Bull and Natasha Oates, delivering food to needy regional communities on behalf of OzHarvest.

09.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Regular guests Geoff and Di Norton, who stopped over on the way home to Brisbane after visiting family in Melbourne.

08.01.2022 Guests of the weekend: Alison Davidson and Kate Garland were here as glamorous horse judges for the Barraba Show!

08.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Sue-Anne and John Steer with their grandson Ned. Oh, and their new daughter-in-law’s wedding dress! Paige (née) Burgess married their son Tom yesterday at Barraba Station.

08.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Roha Taiapa (centre) and members of her family, who flew over from New Zealand to reconnect with their brother Don (on Roha’s left) who lives in Barraba.

08.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Philip and Trish Arber, who stayed the night as they traveled from Queensland to Scone.

08.01.2022 Guests of the Day! Kate Rogers and her mother Jan Lowth who drove up from Canberra to Barraba to visit their daughter/granddaughter.

08.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Matt Kent and Natasha Hagerty stopped here overnight as part of a fortnight of exploring NSW together.

07.01.2022 Extra guests of the day: Nick Crennan and his wife Nicola Walker, on holiday with their children Iris and Banjo (centre) and nephew Velayus (left).

04.01.2022 Guests of the Day: The lovely singer Sue Dyson visiting from NZ to perform at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, traveling with her roadie, AKA her son Luke, who in his spare time is an enthusiastic YouTube content creator.

03.01.2022 Guests of the Weekend! Mary Poynten (right) brought eight members of her book club from Sydney to watch Alfred Hitchcock’s film of Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’ starring Joan Fontaine.

02.01.2022 Guests of the Day: Velma Sewell (née Urquhart) with her daughters Fiona (left) and Loretta. Velma spent the first 30 years of her life in Barraba and has come with Fiona and Loretta to visit their extended family here.

01.01.2022 Guests of the Day! Anna and John Hyles of Tharwa, ACT, who came to Barraba to buy a horse.

01.01.2022 Guests of the Day: (L to R) Cain Taylor with his mother Lisa and grandmother Irene. The family drove up from Sydney to collect a 10 month old puppy which was advertised on Gumtree.