When Cold Chisel's Jimmy Barnes sang about pushing surfboards through turnstiles in Misfits, or Midnight Oil's Peter Garret howled "catch the bus to Bondi, sit on the beach and wonder", they were not only conjuring a scene familiar to their '80s pub rock audience but more importantly, they captured a uniquely sunlit Australian branch of angst.

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Half soccer pub, half punk rock bar, Churchill's is 100% one of the most interesting spots in the city, an establishment that straddles lines of income, race and nationality - in a lot of ways, a microcosm for Miami itself.

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The A48 is also shut at Penhow, Newport, after flooding near the Rock and Fountain pub, affecting travel between Newport and Chepstow.

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You can play mini-golf at the bar-cum-games hall H Street Country Club, grab a pastrami on rye and a Guinness at the kosher deli-cum-Irish pub Star and Shamrock, or take in a show at the burlesque-cum-punk rock venue Red Palace.

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When an unseasonable April thunderstorm brought an abrupt end to emu-tracking, we took refuge in the fishing village of Cervantes at a tough-looking pub called the Ronsard Bay Tavern, whose menu offered, in addition to burgers and meat pies, steamed rock lobster and rock lobster pie.

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Iron Maiden may have been formed in a London pub the 1970s, but it wasn't until 1985 when they took to the stage at the original "Rock in Rio" concert that their South American fan base began to swell.

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