Your Shout in a Brisbane Pub This Father's Day

Snuggle next to the fire as you soak up the raw stone and wood interior and belt down that forth glass of red.

The Elephant and Wheelbarrow recently won an arm wrestle to become the best live band venues in Brisbane. A well deserved honour indeed. Great pub meals and 21 beers on tap make this venue a hit with locals and homesick pommy backpackers.

This sleek and modern bar holds many attractions for locals and visitors alike. Much like its previous incarnation, the Story Bridge Hotel is built on a solid foundation of booze, decor and service.

An Irish Pub is an Irish pub, right? Not so. Unless it's been smuggled into Australia brick by brick from Ireland in bags of potatos. Luckily, O'Malley's Irish Pub in Brisbane was built exactly this way, making it one of the few authentic Irish watering holes this side of a shamrock.

Irish Murphy's is the only venue in Brisbane that provides live music seven days a week, to be sure. With this level of dedication to live entertainment, not to mention an Irish dedication to drink, you'd be crazy to go anywhere else... except home safely at the end of the night.

Exchange work for play. Exchange boredom for fun. Exchange cash for food and booze. Exchange sitting for dancing. What can be easier than that?!

Stocking a wine selection to parallel only Napoleon's secret stash, Platform Bar offers the perfect, erm, 'platform' for a great night out.