Making History at the Pub

Filed in Recent News by October 4, 2016

MEAT prices, a can opener, a GPS device, the new five dollar note, a light bulb and photos of local families were among the items placed in a time capsule buried at the Moonan Pub on Sunday.

For the last 18 years an archery tournament has been held at Moonan on October long weekend, but this year the tournament was cancelled.

Sitting around the fire Kathy and Peter Barnett, owners of the Victoria Hotel decided they wanted to do something for the community and came up with the idea of burying a time capsule to be opened in 50 years.

Peter Barnett with Kathy Barnett burying the time capsule at the Moonan Pub.

Peter Barnett with Kathy Barnett burying the time capsule at the Moonan Pub.

“Peter will be 110 when the capsule is dug up but the kids can come back and open it up and hopefully the 2nd of October in 2066 will still be a long weekend and whoever is here then can make an event of it like we did,” said Kathy Barnett.

“We let people decide what they wanted to put in the capsule and there were lots of local families who put in photos with a bit about their family,” she said.

“We put in some memorabilia of the pub a stubby cooler, we wonder if those will be around then, a wholesale keg order for the long weekend and the invoices for the meat we buy for the pub and little bits and pieces from the pub so whoever owns the pub at the time will see the difference,” Kathy Barnett said.

The time capsule is buried near the steps of the pub, protected in sealed plumbing pipe, placed within a steel box and will be covered with concrete with a plaque marking the spot it is buried.

The Victoria Hotel has been standing for 120 years and the residence, which was the original pub is now 170 years old and Kathy and Peter hope the time capsule they buried add a little more to the pubs rich history.

Creating history: Moonan locals gathered to bury a time capsule at the Victoria Hotel in Moonan Flat.

Creating history: Moonan locals gathered to bury a time capsule at the Victoria Hotel in Moonan Flat.

 

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