Overland Corner · Riverland, South Australia

Welcome to theOverland Corner Hotel

Est. 1859

One of the oldest standing pubs in South Australia, pouring the Riverland's largest selection of independent craft beer, wine, spirits and local produce.

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Open Wednesday to Sunday

Welcome to the OC

A charming little pub on the old coach road.

The Overland Corner Hotel is a destination pub in the Riverland region of South Australia. Built in 1859 from local limestone, it is one of the oldest standing structures in the state, with a history as rich as the atmosphere.

Under new local management since December 2020, the OC, as it's known to the locals, is open again and better than ever. Your hosts Brad and Nicole Flowers fell in love with the Riverland years ago, and the OC was always one of their favourite pubs. In 2020 the dream of taking on the lease became a reality, and they've been bringing life back into the old girl ever since.

With lunch and dinner across the week, live entertainment every weekend and free camping on the river flats, you need to add the Overland Corner to your list. We're so pleased to welcome you to our charming little pub.

167years standing

5days a week

1old coach road

Hosts Brad and Nicole Flowers behind the bar — Brad & Nicole, your hosts

The limestone front of the hotel with its teal doors and barrels — The front door, 1859 limestone

Our history

Drovers, coaches and thirty thousand sheep.

Drag the timeline, or use the arrows, to walk through more than a century and a half on the Murray.

1855

A crossing on the Murray

A police station, a horse staging yard, a blacksmith's and wheelwright's shop and a general store stand at the river crossing, serving the overland stock route.

Early photograph of the hotel's long limestone frontage with its chimneys

1859

The hotel is built

Built by the Brand Brothers for pioneer pastoralist James Chambers of Cobdogla Station, to cater for the overland drovers and provide a staging point on the coach route from New South Wales to Adelaide.

1870s

The overnight camp

By the 1870s the Corner is the recognised overnight camping spot on the route. Sometimes up to 30,000 sheep graze the river flats beside the hotel.

1886

Captured on glass

Photographer Charles Bayliss records Overland Corner on the Lower Murray, a view the river still recognises.

Charles Bayliss, Overland Corner, Lower Murray, South Australia, 1886. National Gallery of Victoria.

Horse-drawn coaches and buggies gathered in front of the hotel

1898

Delicensed, not deserted

The hotel loses its licence but carries on as the district's general store and post office for many years, coaches still pulling up out the front.

The hotel surrounded by floodwater from the Murray

High water

The river comes to visit

More than once the Murray has risen over the flats and up to the hotel's walls. The limestone is still standing.

2020

The old girl reopens

In December, under new local hosts Brad and Nicole Flowers, the OC opens its doors again and the taps start pouring independent Riverland beer.

Today

Your turn

Pull up a chair under the gums, order something local, and stay the night out the back. The drovers would approve.

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Then

Now

Drag to compare the limestone then and now.

Food & drink

Pub lunches, long dinners and the Riverland's best taps.

Lunch Wednesday to Sunday, dinner Friday and Saturday, and takeaway meals, drinks and ice if you're heading back to camp. Bookings essential, so give us a ring.

Chicken schnitzel with chips and gravy on a timber board

The largest range of independent craft beer in the Riverland

The OC supports local business and growers. We stock the largest range of independent craft beers, wines and spirits available in the Riverland, and we pour them by the fire when the nights get cold.

Call to book

Bottles of local spirits lined up on the bar shelf

LunchWed to Sun
DinnerFri & Sat
TakeawayMeals, drinks & ice

Stay a while

Free camping on the river flats.

The Overland Corner Hotel has free caravan parking and camping at the rear of the venue, so why not stop in for a couple of days, or seven? It's unpowered and unfussy, just a nice patch of ground under the gums, a short stroll from the bar.

Caravans, campers and tents welcome
Unpowered sites, no booking needed
Takeaway meals, drinks and ice from the bar

Ask us anything

The hotel lit up at night under the gum trees

What's on

Live music every weekend.

There's live entertainment at the OC every weekend, plus the odd long lunch, fundraiser and festival through the year. We post everything on Facebook, so that's the place to look before you head out.

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