Comments on: The Flying Emu - Australian Style Restaurant and Pub

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:59:35 +0000

Unfortunately it looks as though the flying emu has disappeared.
I have been looking for it online and tried to call the number listed, and all to no avail…:-(
Sadly for me as I am in Calgary from Brisbane for a month, and after only 2 days am crippled with homesickness.
I want a XXXX gold, or a crownie.
where else can I get a decent beer here??????
Also where else can I watch the Rugby league next wednesday, it is state of origin 2 and I really need to see the Queenslanders give the Cockroaches a belting.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:43:21 +0000

Much more likely to be named after the bird on the Aussie coat of arms. Emus can’t fly - ever - so a “flying enu” would fit the laconic, “pull your leg” type of Aussie humour. Especially in North America where it’s often easy to convince the locals that kangaroos really do hop down the main streets of the cities! (no, they really DON’T - we’re just kidding you!). There’s even a cute Flash game about non-flying emus at http://www.leedungarees.com/emulander/.

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:00:41 +0000

Useless trivia: The original Flying Emu’s (Pron. EEM-YOU, for you yanks, not EEM-OO) were actually a group of Royal Australian Navy and U.S. Army helicopter pilots who were joined together for action in the Vietnam war and were designated Experimental Military Unit(EMU).
I don’t know if this bar is named after those guys or in anyway associated with them.