Seacombe House Comfort Inn

Imagine traveling along one of the bush tracks leading to Port Fairy in the middle of last century. The night is pitch-black. Then you catch a glimpse of a light in the distance, perhaps two or three. You know that you are in sight of a wayside inn, with a bed, a hot meal and a glass of grog, for the inns were compelled to keep lamps burning outside their premises.

The Stag Inn was a remarkable building for its time. The Argus commented that 'it would do credit even to Sydney'. It boasted a dining room, a commercial room, five parlours, twenty bedrooms, eight second-class bedrooms, a bar and billiard room as well as private apartments. Where the motel now stands were stables for twenty horses, which were used by wealthy squatters.