Wouldn't call it a Pub, but I reckon it still rates a mention
Was many moon ago, so many infact, that some of the finer points could be (probably are) in error, but the concept is still the same...
Was boating up the Hawksbury river, and pulled in to get fuel at a little place called Spence, or Spencer or close similarity.
Across the road was a bottleshop - could've been a general store with a liquor license. You'd buy your poison of choice, then walk back over to the riverbank where there was a large tree with bench(s) around it. Hanging of a branch on one side was a Saloon sign, on a branch on the other side was a sign that said Public Bar