Come and explore a behind the scenes of a running operational pub and brewery. While all the regulars are sleeping off the hang over, we will peep inside the old hotel, visit upstairs and behind the bar! Discover the old and the new and how they combined the two.

Matso’s Eumundi is a 1,000-square-meter adaptive reuse hospitality project with architecture, interiors, and furniture designed by Five Mile Radius in collaboration with Knight Wilson Architects and built by Hutchinson Builders.

In late 2021, Five Mile Radius was approached by Matso’s to design their new Queensland outpost. The Western Australian brewery, famous for their mango and ginger beers, has opened a new home at the legendary Joe’s Waterhole. The project involved the restoration of the 1920s timber and tin pub, as well as the demolition of various water-damaged additions to make way for a new brewery, bistro, and landscape to the rear of the pub. The new addition consists of four gable-roofed pavilions that echo the proportions of the heritage-listed pub and provide a legible and adaptable ‘shed’ for future generations.  

The design aims to regenerate the extensive garden to the rear of the site and to connect the garden to the street. A full survey of salvageable demolition material was undertaken, with many aspects of the new works built from these recycled materials.  

The Five Mile Radius workshop reworked much of the original pub furniture, resulting in a nearly entirely recycled and Australian hardwood-based furnishing for the new venue. The project was completed in late 2023.