About Us
Lees Hotel Pub – 58 Lannercost Street Ingham, North Queensland, Australia
(formerly the Day Dawn Hotel)
Lees Hotel Accommodation – 56 Lannercost Street Ingham, North Queensland, Australia (formerly part of the Day Dawn Hotel)
About the Pub With No Beer:
Lees Hotel (formerly the Day Dawn Hotel) is the original “Pub With No Beer ” made famous by Australia’s favourite son and multi-award-winning Country and Western singer Slim Dusty in 1957, with Australians very first worldwide number one hit song, “The Pub With No Beer”.
The hit song was based on the poem by local Ingham poet Dan Sheahan who rode into the Pub one morning in 1943 to have a nice cold beer and discovered that a convoy of American serviceman had come through the previous day and drunk the Pub dry!
In disgust Dan retired to a corner and wrote the poem, which was later passed across to Slim Dusty’s songwriter at a pub in New South Wales.
Lees Hotel Now
Lees Hotel still serves ice cold beer and hasn’t run out since that fateful day in 1943.
Waymark Hotels, a privately-owned Australian hotel and property group, acquired Lees Hotel in 2023. Waymark’s heritage has been built over a period of more than 60 years, originating in the Northern Territory and Queensland outbacks. Waymark Hotels has been leading projects that have brought vital infrastructure and amenities to communities since the 1950’s.
Lees Hotel Accommodation is a Heritage Listed Iconic Hotel
In recognition of the historic event, in 2005 Lees Hotel became the only Heritage Listed Iconic Hotel in Queensland.
Art Work Collection at Lees Hotel Accommodation
Also throughout the Hotel is a collection of canvas artworks that captures the natural beauty and lifestyle of the surrounding Ingham and Hinchinbrook area.