quicko: navigation by pubs

In a day where GPSs take us everywhere we want to go, and, failing them, there's Mapquest and Google Earth and, my Sydney favorite, 131500, there is one remarkably, shall we call it quaint?, aspect of navigation that still holds a very niche and irreplaceable spot in Australia:  the pub.

Take The Oaks for instance.  The Oaks is a big pub in Neutral Bay and is one of the landmarks of the city.  Not quite in the way the Opera House or even Town Hall is, but native Sydneysiders the city over -- from Palm Beach to the Shire -- know The Oaks.  If you're heading toward anywhere in its vicinity, it's an excellent place to begin, direction-wise.

Similarly, if you're out and about in the city and you know where you are, but you can't for the life of you work out where the bus you want will leave from, all you have to do is call a local friend.  Tell your friend which pub you can see and she'll quickly play pub bingo to get you across, down, over and there! using only pubs (and possibly their corollary, ATMs) as reference points.  Voila.