What is Thirsty Camel in Australia?

Thirsty Camel in Australia is a chain of bottle shops, many of them drive-through bottle shops. They can be found throughout suburban and regional Australia.

Thirsty Camel in Australia is a chain of bottle shops. There are more than 375 Thirsty Camel stores across Australia, selling beer, wine and spirits. Competitor bottle shops chains include BWS, Bottlemart, Dan Murphy’s and Liquorland.

Thirsty Camel drive-through bottle shops

What makes the Thirsty Camel brand a little different is that many Thirsty Camel bottle shops are drive-through bottle shops. Yes. If you’ve run out of booze, why not drive up and get some more?

A bottle shop in Australia can be drive-through. — A Thirsty Camel bottle shop in Australia can be drive-through.

Thirsty Camel sells most of the common Australian beer brands. You can get a slab (box of 24 cans) of Victoria Bitter of a six pack of Peroni.

It’s also possible to buy some good Australian craft beers as well, however. The Balter brewery from Currumbin on the Gold Coast, Matsos from Broome and Brick Lane Brewing from Melbourne are all represented. Iron Jack, 4 Pines and Goat Lager from Mountain Goat Beer are also on sale.

Thirsty Camel wines

For wine, the Thirsty Camel bottle shops sell well known standards such as Wolf Blass, Banrock Station and Jacob’s Creek. But you’ll also get more interesting reds from the likes of Brown Brothers in the King Valley and Wirra Wirra in the McLaren Vale.

Some of the more interesting whites come from Jim Barry in the Clare Valley and Preece in the King Valley.

Of course, if you just want something to get you merry at low cost, this chain of Australian bottle shops will supply you with a box of goon. And, if you want something stronger, there’s plenty of Bundaberg Rum from Bundaberg in many incarnations.

Thirsty Camel bottle shops are mainly found in suburban and regional locations such as Rockhampton, Gayndah, Cohuna and Normanville. That said, there’s the occasional one close to major city centres.