One interesting fact about Dunedin’s famous student pub, The Gardens – affectionately known as Gardies – is that it was designed by Queenstown architect Murray Cockburn. 

At the time the brown brick building opened, in 1970, Cockburn was practising in Oamaru.

More pub trivia … A brother-in-law of Winnies and The Ballarat Trading Co co-owner Mike Burgess is former All Black halfback Justin Marshall.