John Jack Inn

A B O U T   U S

The Hotel or Inn at the site has a rich history. John Jack and his partner, August Simmer came from Durban to Lake Chrissie in 1882. They  various buildings including stables, a small hotel and a gin depot. Two oak trees planted in front of the Inn in 1886 remain.  The John Jack Inn was a wood and iron structure that had been subject to various natural and unnatural disasters. In 1903 the inn was re-built, again in wood and iron on the same site and the John Jack Inn was renamed Lake Chrissie Hotel. In its early days.