A Queensland town’s hub pub is fighting on and back, after a huge storm hit the tiny town and crashed nearly half the pub, late last year. A night of drinking and offer of an interest-free loan led to old mates Tom Auriac and Grant Champion buying the pub in the in the town of […]
An aviator walked into a bar, bought it, and installed a new lived-in look to accompany the kitsch community of Kaniva. Lurking around 420 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in a Victorian border town, the Commercial Hotel in Kaniva is a two-storey brick pub, built 1928. There has been a hotel on the site since 1888.
The hotels industry is today mourning the loss of one of its towering figures – long serving AHA NSW executive Phillip Webster, who has passed away aged just 62. Webster was the proud publican of Richard’s on the Park in Canley Vale, in Sydney’s West. He was actively at the forefront of industry policy and
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A Melbourne man has brought another Guinness World Record to Australia, setting a new benchmark for the most pubs patronised in 24 hours. Guinness World Records began as a promotional tactic for Guinness Brewery, in the 1950s, aiming to be the definitive answer to all the pub arguments about who was “the fastest” or what
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Ward Matthews, a principal of one of South Australia’s most prominent and highly respected pub groups, has passed away suddenly. Remembered as a “kind and lovely” man, Matthews Hospitality Group confirmed his unexpected death this month, asking for privacy at this time. “We are shocked and devastated at the sudden passing of our brother and
Heavy rainfall has drenched three states and left thousands flooded, including the Anglers Tavern in Melbourne’s west, fighting water to its second level but vowing to return. Swathes of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania copped heavy rain late last week, forcing many Victorians to flee their homes and many more kept on high alert. Areas experienced
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Despite rumours to the contrary, Brisbane legend The Fox Hotel is not in administration and hopes to reopen soon after massive damage during the floods earlier this year. The Fox was reportedly swamped during the brutal storms in February, and has been undergoing repairs ever since. “The basement, where our cellar, offices, all storage and
A Queensland couple have embarked on the ultimate road trip pub crawl, aiming to have a drink at every single pub in Australia. Retirees Andrew and Ursula Keese are no strangers to pubs. Both enjoy travelling, and Ursula had long wanted to see Australia in a motorhome, so they hatched a plan to see the
Australian beer institution Carlton & United Breweries and its recently appointed CEO recently played host to hotel royalty the 15 Club, in a meeting of old and new traditions. Late April the posse of publicans took the trip to Melbourne, where Danny Celoni and four of his key executives hosted a luncheon meeting of the
With an accordant level of pomp and ceremony, the famed Betoota Hotel, intrepid Bastian of the outback, has reopened in time for the tourist rush to Birdsville. After a two-year break in proceedings, the legendary Birdsville races return in 2022, scheduled for Friday, 2 September. And aiming to capitalise on the hordes of race-goers, adventurers and
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