AFTER HALF A CENTURY, BINALONG’S TIME TO MARKET

For the first time in many a year, the Binalong Hotel in the NSW southern tablelands has come to market. A quintessential country pub, it was established in 1922, a sturdy two-storey red brick structure residing on a 5,590sqm block

UNIVERSAL CATCHES BAT & BALL

Universal Hotels has won its first bout for 2022, taking home the Bat and Ball Hotel of Surry Hills. Originally known as the Duke of Cleveland, the pub was built in 1929 on the corner of busy Cleveland and South

THE CHANNON TAVERN NEAR BYRON FOR SALE

The picturesque The Channon Tavern near Byron is being sold as a vacant possession, with asking price of $3.6 million. Built on a 7,120sqm block in the Byron hinterland, 19 kilometres north of Lismore and proximate to Byron Bay and

IRIS BUILDING BIG ON BASES

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital is building on successes for the new year, chasing plans for a $70 million development on the site of the Kingswood Hotel and a brand-new pub for Sydney’s upper north shore. Plans for 180 Great Western

PLENTY OF PROSPECTS FOR NHILL’S UNION

The historic Rintoule’s Union Hotel of Nhill is being sold by long-time devotee owner Mick Jesic. Beginning life in 1879 as a wooden structure in Kiata, 20 kilometres south-east, the pub was transported to Nhill in 1881, where it was

GABS CRAFT BEER RESULTS FOR 2021

Australia has voted for its favourite craft beer of 2021, in the latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), welcoming back Bentspoke’s triumphant Crankshaft American IPA. After an anti-socialising pandemic and the latest viral strain made for a challenging festive season

KELLY PORTFOLIO SELL-DOWN BEGINS

Following appointment of administrators to the Damian Kelly portfolio, sale of the four thriving pubs has begun.  Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes of insolvency and restructuring experts Wexted Advisory were appointed as Administrators and are buoyant on a strong campaign

SYDNEY PUBLICAN BUSTED IN DRUG STING

A Paddington hotelier has pleaded guilty to drug offences, after a covert operation that resulted in arrests and dozens of charges being laid, News reports. Officers from the Kings Cross drug unit are thought to have stopped 49-year-old Robert Moroney