Clyde Mooney

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HUNT SPONSORS SHOOT YOUR LOCAL

Posted on March 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Pub commandant Stephen Hunt has tempted Newcastle region locals to Shoot Your Local, offering $5,000 cash for capturing the heart of Hunter pubs. The competition welcomed both amateur and professional contenders residing in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens

ALH’S WESTMEADOWS TAVERN UNDER SIEGE

Posted on March 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Westmeadows Tavern saw squads of heavily-armed tactical police swarm the site in the early hours this morning, as two armed bandits were believed to be inside. Police were called to the ALH pub in northern Melbourne around 5am, receiving

ILGA TRADING HOURS DECISION OVERRULED FOR IRIS

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A landmark ruling has been handed down by NCAT, overruling an ILGA decision to prevent late-trading at Iris Group’s Station House Hotel in Campsie. In 2015 Canterbury Council granted development approval for what was to become the Station House, on

LAUNDY FINDS GOLD AT THE QUARRYMAN’S

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Colin M. Parras is back on the ground, taking The Quarryman’s Hotel in Pyrmont from Arthur Laundy in the latest mid-market transaction. Laundy bought the Quarryman’s, located on the corner of Harris Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, in 2011 for

WILLOW TREE FOR SALE IN THE HUNTER

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Willow Tree Hotel in the NSW Hunter region has hit the market, offering a well-presented local in one of the State’s booming regions. The two-storey Willow occupies a 1,556sqm site on the New England Highway (Kelly Street) through town,

BRITAIN’S WORST PUBLICAN

Posted on February 28th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Steve Cotton, proprietor of the Poltimore Arms, is the self-confessed least interested publican in Britain, making patrons serve themselves and having eyes only for his feral rescue cat named Hitler. The 59-year-old former engineer encountered opportunity to take over the

DE ANGELIS LISTS BIG BLIGH PARK

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The evolving De Angelis group has put up its very large-format Bligh Park Tavern site in south Windsor, offering a strong business and major development opportunity. The De Angelis family holds the titles to De Angelis Hotels & Investments (DHI),

ROYAL OAK CLOSED AS HARVEY BATTLES ATO

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Doctor-publican John Harvey has unleashed a David and Goliath battle against the ATO, which has already seen the closure of his Royal Oak Hotel at Cessnock. John Harvey operates the Hunter Valley Dental Practice, and in 2011 bought the nearby

JOHNSON BETS A MULLET FOR BRAIN CANCER

Posted on February 26th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Chelmsford Hotel’s international drawcard – Mulletfest – is back for its third and biggest year yet, with publican organiser Laura Johnson putting her own locks on the chopping block for charity. Mulletfest began as an idea over drinks in

LIVINGSTONE FINDS CAPTAIN COOK IN BOTANY

Posted on February 24th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Fanatic hotelier Warren Livingstone has landed in Botany through acquisition of the strong-performing Captain Cook Hotel. The Captain is a heritage-listed pub built 1906 in the retail heart of Botany by Oscar Nielson, who went on to become local Mayor.