NEGLINE SELL-DOWN BRINGS TATTERSALLS TO MARKET

The Tattersalls Hotel in Narrabri has come to market, as its Central Coast owners increase focus on businesses closer to home. Narrabri is around 450 kilometres due west of Coffs Harbour, about 500 north-west of Sydney. It is a country

MELBOURNE TEAM RELAUNCH MT ERICA

UPDATE: The team of Melbourne publicans behind the successful Marquis of Lorne have unveiled their latest project – the Mount Erica Hotel, in Prahran. After the Hotel closed suddenly late last year, along came Will Benjamin, Matt Vero and Callan

MERIVALE MOVES INTO BONDI AT THE ROYAL

After some speculation, Merivale has confirmed its acquisition of the famed Royal Hotel at Bondi. The Royal is a Bondi Road institution, and part of local folklore. It saw the founding meeting of the historic Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving

GREGORY HILLS HOTEL & THE PRINCE CROWNED

Greenfield builds the Malouf’s Gregory Hills Hotel and Feros’ The Prince were crowned best in their class at the NSW Master Builders’ Awards for Excellence on Saturday. The Malouf family realised a long-term goal with the opening of the Gregory

LITTLE’S RUDD’S PUB GOES UNDER THE HAMMER

Sam and Robyn Little have put to market their iconic Rudd’s Pub in south-east Queensland, ending a dozen year tenure at the country landmark. The town of Nobby, population around 500, lies just south of Toowoomba, around 150 kilometres west

KILLER OF TEEN IN PUB BRAWL SENTENCED

The man who killed teenager Patrick Cronin with an unprovoked punch to the head during a brawl at the Windy Creek Hotel, has been tried and sentenced for manslaughter. A brawl at the pub in Diamond Creek in outer Melbourne

HISTORIC ADMIRAL RISES AGAIN AT THE PORT

The historic Port Admiral Hotel has triumphantly reopened, after more than a decade in hibernation and a big two-year renovation. Built in 1849 in the Victorian Georgian style, the Port Admiral was once the hub of the Port Adelaide wharf

SALE & LEASEBACK FOR COOKE-BEAUMONT AT BLAZING STUMP

Cooke-Beaumont & Partners is executing a sale and leaseback of its big-format hot property the Blazing Stump Hotel. The Blazing Stump is a free-standing single level pub built 1880 in the heart of Wodonga, on the Victoria-NSW border. It is

BIG IMPERIAL ON OFFER AS NOBLE EXITS

Luke Noble is selling the family’s three-storey pub outside Narrabri, mixed fortunes heralding changes to come for the Imperial. Noble bought the Hotel with his parents 12 years ago, and has sustained an owner-operator position at the big pub ever

WHATHAMS’ AGI HOTEL SOLD TO CHINESE INVESTORS

Singleton’s Agricultural Hotel has sold to a Chinese investor, as long-time owners the Whathams exit the pub game. The ‘Agi’, as it is known locally, has been owned by Allen and Sue Whatham for more than two decades, at times