Clyde Mooney

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http://pubtic.com.au

GOLD COAST LANDMARK PUB SELLS AMID ‘TRADING UPLIFT’

Posted on April 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Gold Coast gold mine Melba’s on the Park has sold for a sunny $12.5 million to former Sydney publican Bob El’s Leda Holdings. Vendor George Fleming had owned the Gold Coast institution for several years, and executed a massive reinvigoration

VALE PATRICK CRONIN

Posted on April 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="229"] Patrick Cronin. Photo:

OUTBACK ICON PUB FOR SALE – INCLUDING BRAS AND KNICKERS

Posted on April 20th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of Australia’s most famous outback pubs is for sale, boasting a 600-kilometre patron catchment and a room full of ladies’ underwear. Daly Waters was once Australia’s piece of the Wild West, with its history of murders and shootouts in

TEEN CRITICAL AFTER KING-HIT IN PUB BRAWL

Posted on April 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A large brawl in a quiet pub on the outskirts of Melbourne has left an innocent teenager fighting for life in hospital. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="287"] Patrick Cronin. Photo: Facebook[/caption] Victorian Police this morning issued a report announcing that 19-year-old

CALLINAN LOCKOUT REVIEW HEARS OF ‘POOR POLICY’

Posted on April 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The independent review into the controversial trade restrictions in Sydney and across NSW prompted a swath of submissions including the AHA’s call to drop the “poor policy” in favour of evidence-based policies. The Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC was appointed

BLACKWOOD PUB INVESTIGATES DEATHS ON PREMISES

Posted on April 18th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Blackwood Hotel, just north of the Lerderderg State Forest, is conducting investigations into activity on the premises involving spirits of inhabitants past. Owners Michael Boyd and Darren Lynch took over the old pub just over a year ago, and

AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST PUB TO GET MUCH BIGGER

Posted on April 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
After five years’ negotiation the ‘biggest pub in Australia’ has begun plans to get much bigger. The Comiskey Group launched the magnificent Eatons Hill Hotel in 2011 to widespread acclaim. Occupying a large chunk of a six hectare block just

BEACHSIDE HOTEL HITS MARKET IN BEAUTIFUL SCARBOROUGH FAIR

Posted on April 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The idyllic beachside Indian Ocean Hotel has hit the market after 30 years’ operation by a local family. Following the passing of the father and long-time publican, his sons determined the best way forward was sale through independent managers and

HISTORIC MAYLANDS PUB SAVED BY MATTHEWS HOTELS

Posted on April 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The family-run Matthews Hotel Group has rescued an historic local watering hole, the Maylands Hotel. [caption id="attachment_5739" align="alignright" width="318"] Scott Matthews[/caption] Matthews Hotel Group (MHG) has owned and operated South Australian pubs for over 70 years and patriarch Scott Matthews