Windsor’s The Rex has hit the market as perhaps the best-value sale of the year to date. Offering potential highlighted by 15 indoor EGMs and “extensive outdoor area” on a generous block, the 20-year leasehold of the Royal Exchange Hotel is not short of opportunity for the entry-level fixed price of $550,000. The Rex has […]
Two celebrated Australian brewers have recently joined forces for a cross of styles that embodies the pioneering spirit of craft beer. The collaboration of Sydney’s Australian Brewery head brewer Neal Cameron and Perth’s Feral Brewing head brewer Brendan Varis is an East-West partnership spawned of independent participation on the panels of national judging events. Each
Like many people, I love a good stat. Whether it be something obscure such as Bill “Fire Down Below” Barkins’ insurmountable record of 6.24 cup adjustments per innings playing Major League Baseball, or comparatively innocuous ABS data showing Aussies are drinking less than they have for fifty years. The problem arises when the topic of
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Hot on the heels of his sale of the Newington Inn Hotel to Solotel, Tim Condon is preparing to bring an old hotel back to Balmain. Well versed in the art of Balmain, living within the narrow streets and sending his kids to the local school, Condon has a history of nailing the re-branding of
One of Australia’s most significant live music venues has announced a temporary closure ahead of an extensive make-over to reinvigorate the National Trust-listed building. Built in 1878, the Esplanade Hotel – “The Espy” – is located overlooking Port Phillip Bay and is one of the largest and most prominent 19th Century resort-style hotels in Victoria.
For the eighth big year, finalists have been announced for the “iconic taste of WA” as the public votes are tallied. The AHA WA, Tourism WA and Lion have backed another instalment of “WA’s Best Steak Sandwich Competition” with five metro and five regional pubs set to battle it out in a cook-off. In a
Burgeoning beer den the Keg & Brew will tonight host a tap take-over by a bunch of bastards as Manly brewer 4 Pines launches a line-up. The Manly lads have concocted a collection of pale ales they say were each influenced by a British colony, and will on hand tonight at the K&B to answer
The Bureau of Crime Statistics & Research (BOCSAR) last week admitted an error in reporting over the drop in assaults statistics that emerged from its report on Sydney CBD and Kings Cross trading restrictions. Speaking with PubTIC, BOCSAR’s Dr Don Weatherburn clarified that it is not the Bureau’s role to judge the laws, but simply
Police have charged a Kings Cross bouncer over a punch to an aggressive patron enraged over being denied entry at lock-out time. Around 1:30 am Tuesday, 14 April, security at a hotel on William Street in Kings Cross refused two men entry. The men allegedly threw glass bottles toward the guards as they walked away.
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‘No Pokies’ pub baron Chris Morris is expanding his massive plans the reinvigoration of tourism in northern Queensland. Following his $6.25 million purchase of the Orpheus Island resort in 2011 and subsequent $70 million purchase of the Townsville casino last year, the founder of Computershare and owner of Colonial Leisure Group is expected to announce
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