DEEPWATER HOTEL IN HOT WATER OVER OVERNIGHT STAYS

A celebrated champion of wellbeing, the Commercial Hotel in Deepwater is in hot water over its policy allowing caravanning travellers to stay overnight on the back lawn. Located high in the Great Dividing Range, around 140 kilometres from the coast,

BRIDGE OF BENDIGO IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS

Administrators have been appointed and are seeking a sale on the Bridge Hotel of Bendigo, after post-COVID challenges.  Built 1858, the pub was previously known as the Waterloo Hotel. It has become renowned for its exceptional cuisine and diverse selection

PUBLIC LANDS $400m REFINANCE, WITH CONDITIONS

High flying banker turned publican Jon Adgemis has secured a $400 million refinancing deal to save his floundering hospitality gambit, but will be forced to sell down. According to sources, an agreement has been reached this week with the group’s

HOLEY MOLEY EXITS ENMORE AND GOES NORTH

The hilarity-hopped Holey Moley has closed in Newtown, as the double hit with Hijinx Hotel begins play again in Brisbane. Operator Funlab has been partnering putt putt with hospitality since 2016, best known for its brightly-coloured courses themed in 80s

UNDIES BANDIT ON THE LOOSE

A would-be bandit wearing budgie smugglers on his head is on the run from police, after an attempted hold-up of a pub in Port Melbourne. According to police, the man entered ALH’s Rex Hotel around 2.15am on Wednesday, 22 May.

HOTELIER CONVICTED OF STEALING MILLIONS FROM ABORIGINAL TRUST

A septuagenarian hotelier and financial advisor has been found guilty of swindling nearly $3 million from the Yugunga-Nya trust, supposedly to prop up his pub.   Thomas Graham Greenaway operated as trustee to the charitable fund, distributing mining royalties to

LEURA LISTED FOR PREMIUM PRICE

After less than two years, private owners have listed the handsome Leura Hotel in Camperdown with option to lease or buy. Found on the corner of Manifold and McNicol streets, the striking two-storey pub was built 1857. Ealy in the

OFFICER HIT AND RUN BY STOLEN CAR AT BURVALE HOTEL

Two men have been arrested after a stolen car was used to hit a senior police officer attempting to stop a getaway, in the carpark of the Burvale Hotel in Melbourne’s east. According to investigators, the men stole a white

LOCAL SYNDICATE TAKES MUDGEE’S PARAGON

New locals have taken the Fitzgerald prize, adding Mudgee’s historic Paragon Hotel to their growing portfolio. Built 1857 amid the region’s goldrush, the hotel was originally known as the Bushman’s Home. Around a decade after it was established it was

NEW OWNER RESTORES HOPE TO HISTORIC CAPTAIN

Captains Flat Hotel has seen its share of ups and downs over the last nine decades, and with new owner Sharanne Witt it’s set to be on the rise again once it is back serving the locals next month. An