Bush Telegraph

HOTELS HAVE HEARTS BREAKTHROUGH: RECORD 2018

Posted on May 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Hotels Have Hearts gala dinner has been and gone for another year, with publicans raising a record-breaking $750,000 in aid of St Vincent de Paul. Hotels Have Hearts (HHH) was established in 2001 by a group of generous hoteliers

RICHMOND’S RG MCGEES TO MARKET

Posted on March 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Jason Teague and partner have listed their pub in Sydney’s north, weighing investment or divestment on the main street long lease. Teague is a career publican who grew up in Sydney’s inner-west, starting behind the bar at the Summer Hill

LIDDYS LIST ENGADINE TAVERN AFTER 39 YEARS

Posted on March 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After 39 years, the Liddy family is parting with the sprawling Engadine Tavern, set on 5,576sqm in an “under-pubbed” south-western Sydney precinct. The Liddys purchased the pub in 1979, Engadine at the time a growing residential area following a large-scale

INVESTORS SHEDDING LAMBTON PARK

Posted on February 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
A group of Sydney-based investors has listed the Lambton Park Hotel in suburban Newcastle, as they shift focus onto their Sydney pub. The two-storey red-brick incorporates a public bar, quality food offering, 15 gaming machines and eight accommodation rooms on

MARY CRAWLEY’S TATTERSALLS HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE

Posted on January 17th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The life and love of 93-year-old publican Mary Crawley has been lost, with outback cornerstone the Tattersalls Hotel destroyed by fire. The 1884-built Tattersalls sits on a stretch of the Mitchell Highway 136 kilometres north of Bourke, on the NSW/Queensland

WHAT MAKES PORT MACQUARIE PUBS TICK: ALISTAIR FLOWER

Posted on September 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After years running pubs for large operations such as NLG, Redcape and Public House Management Group, Alistair Flower took the plunge into freehold ownership with the Settlers Tavern in Port Macquarie in late 2015. Quickly adopting the change of pace,

FOWLER FAMILY EXIT INDUSTRY AND LAKE VIEW

Posted on September 4th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After 50 years behind the bar, Terry Fowler has passed the reins of his Bendigo pub to further enjoy his retirement. One of the stalwarts of the Victorian industry, Terry and family including wife Helen have satisfied customers at half