Bush Telegraph

HISTORIC PUB SAVED FROM ACCIDENTAL BLAZE

Posted on August 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Batesford Hotel has been saved from a fire that took hold in the kitchen area around 12:20am last Thursday. Eight fire crews arrived on the scene to find the roof billowing smoke. It took them around two hours

AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST PUB SET TO BECOME VILLAGE

Posted on July 27th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The multi-award-winning Eatons Hill Hotel has begun its next stage of evolution, bringing five years of expectation and huge facilities with Eatons Hill Village. [caption id="attachment_6727" align="alignright" width="378"] Rob Comiskey with Mayor Allan Sutherland and Deputy Mayor Councillor Mike Charlton[/caption]

VALE ALBURY HOTEL FATHER LEIGH JENNINGS

Posted on July 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Wednesday saw a farewell to another legend of Oxford Street, as friends and celebrities mourned the passing of the Albury Hotel backbone, Leigh Jennings. The Albury Hotel reached its peak popularity during the most dramatic period in the gay community,

EXCLUSIVE: BEN MAY LIVID OVER ‘NEWS’ ABOUT HIS NEW PUB

Posted on July 6th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
High-profile hotelier Ben May is “stunned” at the reporting of claims he and partners are battling authorities over construction of their massive new venue in Bali. May, who owns the popular Manly Wharf Hotel, is also co-owner of Double Bay’s

SYDNEY CLOSED HOTEL EULOGY STRIKES A CHORD

Posted on July 1st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A stirring video tribute to some of the victims of the lockouts and trade restrictions around Kings Cross and Oxford Street has reached around a million views in two days. ‘Sydney Closed’ is an eerie, time-lapse video created by David

BREXIT THREATENS PUB DISRUPTION VIA PEE-PATENT

Posted on June 22nd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
June 23 will see Britons will vote whether or not to remain in the European Union (EU), threatening major disruption to British pubs and drinkers should ‘Brexit’ proceed. A positive vote by citizens of the UK to see Britain Exit

THE COLLAROY EVENT POSTPONED AMID WILD WEEKEND

Posted on June 6th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
PHMG’s The Collaroy swapped a master chef for a wild weekend as a storm front struck Sydney and battered the northern beaches. Gale-force winds and wild seas stripped the beach away along the northern Sydney coastline, with Collaroy and Narrabeen

VALE EMILY TROTT, WHEATSHEAF BELOVED

Posted on June 3rd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Adelaide is mourning the loss of one of its true characters of hospitality, Emily Trott, one of the three owners of the beloved Wheatsheaf Hotel. Trott passed away recently from cancer and a funeral service was held this week at

CRAFT BEER HELPING CYSTIC FIBROSIS

Posted on May 27th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Camperdown’s crafty gypsy brewers have raised over $10,000 for Cystic Fibrosis NSW, largely through a Rose Kölsch brewed the Wayward way. Wayward Brewing recently launched its ‘Craft for a Cause’ program, aiming to “spread the word on giving back to