Bush Telegraph

COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND HOTEL AFTER DEVASTATING BLAZE

Posted on August 28th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A shocking blaze left the town of Baralaba reeling last weekend as their beloved pub went up in flames early on the Saturday morning. The historic Baralaba Hotel, approximately 150 kilometres southwest of Rockhampton, had recently been refurbished and listed

CRANKIN: SAVED FROM DEMOLITION

Posted on August 21st, 2024 by Jane Louise
When a popular and historic Adelaide pub was facing the threat of demolition earlier this year, locals got together, petitioning the government in the hopes of saving the iconic venue. By April, the petition had reached the Green’s Heritage and

LOCAL LEGENDS RECOGNISED AT CITIZEN AWARDS

Posted on July 29th, 2024 by Jane Louise
The 2024 Blue Mountains Local Citizen of the Year awards, presented last Friday at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, found worthy achievements by locals including the innovative new Hotel Etico. The awards are a chance to recognise and honour efforts

COMMODE LES COMEDIE

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
At least one universal fact about people is that everybody must partake of the privy on a consistently regular basis, but the way venues around the world label female and male latrines is neither universal nor consistent. Sometimes clever, often

MAN BREAKS PUBS WORLD RECORD IN SYDNEY – AGAIN

Posted on April 17th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A Sydney man has smashed the official world record – set in Sydney last year – for the most pubs visited in 24 hours. David Clarkson, a 69-year-old retired accountant, took the title from Harry Kooros and Jake Loiterton, who

A BEER MARATHON ACROSS SYDNEY

Posted on March 11th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
A pack of Newcastle lads upped the ante on the lauded ‘beer mile’ by downing ten beverages at ten pubs during the course of running 42 kilometres, in a beer marathon. Novocastrian Lachlan Earnshaw and his brother Elliott are fond

CAR PLOUGHS INTO TOURIST TOWN PUB PATRONS

Posted on November 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Five people are dead, including two children, after a BMW drove into a crowded outdoor area at the Royal Hotel in Daylesford around 6pm on Sunday evening. Established in 1856 in the centre of the small tourist-based town about 100

ALH ROLLING OUT HEART-STARTERS

Posted on October 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
ALH and a former Wiggle have teamed up to save lives through the rollout of defibrillators in more than 350 hotels across the country. This week Endeavour Group, parent company to Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH), announced a new partnership

BREW-HA-HA RAGES OVER CROOKED FIRE

Posted on August 11th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
An international storm has erupted and prompted sombre investigation after Britain’s historic so-called ‘wonkiest’ pub closed, burned down and was swiftly demolished. Built in the 1830s, the Crooked House in Himley withstood and was suitably modified to accommodate its foundations