Bush Telegraph

LOCAL SAVES HEBEL PUB BY BUYING TOWN

Posted on August 13th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Local legend Frank Deshon has saved the pub and people of Hebel from fading off the map by buying every business in town. Hebel is a tiny town in south-west Queensland, on the Castlereagh Highway, just a few kilometres on

LOCKDOWN-DEFYING PASTORAL PUB SEEKS $25k TO PAY FINES

Posted on July 30th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Defiant Victorian publican Trevor Andrews has reopened his Echuca pub, and is seeking help with the massive fines he got for doing so last week. The Pastoral Hotel in Echuca, in regional Victoria, made news around the country by blatantly

RAZED CY O’CONNOR PUB VOWS TO RETURN

Posted on June 7th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Popular Perth local the CY O'Connor Village pub was consumed by a blaze over the weekend, but the owners are vowing to rebuild. Emergency services were called to the CYO in Piara Waters, a suburb of south Perth, around 5:30pm

TWO STOREY FIRE TAKES OUTBACK ICON

Posted on February 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A major fire on Wednesday night has destroyed the historic Two Storey Hotel in the outback town of Tibooburra. Tibooburra is the most north-western precinct in the state, almost 1200 kilometres from Sydney, near both the South Australian and Queensland

VALE HOTEL HEAVYWEIGHT JOHN THORPE

Posted on December 4th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Australian hotel industry is mourning the loss of industry legend John Thorpe AM, who passed away Thursday aged 80 following a long illness. Considered a giant of the hotel scene, Thorpe served two terms as President of Australian Hotels

NSW BUDGET TO SHOUT EVERYONE FOOD AND FUN

Posted on November 18th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW budget announced yesterday has flagged $100 in hospitality vouchers for every adult in the State in a $500 million bid to help re-start the sector. The budget has earmarked four $25 'Out & About vouchers', to be spent

MELBOURNE CUP ANNOUNCEMENT

Posted on October 2nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Max Hitchins – known as Melbourne-Cup-Max – very likely knows more about the race that stops a nation than anyone else, including being able to quote the first, second and third place-getters in the past 100 Melbourne Cups.  He produces

MAX RESHAPES ITS PERFORMANCE SOLUTION

Posted on September 25th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Gaming services specialist MAX has released news of its reshaped Performance Solutions model, coming with a video explaining the changes and benefits to venues. Following feedback from industry, the company’s offer has been reworked to reportedly provide more choice and

ICONIC SPOTTED DOG DESTROYED

Posted on July 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
A massive fire has destroyed the popular Spotted Dog Tavern and adjacent backpackers hostel in Bundaberg. Around 11pm on Monday night a fire broke out at the Spotted Dog, on Bourbong Street, formerly known as the Federal Hotel. The blaze

COOPERS SHOUT BEERS TO ‘ROLL ON IN’ TO PUBS

Posted on July 15th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australian beer doyen Coopers Brewery recently announced what it says will be the first of its initiatives to help pubs on the road to recovery, by shouting consumers 15,000 draught beers with the “Roll On In, Pub’s Open” campaign. The