Legends

BAYFIELDS PUBS RUBY ANNIVERSARY REPUTE

Posted on March 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Bayfield family is celebrating its 40th anniversary in pubs, keeping up business as usual, fighting cancer and brewing ale. On 27 March this year it will be 40 years since the family took possession of the Dee Why Hotel,

WHARF HOTEL STAFF SAVE DROWNING MAN OUTSIDE

Posted on November 21st, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A Melbourne man is lucky to be alive after the quick thinking and bravery of staff at the Wharf Hotel, who jumped in the Yarra River to save him. Four bartenders at the Hotel were closing and enjoying an after-hours

OUTBACK LEGEND PUBS REVIVE GIANT MAREE MAN

Posted on August 24th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Outback icons the Maree Hotel and William Creek Hotel have led the revival of South Australia’s famous ‘Maree Man’ – the world’s second-largest geoglyph. Located nearly 800 kilometres due north of Adelaide, in the State’s far north, Maree Man is

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,

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

CRAFTY BEER PROGRAM HELPS INDUSTRY HELP CHARITY

Posted on April 15th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Camperdown’s Wayward Brewery has found its way into the first of its “Craft for a Cause” programs, helping pubs and the craft beer industry help community causes. On Wednesday special guests attended Wayward’s inner-west brewery to take part in the

THE BALLAD OF NED SMELLY AND THE GLENROWAN INN

Posted on March 23rd, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Words by Mark Leonard, Seeing Things Productions Artwork by Lee Van Dam    Ned Smelly - Australia's most unhygienic bushranger   I tell a tale of days gone by, A tale that’s mostly true. And I won’t skip the stinky

HOSPITALITY LEGEND ROBERT OATLEY PASSES

Posted on January 11th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
One of Australia’s legendary hotel industry figures and richest men passed away from illness yesterday, aged 87. Robert ‘Bob’ Oatley was founder of the legendary Rosemount Estate Wines, sold in 2001 for $1.4 billion. In 2003 he purchased Hamilton Island