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 our community” courtesy of delicious boutique beers. The first collaboration was with Cystic Fibrosis NSW […]
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 inaugural ‘Cheers To Charity’ Brew Day Event, in support of Cystic Fibrosis NSW (CFNSW). In
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 bits, Like treading in horse poo. Now Bushranging might sound like fun, “Bail up
The Irish Times has pronounced a tiny old pub in Ireland as the best … perhaps “in the world”. The Jim O’ The Mill has been trading for around two hundred years, in the two-hundred year old farmhouse built by the proprietor’s great-great-grandfather. It has no signage or anything to reveal it is a pub,
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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 for $200 million out of receivership, and invested $300 million in rebuilding it as an
The face of hospitality is a little duller today as news emerges of the passing of regional dignitary Greg “Willie” Williams, aged 63. The long-time owner of Wagga Wagga’s Astor Inn was the town’s longest-serving publican and a pillar of the hotel community, and represented the district for a number of years on the Australian
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The historic Kandanga Hotel was destroyed by fire on Saturday morning, and locals determined to not lose their pub had it trading again the next day. Local John Greensill owns the pub, south of Gympie, which is mostly operated by his father and mother Doug and Carol Greensill. Doug and Carol ha ve previously operated
Four friends recently finished perhaps Australia’s greatest pub crawl, taking 32 years to visit every Melbourne hotel. Stuart McArthur, Mick Stephens, Llewella Bates and Tim Dorgan attended teaching college together in 1980, and became regular Saturday night visitors to Carlton’s The Clyde. In an attempt to keep their post-university lives from diverging too far, they undertook a
A star-studded guest list attended the AHA National’s Awards for Excellence on Monday night, with the best of Australia’s hotel industry named for 2015. Guests and veterans gathered at Jupiter’s Casino on the Gold Coast to celebrate the best hotel individuals and venues from around the country, determined from the best of every State. While
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A woman has completed possibly the world’s longest pub-crawl, visiting every one of the most commonly named pubs in the UK – the Red Lion. British personal trainer Cathy Price began the marathon effort after watching the Grand National at a local Red Lion. “I saw a plaque saying it is the most common pub
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