Investigators are treating as suspicious a fire that destroyed the historic and beloved Ky West Hotel in northern Victoria. Just before midnight on Monday (20 March), emergency services were summoned, and police and more than a dozen CFA vehicles rushed to the Ky West Hotel at Tongala, near Kyabram, around three hours north of Melbourne. […]
This is an open love letter to pubs. By Mel Buttle, comedian A good pub makes you feel both at home and comfortable, but a great pub makes me feel like getting a tattoo. Going out for dinner to a restaurant is one thing, and, yes, restaurants have their place, but going up the pub,
Heavy rainfall has drenched three states and left thousands flooded, including the Anglers Tavern in Melbourne’s west, fighting water to its second level but vowing to return. Swathes of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania copped heavy rain late last week, forcing many Victorians to flee their homes and many more kept on high alert. Areas experienced
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Despite rumours to the contrary, Brisbane legend The Fox Hotel is not in administration and hopes to reopen soon after massive damage during the floods earlier this year. The Fox was reportedly swamped during the brutal storms in February, and has been undergoing repairs ever since. “The basement, where our cellar, offices, all storage and
Coming out of COVID – by Max Hitchins, aka The Hospitality Doctor The last eighteen months have been tough for most people in hospitality and tourism. Whilst it seems COVID and it cohorts are now in the ‘rear view mirror’ the next 18 months will still be tough. As I watched COVID begin its attack
News has emerged Bruce Mathieson Jr has resigned as managing director of ALH, looking to pursue interests of his own. Father and son team, Bruce Mathieson Senior and Junior, created Australia’s largest portfolio of pubs, under the banner of Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH). In recent years Jr has been the Mathieson in charge of
The owners of the landmark Maree Hotel continue to find themselves trapped in New South Wales, with border closures and bureaucracy preventing their return and threatening the business. Publican of the Maree Hotel, Phil Turner and wife Marilyn left the town in South Australia in June, planning to collect a 34-person tour they were due
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 opening during a state-wide lockdown. Police had visited previously, warning the proprietor people should not
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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 on Saturday, finding a fire well established, a roof partially collapsed and plumes of dark
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 borders. Local firefighters from the town of just 134 people were summoned shortly before midnight,
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