Fire has destroyed the historic Ranges Hotel in Gembrook, east of Melbourne, with little remaining beyond rescued memorabilia. Dozens of firefighters were called around 4am Monday morning to the heritage-listed Ranges, the only pub in the small town around 75 kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, famously at the end of the Puffing Billy railway line. […]
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A heritage-listed pub in suburban Brisbane has gone up in flames for the third time in eight years, shortly following a $260 million development application for the site. The Broadway Hotel on Logan Road Woolloongabba was built 1889 for publican Michael McKenna by architects John Hall & Son. It showcases late Victorian architecture, influenced by
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The iconic Commercial Hotel in the heart of Dalby has been destroyed by fire, after emergency services were called early Wednesday morning to a blaze engulfing the building. The tile-fronted two-storey brick Commercial Hotel was built in 1909, replacing the original pub structure on the site, built 1885 by Dan Condon, who ran it until
Award-winning publican Geoff Hayward has put his company Capital Management into voluntary liquidation as he exits the pub game. Hayward bought the Brisbane Hotel 15 years’ ago with investor partners, executing a big-budget transformation of the tired pub and positioning it to become a hub of Perth’s burgeoning dining scene, the portfolio coming to include
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The General Gordon Hotel has been destroyed by fire this afternoon, with the roof collapsing, neighbouring buildings damaged, and public transport diverted. Emergency services were called to the historic Sydenham pub around 1:15pm today, finding a significant blaze in the second storey. An exclusion zone was set up, prompted by concerns for the 20 gas
Hannons Hotel in the mining mecca of Kalgoorlie is moving with the times, employing its first ‘skimpy’ bar staff to strut his stuff pulling beers. Founded in 1989 as an amalgamation with adjacent Boulder, Kalgoorlie is 600 kilometres west of Perth and central to Western Australia’s “golden mile”, and shares a hard-living population of around
Newcastle hotelier Mark Chegwidden is being challenged by fast food chain Salsas for illegal use of the term ‘Taco Tuesday’. Salsas is a Mexican-style food outlet backed by TV identity Janine Allis with around 50 sites in the eastern states, predominantly Victoria. It’s Store Locator shows no locations in Newcastle or Sydney. The restaurant chain
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Longreach’s historic outback pub was destroyed by fire overnight, joining the fate of its famed Townsville counterpart, the Victoria Park. Fire broke out at the 100-year-old Lyceum Hotel around 7pm Thursday night. By the time authorities arrived it had well and truly taken hold, and locals watched in dismay as the popular watering hole was
A fire has gutted Colonial Leisure Group’s inner-Melbourne institution Bimbo Deluxe overnight. Emergencies services were called to the Brunswick Street pub around 1:20am, and 24 firefighters battled the blaze into the early hours. The fire is said to have been concentrated in the first-floor offices, and believed to have spread to the main bar on
The life and love of 93-year-old publican Mary Crawley has been lost, with outback cornerstone the Tattersalls Hotel destroyed by fire. The 1884-built Tattersalls sits on a stretch of the Mitchell Highway 136 kilometres north of Bourke, on the NSW/Queensland border, and is one of just two pubs in the precinct of Enngonia. Despite its
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