Compromise Key to Unlock Sydney’s Nights By Sam Coffey – Three Cheers Training As an Australian, the adoption of the Sydney lockout laws and increased restrictions on licensed venues are disappointing, as they symbolise a ‘can’t-do’ attitude rather than an Aussie ‘can-do’ one. Our iconic “no worries” attitude was not on display when it came […]
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
Pubs Irish and otherwise around Australia and the globe enjoyed ‘craic’ing Guinness sales yesterday courtesy of another St. Patricks day, but clouds shroud the Celtic spirit. In Sydney, the annual and spectacular St. Patricks day parade was cancelled due to last year’s bad weather. The event incurred serious rain in 2015 and the organisers a
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I usually let shoot-from-the-hip criticism of our industry through to the keeper, thinking if someone hasn’t invested the time to get to know why and what we do properly, then just return the ignorance serve. We’ve all got better things to do than shout at the sky when keyboard warriors pull at the threads of
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UFC 196 hit pubs across Australia yesterday and amid the bloody upset a testosterone-charged pack of men played wanna-be outside the Hurstville Ritz. The Ultimate Fighting Championships cage-fighting phenomenon is a raw, often graphic embodiment of violence, between highly trained athletes and under close scrutiny, abiding by the “Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts”. Yesterday’s
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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A group of investors including publican Andrew Lazarus and entrepreneur Stuart King have launched a new $500 million pub fund. News has emerged that the unlisted Bondi Asset Management (BAM) has begun its portfolio acquisition with Lazarus’ Vauxhall Inn, in Granville. Currently #68 on the OLGR list of top gaming venues, The Australian reports its
Australia’s biggest music festival has begun for 2016, with Tamworth pubs reaping the rewards of hordes of live music fans flooding the town. The 44th annual Tamworth Country Music Festival kicked off last Wednesday, and will culminate at the gala awards night this Saturday. The ten days bring an estimated 55,000 visitors, and local businesses
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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