Bush Telegraph

SEAN’S BAR NEE LUAIN’S INN: WORLD’S OLDEST PUB?

Posted on July 31st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_3210" align="alignright" width="446"] Image: Facebook[/caption] A post-card quaint Irish bar in the town of Athlone is quite possibly the oldest pub in the world. Holding the Guinness Book of World Records’ title to the oldest in Europe, Seán’s Bar

BOATHOUSE TAVERN TO MAKE MARKET SPLASH

Posted on July 29th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The last of former rich-lister Robert Fraser-Scott’s hotel properties has hit the market after three years languishing under the control of receivers. Surrounded by attractions, the Boathouse Tavern was one of 18 assets seized by Ernst & Young in April

GRAND FINAL BRAWL ENDS IN JAIL

Posted on July 8th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A brawl that twice erupted during last year’s AFL Grand Final has finally ended, with the final offender sentenced to 30 months in prison. Richard Clarke has been jailed for a drunken attack on Aaron Lloyd at the Langwarrin Hotel,

CHALKBOARD WISDOM

Posted on July 3rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A few gems to inspire chalkboard writers around Australia.                                                              

UNEMPLOYED – BARMAID WITH 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE

Posted on June 5th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_2666" align="alignright" width="407"] Lily Fleming[/caption] It’s a new era at Gladesville, as Australia’s longest-serving barperson hands in her towel. Starting work as a young woman, Lily Fleming was employed at Gladesville’s main road landmark, the Bayview Tavern in the

TOP HOTELIER HONOURED IN GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

Posted on May 20th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
One of Australia’s best-known hoteliers has been awarded ‘Champion of Entrepreneurship’ in the prestigious Enrst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. [caption id="attachment_2487" align="alignright" width="493"] Jenny & Peter Hurley at the Melbourne Cup[/caption] Starting his career as a bank

BALMAIN PUB GROUP GROWS GREENWOOD

Posted on May 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Balmain Pub Group has relaunched North Sydney’s Greenwood Hotel, as owner Nick Wills returns to his roots. Following a quiet acquisition of the Hotel late last year, BPG traded through the Christmas period before undertaking stage one of a

CHEEKY PUB OPERATORS STICK OUT FROM CROWD

Posted on May 4th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
As the British pub scene continues its seemingly relentless march toward anonymity and streamlined operations, one operator is attempting to impart a little ‘scouser’ humour into its venues. On Doric Street, in Seaforth, Merseyside, sits a 100-year-old pub long known

WHIM CREEK PUB – HEART OF STEEL AND GOLD

Posted on April 17th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
One of Australia’s most remote and history-soaked pubs has reopened, with a new significance and “ground-breaking” ownership. [caption id="attachment_1992" align="alignright" width="408"] Whim Creek Pub. Image: Wikipedia[/caption] Built in the 1890s, between Roebourne and Port Hedland in WA’s Pilbara region, the