Bush Telegraph

‘LUCKY NO-ONE KILLED’ AS NIGHTCLUB WALL COLLAPSES

Posted on July 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial wall collapse in busy nightclub The Library last weekend, with police suggesting it was lucky no-one was killed. The Library, in Northbridge – Perth's entertainment district – was hosting an event called

VALE PAUL IRVIN

Posted on June 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
This week the Australian hotel industry mourns the loss of an icon of the past half-century, with the passing of NSW and Queensland great, Paul Irvin. Paul Michael Irvin was born in Maroubra on 15 September 1927. His father died

INFAMOUS GOLD FIELDS PUB GUTTED BY FIRE

Posted on May 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The historic and somewhat infamous Ora Banda Hotel has been destroyed by fire in suspicious circumstances. Fire and emergency crews were called to the scene at Ora Banda, arriving around 6:30am on Saturday to find the Hotel already engulfed in

VALE PETER BURNETT AM

Posted on May 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Australian hotel industry is a little less bright with the passing of Lord of the Isles doyen, charity worker, Association veteran and family man, Peter Burnett. Burnett was President of AHA (Vic) from 1997 to 2018 and National AHA

GENERAL GORDON SYDENHAM SET TO RETURN

Posted on April 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Nine months after suffering serious damage in a fire, the historic General Gordon Hotel is on the road to recovery. Late July last year, news emerged that a fire had engulfed much of the well-known 1930s Sydenham pub, causing the

TEEN DIES FALLING THROUGH PUB ROOF

Posted on April 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A young man recently died of injuries sustained after falling through part of the roof of a Corowa pub. It is understood 18-year-old Jack James was socialising with friends at a 21st birthday party at the Royal Hotel, on the

AUSTRALIA’S RICHEST 250 REVEALED

Posted on April 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Australian has published its inaugural Australia’s Richest 250 list, said to be the biggest study of wealth ever undertaken in Australia. Australia’s Richest 250 was published in a special of The Weekend Australian magazine on the weekend. The List

OLD HEPBURN TO PASS ON

Posted on March 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Old Hepburn Hotel will soon close after more than a century and a half, as new title-holders consider other plans for the site. The pub was built in the town of Hepburn Springs, around 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne,

BROADWAY HOTEL SAVED FROM THE BALL

Posted on March 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The historic, heritage and twice-burned Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba has survived another attempted demolition, a state government Stop Order holding back the wrecking ball another 60 days. The Broadway Hotel was built 1889, on the corner of Logan Road and