A mysterious fire has claimed the historic and closed Farmer’s Home Hotel in Matong, with Riverina authorities currently investigating. Ganmain Police received the call that the 100-year-old pub was on fire on Wednesday. Fire crews battled the blaze, but conceding it was too far gone workers executed a controlled demolition of the building, which had […]
(Article courtesy Betoota Advocate – Australia’s oldest newspaper) CLANCY OVERELL | Editor A local self-confessed ‘jeans guy’ has today unveiled his disgustingly pale legs, after deciding it is now warm enough to wear shorts. After deciding on a nice pair of khaki knee-lengths, local sports analyst Keiran Gertrude (31) went down to the pub for a
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Momento Hospitality has been quietly achieving excellence and recognition, as seen in police commendations for two staff members and independent awards for business. On 22 September a young man collapsed in the Bella Vista Hotel, appearing to have stopped breathing. GM Salvatore Bellomo immediately went to the man’s assistance, commencing cardio pulmonary compressions. Colleague Chelsea
Steven Speed’s WDS Hotels has divested the elegant Bellevue Hotel in Sydney’s east to industry stalwarts the Malouf family. Built 1880, the elegant two-storey Bellevue adorns the corner of Hargrave Street and Windsor Lane, in the very-pubbed suburb of Paddington. It has gone through a succession of name owners, including John Singleton and Geoff Dixon’s
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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Redcape CEO Dan Brady has taken a ‘dare to cure’ challenge, subjecting himself to a snake bath in aid of the Children’s Cancer Institute. Brady joined other company CEOs, MDs and business leaders at one of the #ceodaretocure challenge days, when bosses agree to undergo one of the six options to raise money and awareness
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A Brisbane pub has broken the Guinness World Record for pouring the most beers on tap from a single supplier, ranging 131 on the weekend. Dainton Family Brewery partnered with whopping sports bar and craft beer den the Price Alfred Hotel for the record attempt, billed as the “mother of all beer events”. It took
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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
The pub industry has lost two of its finest with the passing of Ian Larkin and Mick Leis. Larkin was a pillar of the Ballarat and broader Victorian pub community, as a prominent long-time delegate for the AHA in Victoria, key to the establishment of the Ballarat Liquor Accord, and winner of the AHA’s coveted
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