Pubs across Australia are leading the charge to help farmers struggling through one of the worst droughts in decades, with fundraising programs such as ‘Parma for a Farmer’ sprouting in every State. Recent coverage of the plight of rural areas in the eastern states has brought awareness of the dire conditions facing many farm-holders, who […]
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
Less than a month after a fire destroyed their home of two decades and life as they knew it, Robyn and Frank Sexton have resumed trading at their scorched, historic Townsville pub. After more than 20 years running Townsville’s oldest pub, the Victoria Park Hotel, in early June the Sextons escaped the building as they
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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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Chris Cheung has shot down rumours the legendary Coogee Bay Hotel is being shopped around, turning down astronomical offers to continue doing what he loves and championing the hotel industry. Despite media suggesting an off-market campaign to sell the CBH was taking place, drawing the “cream of the crop” including pub superstar Justin Hemmes, it
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The Ryan family has sold its long-held Sun Hotel in Townsville to the ever-diligent Redcape Hotel Group for around $20 million. Peter Ryan bought the large-format Townsville pub back in 1988, operating it remotely from Sydney and building it into a staple of the tropical town, popularly known as the ‘Rising Sun’. While thoughts of
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
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