In the true spirit of community, a determined family of patrons have banded together to save their local pub – by buying it. As the weary owners of the almost one-hundred-year-old Bolgart Hotel seek a graceful retirement from the rigours of pub operation, a town faces the loss of its heart and hub. Locals for […]
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The all too common scenario of a regional pub taken by flames recently saw the end of Pittsworth’s Tattersalls Club Hotel and a short-stay resident inside. Around 2:30am last Thursday, fire alarms sounded a warning for the 12 people inside the circa 1900 two-storey timber structure, but only 11 were outside when fire crews arrived
An employee at the Hurley Group’s Port Lincoln Hotel has been voted the most U.G.L.Y in Australia for 2015. Jenny Hurley told PubTIC they are very proud. “Peter and I are proud that Brad and the team at the Port Lincoln raised so much money!” U.G.L.Y (Understanding, Generous, Likeable You) bartender of the year Brad
The century-old Globe Hotel has been revived at the hands of a multi-million renovation, as a hub of the town of Barcaldine. Last Thursday the central-west Queensland town, around 600 kilometres inland from Rockhampton, saw the classic two-storey Queenslander hotel reopen as The Globe Visitor Information Centre. The 1910 pub closed a few years ago,
Sydney’s Newtown showed off its ability to eat, drink and rock yesterday, with thousands attending the “King Street Crawl” – without a single incident recorded by police. The brain-child of Matt and Dan Rule – the former operators of the beleaguered Annandale Hotel – the precinct-wide party was fundamentally a tribute to Sydney’s floundering live
Bayfield Hotels held its annual liquor industry trade luncheon last week, with guests again showing overwhelming support for the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI). Attendees gathered at the Dee Why Hotel for fundraiser activities and keynote speakers, and brought over $125,000 to the cumulative total of $2.25 million raised by the Bayfields. “We are humbled by
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In a world-first for ‘crowd-funding’ campaigns, the “heart” of a tiny Victorian town will be reborn. A fire destroyed Buchan’s Caves Hotel on 8 April, 2014, leaving the town of just 400 people without its meeting place and best reason for tourists to stop. “Men stood in the streets in their pyjamas and cried,” town
Sponsor businesses and Hurley Hotel Group are calling for support for this year’s Chip In For Charity Golf Day in October. To date the event has raised over $280,000 for the Mary Potter Foundation and Hospice, with the generous support of local businesses and major sponsors Coopers, Carlton & United Breweries, and Lion. This year’s
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Industry has come out in support of Victoria’s “Homesafe” scheme that promises public transport throughout the night across weekends. Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Wade Noonan announced the Homesafe timetables would begin new year’s day, providing train, tram and bus transport on major lines every hour all night across weekends. Train services
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Marty Short and W.Short Hotel Group are bringing Wallabies to The Rocks to raise money and awareness for the close-to-home Gidget Foundation. Next Wednesday (5 August) Fox Sports’ Nick McArdle will host a special lunch at The Glenmore, with silent auctions and special guest appearances and Q&A with rugby legends Phil Waugh, John Eales, Tim
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