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MULLETFEST: FIGHTING BRAIN CANCER

Posted on December 7th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Winners of the 2023 Mulletfest, attracting international competition, have been awarded their party-in-the-back prizes after the big event over the weekend. Mulletfest began in 2018 at the Chelmsford Hotel, in Kurri Kurri. It raises money for a cause very close

GRAND HOTEL’S PANTRY – FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY

Posted on November 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

In the wake of startling food insecurity in Queensland households, the Corliss family’s very Grand Hotel is going beyond the counter meals to provide groceries and staples to locals in need. The Foodbank Hunger Report 2023 found 3.7 million households

CBH POSTS ANOTHER WIN ON GOLF DAY

Posted on October 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Chris Cheung’s Coogee Bay Hotel has bettered last year’s new record, raising more than a quarter-million dollars for the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick. The famous beachside pub has a longstanding tradition of giving back to the community, beginning with

ACCUSATIONS HISTORIC ROYAL OAK PARRAMATTA FELLED FOR ‘NO REASON’

Posted on July 12th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Accusations have surfaced suggesting the former government mishandled works around the historic 200-year-old Royal Oak Hotel of Parramatta, demolished to make way for a new light rail. There has been a hotel on the site, on the corner of Church

EASTER DELIGHT FOR SECONDBITE

Posted on March 31st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney

Australian Venue Co is driving fundraising for food charity SecondBite across the Easter long weekend, donating money from every ‘parma’ sold at pubs across the country. SecondBite is Australia’s largest free food rescue organisation, assisting 1,400 charities, with a mission

PUB TACKLING MENTAL HEALTH HURDLES IN DEEPWATER

Posted on October 5th, 2022 by Jane Louise

It’s not common to find a mental health themed pub in the Australian bush, but this is just what Stuart O’Neill has done after taking the reins of the Deepwater Top Pub, a hotel-motel in a New England community of

CAMDEN VALLEY INN GIVES TO KIDS OF MACARTHUR

Posted on July 27th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney

Lewis Land Group's Camden Valley Inn is helping families with sick children, last week donating $20k to local children's health charity Kids of Macarthur. Registered children’s charity Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation serves the Macarthur region, encompassing the LGAs of

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