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ILLAWARRA HOTELS’ BIG HEARTS

Posted on October 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Wednesday night saw a record-breaking effort by the Hotels Have Hearts Illawarra team, collecting $178,000 for local special-needs schools. The Illawarra’s hotel elite hosted special guests including a contingent from the AHA NSW, as well as kids and staff from

PUBLIC HOUSE HOSTS ANOTHER BIG LADIES’ LUNCHEON

Posted on October 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Public House Group has racked up another big win for charity, with the second annual Ladies Luncheon at Bistro Moncur in the Woollahra Hotel last Friday. The inaugural 2016 event of the Ladies Luncheon raised over $135,000 for the Royal

THE ESPY ROCKS ST KILDA AGAIN

Posted on September 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The famous and too-long dormant Esplanade Hotel reopened last weekend for the first time in over two years, in homage to St Kilda Art Crawl and the pub’s indelible link to live music. One of Melbourne’s cultural institutions, the Esplanade

PUBS’ BIG HEARTS AND BIG LUNCHES MAKE BIG BUCKS

Posted on August 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
This week two leading Sydney pubs have joined forces with rugby ambassadors to generate funds and awareness for charities helping everyday Australians. W. Short Hotel Group again hosted its annual Bledisloe Cup Luncheon, for the Gidget Foundation, founded by Marty

BEERMO TO BRING GIRLS AND MOUSTACHES IN PUBS IN MOVEMBER

Posted on August 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Stomping Ground has teamed up with Movember to get women involved in the celebrated moustache-twirling antics of the month-long awareness and fund-raising in the name of men’s health. While Australian men have a lingering reputation for stoicism in the face

BAYFIELD FIGHTING FEAR AND FIRE FOR CHILDREN’S CANCER

Posted on August 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Kaine Bayfield is at it again – scaring his own pants off in the name of helping sick children. The Children’s Cancer Institute is Australia’s only dedicated medical research institute for childhood cancer. Cancer kills more Australian children each year

MYSTERY MILLIONAIRE AT REDCAPE’S WATTLE HOTEL

Posted on July 26th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Redcape’s family-centric Wattle Hotel has been buzzing with the news of an unclaimed million-dollar Keno win. The Wattle, in Upper Coomera, just north of the Gold Coast, prides itself on being the “heart of Coomera” and offering “something for mum,

THE QUINNY RAZED BUT OWNER NOT DETERRED

Posted on July 17th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Popular landmark the Quinninup Tavern went up in flames early Saturday morning, but it is not all over for the little pub that could. The Quinninup Tavern, known as The Quinny, was built in 1950 in the emerging logging town

PHMG RUGBY LUNCH ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Posted on June 16th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has served up another spectacular rugby and philanthropy-filled lunch at the Woollahra Hotel, raising over $200,000 for Sydney Children’s Hospital. 2017 marks the second instalment of the PHMG Rugby Lunch charity event, backed by