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 of Quinninup, around 300 kilometres south of Perth. Changing times saw the timber mill close […]
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 one of the industry’s venerable hotelier families. The inaugural lunch last year saw an impressive
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Anzac Day – our national day of remembrance – is nigh. And as always, pubs are gearing up to honour on 25 April, their association with the mateship that embodies the fallen Anzacs. There are few locations more connected with Australia’s history than The Rocks. Standing should-to-shoulder on Cumberland Street, Marty Short’s the Australian Heritage
Abbotts Hotel at Waterloo is hosting a special fundraiser for local legends Weave Youth & Community Services, featuring local legends Badass Barbeque and Young Henrys. Weave Youth & Community Services (WYCS) provides a range of services to socially excluded young people, women, children and families in the heart of Sydney. Tomorrow (Saturday, 1 April) Abbotts
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Old-time publican Brian Kramer runs the kind of old-school pub that made pubs a staple of the Australian community. Amid soaring development and relentless gentrification, the Footscray Hotel occupies a prime block on bustling Hopkins Street, just a few blocks from the Maribyrnong River and five minutes’ walk from the station. Developers have been beating
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The new owner of Gympie’s Royal Hotel has laid down the law in defence of vilified patrons, and everyone’s right to enjoy themselves at the pub without harassment. Stacey Lowe has worked at the Royal for the past eight years, and just two months ago became the proud new owner of the Gympie local. Never
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Research by Oxford University has answered the question behind why people that attend their local pub are generally happier and healthier than those that don’t. The published findings cite benefits to both health and social bonding of (modest) alcohol consumption in the community pub, finding that social drinkers enjoy more friends on whom they can
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Two and half years after the town of Buchan lost its only pub, the new and world’s first crowd-funded Caves Hotel will be reborn tomorrow. A fire razed the landmark local pub on the night of 8 April, 2014. The accident saw the town of Buchan lose its meeting place and pit-stop for passing tourists.
South Australian pubs have once again led the annual Chip In For Mary Potter charity golf day, raising much-needed funds and awareness for palliative care. The Mary Potter Foundation is based in the belief that caring for people is both an honour and a privilege. It works to support a range of initiatives, including palliative
12 local families that banded together to buy the pub and save their town have seen their work pay off as the Border Inn Hotel scoops the Wimmera Business Awards. Apsley is a tiny town of about three hundred souls, straddling the Wimmera Hwy just seven kilometres from the South Australian border, in north-west Victoria.
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