Five local pubs threw their hats in the ring for Ballarat’s Best Pie competition this year to showcase the town’s finest chefs and local produce. The pubs faced stiff competition, with 23 other contenders from local restaurants, cafes, bars and distilleries all vying for top place. Tourism Midwest Victoria, which is running the event throughout […]
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The Tarana Hotel, a regional pub in New South Wales, is currently addressing mental ill-health in a unique and creative way. Throughout July and August, the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) is hosting free storytelling and songwriting workshops at the pub. Run by Arts OutWest and Abby Smith from regional country/folk/jazz duo Smith and
Approaching four years since the world turned upside down and the unthinkable happened – the pubs were shut – Jennifer Hale reflects on the lessons learned. * By sharing photographs from an exhibition entitled Resilience, the state library of Western Australia aims to remind viewers how retail and hospitality businesses showed adaptability and perseverance during
A remote Aussie pub 160 kilometres west of Charters Towers in North Queensland has grabbed attention from people all over Australia, thanks to one social media post. Oasis Exchange Hotel publican Priscilla Meli did not expect the huge response to her Facebook post announcing their ‘pay it forward’ donation scheme to help truckies doing it
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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 in Australia have run out of food in the last year due to limited finances,
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 and Ross Streets, since 1813. In 1823 settler John Tunks built the pub that has
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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 around 435 people. O’Neill began renovating the 150-year-old pub in June, before opening on 24
Residents of the storied town of Oodnadatta have been relying on the famous Pink Roadhouse pub for survival, as flood waters cut the town off from supplies and help is sparse. Oodnadatta is a remote outback town nearly 900 kilometres north of Adelaide and home to a community of 130 people. In recent weeks, huge
ALH is rolling out ‘SantaGram’ to over 100 venues, in partnership with Grub Lab, with the aim of making this a Christmas to remember “after a year to forget”. Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH), is Australia’s largest pub company, operating more than 300 venues. The SantaGram, by hospitality tech company Grub Lab, will be
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Lion has returned to the Armatree Hotel, launching a community program in support of mental health, in collaboration with Gotcha4Life. A special free Christmas Dinner for held for the local community at the Armatree Hotel on 1 December, welcoming Gus Worland, founder of Gotcha4Life, as special guest host for the evening. A new collaboration with
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