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 Hotel – The Espy – has proudly stood facing west over Port Philip Bay since […]
A 200-year-old heritage pub is slated for demolition to make way for the new Parramatta light rail that critics say is going the wrong way anyway. The classic Royal Oak has sat on the corner of Parramatta’s Church and Ross Streets since 1813. Behind the pub are stables that are even older, also heritage-listed, as
200-YEAR-OLD ROYAL OAK PUB FACES DEMO FOR LIGHT RAIL LAPSE Read More »
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 family and friends”. On Saturday night someone bought a Keno ticket that landed a
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
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
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
FOOTSCRAY HOTEL: DEVOUT LOCAL IN MELBOURNE’S HEART Read More »
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
ROYAL HOTEL GYMPIE HITS NEWS FOR ‘NOT WELCOME’ HOMOPHOBE POLICY Read More »
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
OXFORD PROVES WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW – GOING TO THE PUB IS GOOD FOR YOU Read More »
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.
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.
A product of The Information Collective
ACN. 603 201 109
ABN. 21 603 201 109
