The Short family’s Seabreeze Beach Hotel will soon be again the centre of historic South West Rocks’ celebration of its wartime significance, with the fourth annual German Fest. During World War I German prisoners of war of wealth and social standing were ‘guests’ of an intern camp within the Trial Bay gaol, on a peninsula […]
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The Blackwood Hotel, just north of the Lerderderg State Forest, is conducting investigations into activity on the premises involving spirits of inhabitants past. Owners Michael Boyd and Darren Lynch took over the old pub just over a year ago, and are convinced there are ghosts at the Blackwood. “There’s definitely an energy here,” Boyd told
The baker’s dozen that make up Maryborough’s PubFest pub crawl are on track to reclaim the world record. The Queensland township of Maryborough is just south of Hervey Bay, inland of Fraser Island. It became the original holder of the Guinness Book of World Records listing for the most participants in an organised ‘pub crawl’.
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Australia’s most German of bier houses is throwing a month-long party to celebrate 500 years of the revered Bavarian “Purity” Law, with brand new and very old craft beers. The fun-loving bier barns of Europe are a stark contrast to the serious approach of the Germans to brewing beer that five centuries ago saw laws
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After years of preparation, The Fox Hotel and Aria Property are hosting the inaugural Fish Lane Festival to showcase the stars of Brisbane’s hottest new ‘laneway’ dining precinct. The Fox underwent an extensive renovation in 2014, repositioning itself from ‘party pub’ to community hub, with a greater focus on the function market and a range
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Almost thirty years ago an Australian box office extravaganza put one unlikely pub in remote north-west Queensland on the international map. The Walkabout Creek Hotel, formerly the Federal Hotel, resides in McKinley, Queensland … a home to just 16 residents that makes most small towns look big. The 1986 movie, which went on to become
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The Short Group is taking its city-side experience with beer festivals to the NSW North Coast, with the inaugural Crafts on the Coast event taking place at the Seabreeze Beach Hotel Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March. Well versed in the art of crafty beer and cider festivals, W.Short Hotel Group has explored the market
Albury-grown group Armada Hospitality continues expansion of its successful boutique beer pubs, and has launched a competition to bolster its motto of: great beer – whatever the source. The Beer DeLuxe chain began in Melbourne’s Federation Square in 2012, as the Albury-based group saw opportunity for a ‘deluxe’ beer menu model championing the best in
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The Australian Heritage Hotel is gearing up for its 11th Annual Australian Beer Festival, showcasing 130 home-grown brews to the craft-thirsty public. The original home of craft beer, the Australian Heritage in The Rocks specialises in Australian beers, ciders and wines, and this year’s festival – taking place 16-18 October – puts crafted brews and
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Despite no NSW teams in this year’s Grand Finals, pubs around the country report a massive footy-soaked October long weekend. Few embraced the opportunity more than the new owners of the freshly refurbished Cauliflower Hotel, in the heart of southern Sydney. Open just two months, Pippi and Justin Drew threw a combined Footy Finals and
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