Changing Times

STUMPS HOTEL PULLS STUMPS AND RELOCATES

Posted on March 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A tenancy dispute has dislodged the Stumps Hotel from its grounds in Ipswich, with the business owners literally packing up and moving on. The long-running dispute centres on areas of the building that leaseholders Rajesh Sharma and his wife Prianka

Hi-Fi bars go quietly into administration

Posted on February 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The music has stopped for prominent venues The Hi-Fi group, with a statement announcing voluntary administration due to a dispute with a single creditor. Owners of the three music venues, including former Carlton footballer Luke O’Sullivan, issued the statement last

Hawkesbury’s Jolly Frog will be saved!

Posted on February 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Sitting dormant and fire-torn at the entrance to Windsor township, the Jolly Frog looks set to come back to life as Hawkesbury Council takes it under its wing. Vacant for the past three years, the historic pub was gutted by

ALH’s 1968-built Burvale Hotel in heritage brouhaha

Posted on February 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
An ALH pub in outer Melbourne has become embroiled in a heritage debate that would appear to contradict the buildings own origins. Built less than 50 years ago in 1968, the Burvale Hotel/Motel is a largely unaltered example of work

It’s closing time for British pubs

Posted on January 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Daniel ‘Rant’ Leroy is a pseudo-veteran of the Australian hospitality scene, having strutted about as a licensee, general manager and operator at some impressive Sydney venues. These days he consults privately to operators in Europe, maintaining his persona of a

Fire strikes the heart of Cobar

Posted on January 12th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW rural town of Cobar lost two of its beloved in August, as one of its oldest pubs burnt to the ground and a local firefighter tragically lost his life defending it. Borne of a copper rush that began