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EAST SYDNEY FIRST TIME TO MARKET IN 50 YEARS

The landmark East Sydney Hotel in Woolloomooloo is being sold as a freehold going concern, making its first appearance on the open market in nearly 50 years. The handsome three-storey pub was built in the Victorian Georgian style, in 1856,

GOULBURN HOTELS IN THE HOT SEAT

NSW hub Goulburn is feeling the pinch, with three of its seven pubs suddenly closing and another one a crime scene after a man was killed. Former western Sydney hotelier Simon Paterson established Goulburn Pub Group in 2024 and went

THE GREAT HOTEL COMEBACK

There was a time when staying in an Airbnb felt like discovering a travel secret. A chance to live like a local, find somewhere with character and enjoy a more personal experience than the predictable surroundings of a hotel. But

STRAWBERRY HILLS FOR LAUNDY CLAN

Surry Hills institution the Strawberry Hills Hotel has been sold by legacy hoteliers the Hargreaves family to the pilots of the Laundy Hotels empire, Danielle and Shane Richardson. Almost a decade after purchasing the nearby Shakespeare Hotel, in 1975, matriarch

EVEN REMOTE ICONIC PUBS BATTLE COUNCIL

Representative of the plight of pubs everywhere, the stoic Betoota Hotel in outback Queensland has failed in its bid to get works done through council to allow patrons access to a local watering hole. The Betoota – a famously outback