ANGLERS TAVERN UNDER WATER AS RAIN SOAKS THREE STATES
Heavy rainfall has drenched three states and left thousands flooded, including the Anglers Tavern in Melbourne’s west, fighting water to its second level but vowing to return. Swathes of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania copped heavy rain late last week, forcing
ENDEAVOUR Q1 RESULTS HERALD STRONG REBOUND IN PUBS
Endeavour Group has released its Q1 trading figures for FY23, reporting “accelerated” sales in its fleet of pubs and growth in retail, compared with pre-COVID levels. Australia’s largest pub operator and liquor retailer, the ASX-listed Endeavour Group (ASX:EDG), detailed group
SILVER SCREEN PUB PUTS UP THE SIGN
High-octane outback legend the Silverton Hotel is bursting back to market, as its septuagenarian gatekeepers look to new distant horizons. Silverton is iconic Australian red earth country, more than 12 hours’ drive west of Sydney. The town of just 48
UNION JACK HOISTED TO MARKET
The good-time Union Jack Hotel and backpackers in Cairns have come to market, as the passive owner looks to downsize for retirement. A public house was built on the site in the tropical Far North Queensland town in 1926, known
THE VIC AVOCA FACING PERMANENT CLOSURE
Another of Victoria’s historic yet unprotected pubs will soon be no more, with operators of The Vic in Avoca sadly announcing its impending permanent closure. Stuart Diggerson and his father Steve took on The Vic in 2015. The family has
NED KELLY STICKS UP PUB IN WESTON
After a couple of crazy years and several more acquisitions, Ned Kelly and gang are getting out of their Criterion Hotel in the lower Hunter Valley prairie of Weston. Sitting tall on a 910sqm block, the pub operates under a
AVC ISSUE PUB CASTING CALL
Australian Venue Co has launched an innovative recruitment campaign across multiple states, looking for staff at all levels and offering incentives and hiring on the spot. AVC is the second largest hospitality group in the country, and largest across Australia-New
ALH GOLD ON OFFER IN ADELAIDE
A private family has listed two blue-chip ALH-tenanted pubs in Adelaide, as investor interest in hospitality assets shows little sign of slowing. The Highbury Hotel, and Village Tavern in Golden Grove, count a combined landholding of 19,818sqm, and both hold
LONG-HELD ANCIENT BRITON HEADS TO MARKET
Glebe’s landmark Ancient Briton Hotel has been listed as the pub real estate market begins to ease, following one of the most transactional years in NSW on record. Prominently perched on a high-profile corner of Bridge Street and Glebe Point Road,
THE FOX FLOODED, BUT STILL KICKING
Despite rumours to the contrary, Brisbane legend The Fox Hotel is not in administration and hopes to reopen soon after massive damage during the floods earlier this year. The Fox was reportedly swamped during the brutal storms in February, and