HOT BEER RELEASES FOR WINTER
This month the biggest celebrations in Australian beer took place, and some of the strongest players were not shy putting their best new flavours forward. Current titleholder of the #1 beer on the GABS Top100 for 2021, Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewing
KNOX DIPS INTO NORTHERN RIVERS
Sustaining the flow of northern rivers pub sales, the Dougherty family have divested their Grafton Hotel to Riverina hotelier Jim Knox. The Doughertys have been staples of the region and community for decades, well-known for owning and operating both Westlawn
FAMOUS PUB WITH NO BEER FOR SALE
The iconic ‘Pub With No Beer’ – aka Lee's Hotel – is being sold as a freehold going concern for the first time in 50 years. The pub immortalised in legendary country singer Slim Dusty's song is in the town
EVICTED PATRON RETURNS WITH CHAINSAW
A disgruntled patron evicted from the famed Daly Waters pub later returned with a chainsaw and bad intentions. NT Police watch commander Sonia Kennon said pub owner Tim Carter called the police around 11:30pm, on 20 May. A 44-year-old man had
MERIVALE MOVES ON BYRON’S CHEEKY MONKEYS
Merivale has announced expansion in northern NSW with acquisition of the former Cheeky Monkey’s bar, and the adjoining massage spa. The 827 sqm site at 115 Johnson St, Byron Bay, has traded in recent years as Cheeky Monkey’s under Red Rock
COMISKEY LISTS BEACHMERE AMID BIG PLANS
The highly-awarded Comiskey Group is testing the waters, listing its Beachmere Hotel, north of Brisbane. Stemming from a construction background, the Comiskeys built the Beachmere back in 2009, with an adjoining shopping centre. The properties enjoy a captive market of
HPI TAKE SIX MORE WITH AVC
The acquisitive Hotel Property Investments has secured six more freeholds leased to Australian Venue Co in continued positivity for the market. The ASX-listed Hotel Property Investments (ASX:HPI) revealed it paid $32.7 million for the six hotel properties, all located in
CASINO TATTERSALLS AND GAMING PLAY TO TEST MARKET
The big Tattersalls Hotel in Casino is up for grabs, bringing with it the dozen EGM entitlements from the nearby Oxford Hotel. The Tattersalls is a large-format, two-storey brick structure in the heart of town, on a 1,944sqm lot that
A MILESTONE FOR HARVEST IN DUBBO
Chris Cornforth and Fraser Haughton’s unlisted pub fund Harvest Hotels continues to expand its regional footprint, through acquisition of the Milestone Hotel in Dubbo from the Blair family. Built 1881 on a corner site in the heart of the Dubbo
BLACK RHINO LANDS PORTSIDE
David Tomsic’s Black Rhino Group has gone again in South Australia, picking up the full-of-potential Portside Tavern in Port Pirie for $3.6 million. The Portside Tavern is a large, two-storey stone structure with a mostly enclosed balcony facing two streets,
