LAUNDYS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW LOG CABIN

A ground-breaking ceremony took place yesterday to mark the site and start of construction of Laundy group’s brand-new Log Cabin Hotel. A hotel first appeared on the site in the early 1800s, when an enterprising ferryman built somewhere for travellers

MAN RAMS PATRONS INTO PUB WITH 4WD

CCTV footage has emerged of a man driving a 4WD into the front of a Darwin pub, through a group of patrons that had just beaten him outside. The video obtained by 9News shows several people punching, dragging and stomping

ALE LISTS THREE AS SEQ BOOMS

Australia’s largest pub landlord is bolstering the bottom line, listing three southeast Queensland hotels, showing book value of close to $20 million. The listed ALE Property Group (ASX:LEP) owns the freehold on 86 pubs around the country. Its results for

THE SUN COMES TO MARKET

The wealthy Flannery family has listed its The Sun hotel at Byron Bay, expecting north of $10 million. KTQ Group is owned by the family and steered by Peggy Flannery. In 2014 the company developed the large-format venue on a

HOBART’S TELEGRAPH ON THE LINE

Hobart’s iconic Telegraph Hotel is for sale for the first time in nearly 30 years, offering a blank canvas. The Telegraph was built 1858 as the Electric Telegraph Hotel, before being renamed to its current moniker in 1877. The two-storey

WYNNE PROPOSES LEURA’S LADY

The elegant Alexandra Hotel in lofty Leura is for sale as publican Richard Wynne looks to focus on other projects. The two-storey colonial-style Alexandra was built 1903, on a 3,700sqm block, and offers a public bar, commercial kitchen and bistro,

BANANA HOTEL AND VILLAGE TO MARKET

Fresh to market come the big Banana Hotel Motel and Accommodation Village, dominating the Central Queensland mining precinct. The uniquely named Shire of Banana is in Queensland’s Capricorn region, around 200 kilometres south of Rockhampton or 600 north-west of Brisbane,

BIG BLUE SKY AT DARLINGTON’S ELEPHANT

One of Victoria's oldest Inns, the much-loved Elephant Bridge Hotel of Darlington, has come to market amid opportunity. The two-storey bluestone Hotel was built circa 1842 and occupies a generous 5,912sqm lot. It still operates under its original licence, with

YOUNG BRINGS NEW ILLINOIS TO INNER WEST

Bill Young’s reimagined Illinois Hotel reopened today following a multi-million-dollar refit and new inner west-centric flavour. Five Dock’s Illinois was snapped up early 2020 by former Wallaby great and respected publican Bill Young for around $15 million. Armed with a

RAW REVEALED AS SUCCESSORS TO THE STOCKIE

Raw Group has been revealed as the new operators of Brisbane’s landmark Stock Exchange Hotel, slated to reopen in March. Riversdale were the tenants at ‘The Stockie’ since 2013, after John Singleton’s Australian Pub Fund (APF) purchased it from Independent