GAMING ATTENDANT WALKS FOR STEALING AS A SERVANT
A Toowoomba gaming attendant has walked away without a conviction or his job, after chasing his own lost $20 on Keno with over $66,000 of the hotel’s money. On Sunday 6 January 27-year-old Benjamin Naythan Shipp was working a quiet
TEMORA’S SHAMROCK YIELDS SALE
After seven decades and three generations, the Leary family has sold its Shamrock Hotel in Temora to another in the convoy of Sydney-based publicans. Built on a 1,242sqm block on the main road through Temora, around 400 kilometres west of
WHAT GOES AROUND ON CAPTAIN’S FLAT
The unique and enigmatic Captain’s Flat Hotel – home of the loooong bar – is hosting a rocking three-day festival of live music in support of the Fire Service. Captain’s Flat, and its only Hotel, are to be found around
REDCAPE’S $51m ‘SWAP’ WITH SLEIMAN
Redcape ends a record-setting year in pub real estate with a bang, acquiring Hurstville’s Kings Head Tavern while divesting its Royal Hotel Granville for $51 million to the same party. The ASX-listed Redcape Hotel Group (ASX: RDC) today announced a
SPARKKE GROWTH TAKES IN COLLINGWOOD’S VINE HOTEL
Sparkke – the brewery on a mission – has taken the next step in ambitious goals with purchase of Collingwood’s historic Vine Hotel, set to become a new pub-brewery showpiece. In 1869, the Caledonian Hotel was the first built on
WILLIAM WALLACE BIDS FAREWELL
After two decades manning the bar and watching Balmain transform, Gary Cowan has sold his famed William Wallace and development plans that will see it transform and literally welcome in locals. Following several years at Rozelle’s Merton Hotel, Cowan bought
LAKE CATHIE LEASE ON OFFER
The leasehold interest at the Lake Cathie Tavern has come to market, offering 12 years in the coastal precinct. Built 1999, the Tavern is a large-format single-storey operation providing a central service public bar with TAB, commercial kitchen and bistro,
OSCARS TO BUILD SHELL COVE HOTEL
The Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels has won the deal to construct a new mixed-use hotel at Frasers Property’s multi-billion-dollar Shell Cove development. This week Shellharbour City Council and Frasers announced Oscars had been granted the right to the new as-yet
MURPHY BROTHERS TAKE IMPERIAL SINGLETON
Two years after selling in Maitland, the Murphy brothers are back in the Hunter, buying the freehold going concern of the Imperial Hotel at Singleton from Walker Douglas and Callen Hotels. Walker Douglas Group (WDG) has held title on a
THE OAKS PRESENTS ALALA’S AND TAKEAWAY INNOVATION
Sydney landmark The Oaks has unveiled the final stage in the biggest remake of its history, welcoming Alala’s garden conservatory and an innovative new takeaway offering to the 133-year-old pub. In 1975 David ‘Taffy’ Thomas, son of Alala Thomas, bought
