RIVERSDALE RIDES ELEPHANT TO MARKET
Riversdale-operated Australian Pub Fund has listed its Brisbane behemoth The Elephant for sale as part of its “ongoing disposal strategy”. The $300 million pub investment vehicle created by business moguls John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon, APF purchased the
BALMAIN’S CAT & FIDDLE FINDS NEW LIFE
The Cat is back with a hat, sporting a shiny new coat, gun chef and all-new outlook on life. Balmain institution the Cat & Fiddle is a two-storey brick interwar pub on a corner of arterial Darling Street. After generations
AVC BRINGING BACK SARAH SANDS
Australian Venue Co. has announced a new addition to its portfolio with purchase of Brunswick’s historic, newfound Sarah Sands Hotel. Located in Melbourne’s eclectic north-side neighbourhood, the Georgian-style Sarah Sands has stood sentry on the corner of Brunswick and Sydney
ALBURY’S ALBION AND ASTOR AWAY
Thriving border city Albury has seen two recent pub transactions, with sale of both the Astor Hotel and Albion Hotel. Hugging the Murray River and NSW-Victorian border, Albury LGA boasts populace of almost 80,000 residents, counting a diverse mix of
SUMMER TREND ALERT: WHISKY HIGHBALLS
By Emma Castle Whisky Highballs are the drink of this summer, according to Diageo National Whisky Ambassador, Katie Nagar. Whisky’s popularity has been on the rise for a while now, but a recent survey of bar owners, cocktail enthusiasts, bartenders
WALKERS EXITING RISING RABY TAVERN
Kent Walker and family have listed their big Raby Tavern in booming Campbelltown LGA to focus on other acquisitions. The Tavern is the only pub in the catchment of Raby, with 20,000 residents, between Ingleburn and Campbelltown. It forms part
PARTNERS LIST REBOUNDING ROYAL
John McAuliffe and partners have put to market their Royal Hotel at Taree, on the banks of the Manning River, as business back in Sydney calls. Taree LGA is a mid-north NSW precinct around 300 kilometres north of Sydney, with
SOLOTEL GOES CUCKOO AT THE MARLY
Solotel has refreshed and transformed the upper Marly with the weird and wondrous world of Cuckoo. Venturing up the stairs and down the rabbit hole patrons are greeted with what is promised to be a “new kind of venue experience”
BIG WINNERS AT CHEUNG’S CBH GOLF DAY 2019
Chris Cheung’s annual Coogee Bay Hotel Charity Golf Day achieved new heights this year, reaching another million-dollar milestone and the first-ever hole-in-one – taking a $100k prize. In 1993 the Coogee Bay Hotel (CBH) began its ‘POWcH Day’ in support
CENTRAL COAST VENUES’ TOUGH ‘BANNED FROM ALL’ SCHEME
The Brisbane Water Liquor Accord has rolled out its updated hard-line policy against patron misbehaviour, announcing ‘Banned From One, Banned From All’ across around 30 central coast venues. In a hard-hitting warning to potential offenders, the Brisbane Water Liquor Accord
