COWANS SURRENDER LEGEND WILLIAM WALLACE
The indomitable William Wallace Hotel in Birchgrove has charged to market today, as the Cowan family step down from the fame-kissed inner west pub. Known locally as the ‘Willy Wally’ the pub is named in honour of the 13th century
VIC HOTEL SUBIACO OFFERED UP
Perth icon the Vic Hotel is being offered as a rare freehold going concern, as the local operator and landlord team up and head to market amid surging local activity. Established 1898, on arterial Hay Street through the west Perth
ALH’S ROYAL OAK BANS 72-YEAR-OLD FOR SHORTS
ALH’s Royal Oak Hotel is the subject of commentary suggesting the world has “gone mad” with political correctness, after a 72-year-old regular was banned for commenting on a staffer wearing shorts in a heatwave. Leonard Lee is a retired screenwriter,
IF TRADIES OWNED A PUB
National training provider Skills Certified Australia produced this comical but anecdotal video for social media forewarning what could happen if tradesmen ran a pub. https://www.facebook.com/FAILElectrical/videos/239299830335759/
GALLAGHER PUTS UP TWO
Irish pub king Patrick Gallagher is parting with two of his thriving leases to bolster his growing national portfolio of freeholds and leases. Built 1874, the multi-level Criterion Hotel sits majestically on the bustling corner of Pitt and Park Streets
BROCKS PART WITH QUEENSLAND’S OLDEST PUB
After nearly three decades, the Brock family has departed “Queensland’s oldest pub” – ushering in old hand new entrants to the pub game. Built 1851 by Francis Bigge as the Brighton Hotel, on the shores of Moreton Bay overlooking North
FOUR CHARGED OVER ATTACK ON SECURITY
Police have arrested four people out of a group of five tourists that launched a blitz attack on security at a Camperdown pub after being asked to leave. The Alfred Hotel on Missenden Road is across from RPA Hospital and
AUSTRALIA HITS THE MARKET
Trudie and Lee Hilliar are looking to a change, listing their thriving Australia Hotel in hot property Cessnock, 50 kilometres west of Newcastle. The Hilliars have held three pubs in Cessnock, buying the Aussie from Alan and Helen Moyles in
OLD HEPBURN TO PASS ON
The Old Hepburn Hotel will soon close after more than a century and a half, as new title-holders consider other plans for the site. The pub was built in the town of Hepburn Springs, around 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne,
BROADWAY HOTEL SAVED FROM THE BALL
The historic, heritage and twice-burned Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba has survived another attempted demolition, a state government Stop Order holding back the wrecking ball another 60 days. The Broadway Hotel was built 1889, on the corner of Logan Road and