HEAT DRIVES CAR-POOLING TO THE PUB
As punters battle to beat the summer heat across the country, two Adelaide pranksters have taken to an innovative new form of car-pooling to stay cool as they drive to the pub. Employees of Keith McCullum’s Lonsdale Hotel watched as
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WHITTEN-PROUT ON THE ROAD TO GUNNEDAH
The Gibbs’ have sold their Gunnedah Hotel in My Country to an expanding partnership of Daniel Whitten and Luke Prout. The best pub in one of the State’s rapidly growing towns, the Gunnedah is a big two-storey structure on 2,921sqm
ORANGE WHIP? RINGWOOD’S LATE-NIGHT VENUE ON OFFER
The toast of Ringwood has come to market, as three partners offer up their pumping bar-nightclub Orange Whip. Overlooking the Maroondah Highway at Ringwood, 28 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, the Orange Whip is a renowned late-night venue, operating
MANTLE EYES IPO FOR EXPANSIVE GROUP
Hot on the heels of Redcape’s long-awaited IPO, Queensland pub king Godfrey Mantle has divulged plans toward floating his Mantle Group portfolio mid-2019. Mantle owns a string of successful Queensland operations, including five Pig 'n' Whistle pubs, one of which
FLOWER EXPANDS IN PORT AND LAKE CATHIE
Celebrated community publican Alistair Flower has further expanded a growing portfolio with the purchase of the Lake Cathie Tavern, near his Port Macquarie haven. Current AHA National titleholder for Community Service & Achievement and winner again in 2018 at the
BITTERS DEBATE OVER NEW ZERO ALCOHOL LAWS
Victorian venues are steeling themselves over new zero alcohol laws, with some going so far as to ban the ever-popular Lemon, Lime & Bitters. New rules have come into effect across Victoria banning licensed premises from serving any liquor to
ILGA ORDERS CLOSURES FOR SERVING MINORS
The Camden Hotel and Liquorland Bondi are the latest licensed premises to be closed for serving liquor to minors, under the NSW Government’s Minors Sanctions Scheme. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) has ordered the Camden Hotel shut for
THE BOURBON ROCKS THE CROSS ALL DAY
The Bourbon is sustaining its reputation as one of Sydney’s hubs for music, launching a regular all-day dance party on its new rooftop bar. Toward the end of 2017, uber-after hours nightclub Afters opened in Darlinghurst’s Club 77, offering a
STRIKE FOR PALISADE FOR DRUNKEN ANTICS
Jewel of Millers Point the striking Palisade Hotel has been slapped with a strike for the drunken behaviour of two middle-aged women, one of whom tried to bite her helper. The Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) heard the case
