STOCKLAND BUILDING NEW TAVERN IN AURA MEGA-DEVELOPMENT

Large-scale developer Stockland has announced construction of a $6.5 million tavern, to be located in the heart of its massive Aura community, on the Gold Coast. Aura is the largest master-planned community ever built in Australia under single ownership, projected

HO HO FARMER’S HOTEL TO DO SANTAS ON A BUS

The Farmer's Hotel at Vacy is mustering its own Christmas celebrations, marching to the tune of Santas in kilts and seeing how many of the jolly fellas it can pack onto a double-decker bus. Proprietor Dr Maurice Harden is part

THE GLENMORE PRESENTS THE ALTERNATIVE TO SILLY SEASON

Marty Short’s The Glenmore is jumping on the festive wagon, presenting a party for all the non-Christmas people of the world – Festivus, For the Rest of Us! From the Latin, Festivus, meaning ‘jovial’ came an alternative to the oft

ELEPHANT & CASTLE CHARGES TO MARKET

The amply proportioned Elephant & Castle Hotel in Bathurst has come to market, trumpeting plenty of blue sky in Australia’s oldest inland settlement. Bathurst is around 200 kilometres north-west of Sydney, and one of the State’s strong regional hubs, experiencing

HEALTHY DINING OPTIONS ON THE RISE

GUEST POST Eating healthy on a routine basis is something customers increasingly want, and dining spaces are responding by serving up meals that are both good for you and taste amazing. While more and more people want to eat healthy

CLARKS REVEAL NEW-LOOK BIRKENHEAD HOTEL

The Clark family have executed an extensive renovation on their long-held Birkenhead Hotel in Sydney’s inner west. The two-storey brick pub on a commanding corner of Drummoyne’s Lyons Road was purchased by the Clarks in 1995, and dutifully retained as

NATIONAL HOTEL TAKES DE BORTOLI PUB OF THE YEAR

The De Bortoli Pub of the Year has been announced for 2018, with Richmond’s National Hotel – aka The Nash – taking the honours. 3AW’s hospitality critic Tony Leonard reviewed The Nash in June, and on Friday announced it had

POLICE SEEK GUNMAN IN QUEANBEYAN RAM-RAID

Police have released CCTV footage of a ram raid armed robbery of the Hotel Queanbeyan in a bid to catch the bandit that fired at employees. The camera footage shows a dark grey Mitsubishi Triton ute reverse up to an

MERIVALE UNVEIL TOTTI’S AT THE ROYAL

Merivale has taken its next step into the hearts of Bondi’s culture with Hemmes unveiling “that sort of place” – Totti’s, doing great Italian in the Royal Hotel. Justin Hemmes’ secured the iconic and notably undercooked Royal Hotel late 2017,

McCOYS PASS HOTEL BENNETT TO TURNERS

The McCoy family have ended a 33-year tenure at their Hotel Bennett in Hamilton, divesting to former locals the Turners in a return to home. The McCoy family have owned pubs in Redfern and around NSW. John and Betty McCoy