REGIONAL STAR MULGILDIE PUB UP FOR GRABS
After 14 years, the owners of one of Queensland’s most colourful country pubs have called time, listing their self-made landmark in the sleepy town of Mulgildie. Artist-publican Julie South and husband Tony Davenport were nearly not the owners of postcard
HETHERINGTON-MULLINS LIST BIG-FORMAT GUNYAH HOTEL
Three league legends have called time and listed their long-held Gunyah Hotel in Lake Macquarie – still building on a recent big renovation. Hetherington brothers Brett and Jason and family have owned the Gunyah with Canberra Raiders’ Brett Mullins and
HISTORIC WELDBOROUGH HOTEL TO RIDE AGAIN
The tiny and historic Weldborough Hotel is on the path to a big revival courtesy of some local entrepreneurs, good use of its ancestry, and a whole lot of mountain bikes. The Hotel is the sole pub in the modest
CORKMAN COWBOYS FIRE BACK
The so-called cowboy developers of Carlton’s historic Corkman Irish Pub have further distanced themselves from the mandated rebuild, now suing the planning minister over height limit. Stefce Kutlesovski and Raman Shaqiri purchased the 1858 pub two years ago for $4.76m,
THESPIANS SCORE CARLTON’S TRENDY ASTOR HOTEL, AKA PERCY’S
A couple boasting background in the performance arts, education and several Victorian pubs have quietly secured trendy Carlton local the Astor Hotel. Ilona Phyland and Darran Smith have been operating the Astor, the business reflecting Smith’s influence as a professional
RETURN OF THE FAT LAMB
Five years after it was lost to fire, the historic Fat Lamb Hotel in Eugowra will soon phoenix, brought back to life one brick at a time. The town of Eugowra, about four hours’ drive due west of Sydney, lost
AUSSIE SPEAKER SOLUTION SETTLES MILLION-DOLLAR LAWSUIT
Australian company JBN Sound Solutions has become the solution for a $1m lawsuit against a nightclub in Austin for noise disturbance. Austin, Texas is dubbed the Live Music Capital of the World, and boasts an amazing array of performance venues
3 MEN STABBED AT ROCKSIA HOTEL BY LOCAL WITH BIG KNIFE
A man has been charged and two remain in hospital following a rampage at the Rocksia Hotel in Arncliffe where an evicted patron returned to seek revenge with a knife. A 37-year-old local man came to the Feros Group’s Rocksia
BROAD CHANGES TO VICTORIAN POKIE REG’S: UPSIDE FOR PUBS
Victoria has capped numbers and tightened the regulations around poker machines, but much of the news is good for pub operators. The Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation Marlene Kairouz announced new arrangements aimed to help “limit gambling-related
THE QUINNY RAZED BUT OWNER NOT DETERRED
Popular landmark the Quinninup Tavern went up in flames early Saturday morning, but it is not all over for the little pub that could. The Quinninup Tavern, known as The Quinny, was built in 1950 in the emerging logging town
