Coffs Harbour

HUNT SNAPS UP OCEAN VIEW WHILST ON HOLIDAY

Posted on August 18th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Well-known publican Stephen Hunt has bought the Ocean View Hotel in an impulse deal that saw him prepare and take over the pub in just three days. Heading to Coffs Harbour with his boys for a rugby carnival, Hunt got

SHORT & O’HARA SNATCH TOORMINA FOR $10m

Posted on August 19th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Old mates Marty Short and Sean O’Hara have signed for the Toormina Hotel in Coffs Harbour as coastal pubs keep surfacing in a hot market. Toormina, a southern suburb of mid north coast hub Coffs Harbour, borders seaside playground Sawtell.

COFFS PUB LEADS ‘DOG’ ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN

Posted on April 4th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Popular NSW North Coast pub the Plantation Hotel is backing a local initiative to use trained fighters to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘coward’ punches. Martial arts instructor Michael Landas approached Plantation Hotel general manager Daniel Knox, who was

SENSELESS PATRON DEATHS PUT PUBS IN DARK SPOTLIGHT

Posted on October 9th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Two NSW hotels have sadly become embroiled in the tragic deaths of two patrons assaulted in the vicinity. Visitor to Coffs Harbour, 26-year-old Kyle Watkins, was struck in a seemingly unprovoked attack soon after leaving the Coffs Hotel with a

VIOLENCE REDUCTION A COLLECTIVE PROBLEM: INDUSTRY

Posted on June 3rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The Coffs-Clarence Local Area Command has come out critical of the work of local hotels, as the wider district finds two of its pubs on the OLGR’s list of violent venues. Figures around the country show the continued drop in