Whitsundays

PITCH AND WICKET BRINGS BRITAIN TO THE BEACH

Posted on July 18th, 2025 by Jane Louise
A brand-new pub has arrived in Queensland’s Whitsundays, offering something old-school different to stand out from the pack. Hospitality veterans Roger Hunter (previously at Paddy’s Shenanigans), Ivan Lonsdale (Magnums) and Matt Bayford saw a gap in the market and leapt

O’NEILLS PARTING WITH BOOMTOWN BEACH HOTEL

Posted on March 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After more than three decades building a tropical utopia, the O’Neill family is parting with its huge-format Airlie Beach Hotel on the beach. Located 1,000 kilometres north of Brisbane and nearly 300 south-east of Townsville, Airlie Beach is in the