GOLD COAST LANDMARK PUB SELLS AMID ‘TRADING UPLIFT’
Gold Coast gold mine Melba’s on the Park has sold for a sunny $12.5 million to former Sydney publican Bob El’s Leda Holdings. Vendor George Fleming had owned the Gold Coast institution for several years, and executed a massive reinvigoration
VALE PATRICK CRONIN
Tragically, following Monday’s report of a teenager that was cowardly punched in the head during a brawl on Saturday, the Cronin family had to make the harrowing decision to turn off life support. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="229"] Patrick Cronin. Photo:
OUTBACK ICON PUB FOR SALE – INCLUDING BRAS AND KNICKERS
One of Australia’s most famous outback pubs is for sale, boasting a 600-kilometre patron catchment and a room full of ladies’ underwear. Daly Waters was once Australia’s piece of the Wild West, with its history of murders and shootouts in
TEEN CRITICAL AFTER KING-HIT IN PUB BRAWL
A large brawl in a quiet pub on the outskirts of Melbourne has left an innocent teenager fighting for life in hospital. [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignright" width="287"] Patrick Cronin. Photo: Facebook[/caption] Victorian Police this morning issued a report announcing that 19-year-old
CALLINAN LOCKOUT REVIEW HEARS OF ‘POOR POLICY’
The independent review into the controversial trade restrictions in Sydney and across NSW prompted a swath of submissions including the AHA’s call to drop the “poor policy” in favour of evidence-based policies. The Hon. Ian Callinan AC QC was appointed
BLACKWOOD PUB INVESTIGATES DEATHS ON PREMISES
The Blackwood Hotel, just north of the Lerderderg State Forest, is conducting investigations into activity on the premises involving spirits of inhabitants past. Owners Michael Boyd and Darren Lynch took over the old pub just over a year ago, and
AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST PUB TO GET MUCH BIGGER
After five years’ negotiation the ‘biggest pub in Australia’ has begun plans to get much bigger. The Comiskey Group launched the magnificent Eatons Hill Hotel in 2011 to widespread acclaim. Occupying a large chunk of a six hectare block just
BEACHSIDE HOTEL HITS MARKET IN BEAUTIFUL SCARBOROUGH FAIR
The idyllic beachside Indian Ocean Hotel has hit the market after 30 years’ operation by a local family. Following the passing of the father and long-time publican, his sons determined the best way forward was sale through independent managers and
HISTORIC MAYLANDS PUB SAVED BY MATTHEWS HOTELS
The family-run Matthews Hotel Group has rescued an historic local watering hole, the Maylands Hotel. [caption id="attachment_5739" align="alignright" width="318"] Scott Matthews[/caption] Matthews Hotel Group (MHG) has owned and operated South Australian pubs for over 70 years and patriarch Scott Matthews
CRAFTY BEER PROGRAM HELPS INDUSTRY HELP CHARITY
Camperdown’s Wayward Brewery has found its way into the first of its “Craft for a Cause” programs, helping pubs and the craft beer industry help community causes. On Wednesday special guests attended Wayward’s inner-west brewery to take part in the