Grab the Top Pub for $80 Million

The lucrative Byron Bay's Beach Hotel is right on the beach with a $75 million-$80 million asking price.
The lucrative Byron Bay’s Beach Hotel is right on the beach with a $75 million-$80 million asking price.

The Byron Bay Beach Hotel is for sale with market expectations of between $75 million and $80 million.

Melbourne businessman Max Twigg bought the hotel in mid-2007 from its developer, John Cornell, who co-wrote (with Paul Hogan) and produced the global box office hit, Crocodile Dundee, in 1986.

Cornell bought the pub from legendary local publicans Ron and Shirley Redman. Ron was often heard to say, “This is my circus and I’m the ringmaster. If you want to run this circus your way, slot me $1.5 mil and you can be the ringmaster.”

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Byron Writers Festival Official Program to be Announced Wed 15

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The Byron Writers Festival has 600 Members, five annual programs, dozens of out-of-season events and workshops. And one 3-day Festival.

This year the Byron Writers Festival unfolds from 5-7 August 2016 with workshops commencing on 1 August.

Early Bird tickets are on sale until 14 June, unless sold out prior. The full Festival Program will be announced on 15 June, along with full price tickets.

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Isabel Lucas Buys in her Byron Bay Heartland

Isabel Lucas at the opening night of the Australian Theatre Company's "Ruben Guthrie" in Los Angeles on June 7.
Isabel Lucas at the opening night of the Australian Theatre Company’s “Ruben Guthrie” in Los Angeles on June 7. Photo: Paul Redmond

Isabel Lucas is no stranger to Byron Bay, having lived there until 2012 with her ex-boyfriend, folk-rocker Angus Stone, and she has now made a more financial commitment to the popular getaway by forking out $857,500 for a treehouse by Tallow Beach.

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Byron Bay TripADeal Founders Dressed for Success in Thongs and Boardies

TripADeal’s Norm Black (left) and Richard Johnston favour a relaxed vibe. Picture: Roger Cotgreave

DURING a boozy week in Bali six years ago best mates Norm Black and Richard Johnston came up with an idea that would turn them into multi-millionaires and change the face of Australia’s travel industry.

Little did they know that this plan, conceived in the lead-up to Richard’s 2010 wedding, would turn into TripADeal, Australia’s No. 1 travel deals site.

“Norm had had this nucleus of an idea, we tossed it back and forth between ourselves, and that was how TripADeal was born,” Richard, 45, said.But, like any great holiday, the road to this dazzling destination was long and winding.

Big business in Byron

The pair credit much of their success to starting their multimillion-dollar global business in a town better known for board shorts rather than boardrooms.

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Byron Plan Adopted: “Exciting Times Ahead”

The new Byron Bay master plan has been accepted.
The new Byron Bay master plan has been accepted.

THE Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan was adopted this week and council said they see exciting times ahead for the town.

The new Masterplan features:

  • redesigned foreshore parkland
  • pedestrian prioritised town centre and a focus on placemaking and the public domain
  • reinvigorated newly defined Railway Square
  • enhanced village entry points
  • Jonson Street upgrade with a unique materials palette distinguishing it as the primary town centre street
  • increased local residential and commercial opportunities
  • connecting the wetlands around the Sandhills area

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Kale is a Bit Super, But the Rest of the Superfoods? Nah, Not Really

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There’s a bit of good in kale, but the rest? Not really.

The biggest nutrition fads of the last few years have all taken huge blows in the last week. But will anyone listen?

Over the last seven days, a roster of myth-busting nutrition studies was published showing probiotics are unnecessary, GMOs are harmless, and a gluten-free diet is a terrible idea unless you really need to be on it. Basically, the only diet fad wisdom that survived this week is the idea that kale is a superfood (and, actually, it kind of is).

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