St Clair. Woolies buys pub

Woolworths-backed ALH Group has bought the Blue Cattle Dog Hotel, at St Clair for $23 million from the Waugh family., which bought the property for more than $20 million in 2006.

Katoomba. Largest in the mountains

Woolworths proposes to establish the largest liquor shop in the Blue Mountains by applying to transfer an existing liquor licence it holds in Jindabyne to Katoomba. A DA states the company plans to build a 1420 square metre liquor shop, with 57 off-street car parking spaces in the vacant block next to the Blackburn’s Family Hotel and Bottlemart outlet The application has attracted strong opposition including a submission by the Katoomba Chamber of Commerce and some strong words from Blue Mountains deputy mayor Janet Mays. Hundreds of people have signed a petition aimed at stopping a Woolworths-owned liquor store opening in Springwood.