âItâs good to see, (customers) are all happy,â Mr Guthrie said.
âWe had four very big days ⦠restocking the alcohol and restocking the food.â Andrew Guthrie with his wife Karen Guthrie and two of their five sons, John and Joshua. Picture: Heidi Petith
Mr Guthrie, who has a son in the Australian Defence Force and another in the cadets, said the pub would âabsolutelyâ be hosting its traditional 10am Anzac Day service on Sunday.
âIt means a lot to us,â he said.
âWe have enough food to feed at least 1000 people this weekend.â Andrew Guthrie, left, held a memorial service outside his O Shea Hotel in Walkerston on Anzac Day in 2020. He comes from a family of veterans who have fought in all the wars Australia has been involved in from World War I to the Iraq war. His friend Peter Webb is a Vietnam veteran who was deployed to Vietnam for 12 months as a conscript.
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Pinnacle Family Hotel will likely close for business over the weekend as the freehold owners take back control.
Freehold owner Andrew Guthrie says it comes as a “massive, massive shock” but they must step in to protect what is a Mackay and Queensland icon.
“We ran that pub for nearly 17 years,” Mr Guthrie said.
“It’s an icon.”
Mr Guthrie, who also owns O’Sheas Hotel in Walkerston, said the hotel’s famous pies, big crumbed steaks and more would all soon be back on the menu once the takeover was complete. The pies served up at the Pinnacle Family Hotel are world-famous. Picture: File
Australia Day at Sarina Beach (free) Enjoy a barbecue, water slide and heaps of fun competitions like fastest man on the sand and wheelbarrow races. Cash prizes are also up for grabs. BYO picnic blanket and chair. Time: From noon Â
Aussie Family Barbecue at Quota Park Activities on the day will include a free barbecue and plenty of beach game activities for the kids and family like tug of war, thong throwing and sand castle building competition. Time: From 11am Place: Quota Park - Southern end of Binnington Esplanade, Mackay (Hosted by Mackay & District Australian South Sea Islander Association Inc)
Australia Day at Sarina Beach (free) Enjoy a barbecue, water slide and heaps of fun competitions like fastest man on the sand and wheelbarrow races. Cash prizes are also up for grabs. BYO picnic blanket and chair. Time: From noon Â
Aussie Family Barbecue at Quota Park Activities on the day will include a free barbecue and plenty of beach game activities for the kids and family like tug of war, thong throwing and sand castle building competition. Time: From 11am Place: Quota Park - Southern end of Binnington Esplanade, Mackay (Hosted by Mackay & District Australian South Sea Islander Association Inc)