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‘It just felt special’: Billionaire peers buy up Lorne’s pubs

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Joshua Rudd bought the Grand Pacific Hotel in Lorne for $5.5 million. He plans to turn the 143-year-old pub into luxury accommodation. The Lorne Hotel is in the centre of the town and is the finishing point for the famous Pier to Pub swim, which attracts 5000 swimmers each January.

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‘It just felt special’: Billionaire peers buy up Lorne’s pubs

The local gossip is that when billionaire Justin Hemmes arrived in Lorne for the first time, he assumed the pub he had just bought was the grand building on the point – not the unassuming venue behind the surf club.

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The Age broke the news in Australia on Saturday, April 8, 2023.
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