In just five days, a GoFundMe campaign set up for The Peel Hotel in Collingwood, has amassed over $22,000 in donations. It’s a telling sign of what this Melbourne institution means to so many.
The need for such a fundraiser should also serves as a dire warning for what we stand to lose in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Make no mistake, venues are struggling. The campaign, set up by ex-publican Dale Smedley, who many would know as one of the original owners of Richmond watering hole DT’s, spoke with Star Observer late last week.“The Peel has been shut for so long now, and it costs money to keep closed and it costs money to re-open.