HSA May 2021

O N E F O R T H E R O A D W I T H V A U G H A N Y
Scott’s Spot
Hello all and welcome to the May edition of Scott’s
Spot. This month’s edition will cover the usual short
stories, photos and random observations over the last
month.
This month, the spotlight will be on the Golden Grain
Pinnaroo publicans, Jessie and Leigh Simon in
what is a wonderful insight into their journey into the
hotel industry along with the history of the hotel and
township of Pinnaroo.
REGIONAL MEETINGS
Regionals are in full swing starting with a massive
turnout at the Beachport Hotel in the South East
followed by another fantastic event at the North Laura
Hotel in the Mid North. Thanks to both venues for
hosting the events along with all the members and
corporate partners who made the days both enjoyable
and informative as they were the first meetings in these
regions since 2019.
Now, I would like to thank Lynton Cram the trailblazing
publican from the Pines Hotel in Tarpeena who
agreed to a short pilot video that was uploaded to the
AHA|SA socials. He was an absolute natural so look out
for more videos over the coming month as I do have
members lined up to participate and would love a call
for more participation as 2021 rolls on.
With the meeting starting at 11am, my thoughts were
to buy a bit of time before starting the meeting, then
his grand entrance would be made. However, while
my brain was ticking over, slowly of course, I received
another message advising of further delays and that
Ian would not be making the meeting at all. I was now
a little edgy as I did not have a copy of the presentation,
and members were starting to arrive.
As luck would have it, Lorraine Kranz, Gaming Care
officer for the South East along with Didier Vollerin,
Liquor Licensing and Gaming Advisor arrived and
proceeded to run the meeting with minimal assistance
from myself and did a fantastic job.
Now Ian did have his grand entrance arriving at
12.45pm just as lunch was being served to a round
of applause. Can you believe it?
Below is a photo of Ian sharing his frustration with the
pilots at being late, while a quick snap was taken of me
upon hearing the news.
Click here to
watch video
AHA|SA OFFICE NEWS
Ian Horne had quite an interesting flight to Mount
Gambier on the day of the Beachport regional meeting.
At 9.59am I received a text from Ian advising that he
was in the air, circling Mount Gambier due to heavy fog,
and would not arrive at the meeting until 11.30am due
to the hour drive after landing.
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