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News.com.au
10-07-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Secluded Bells Beach hideaway with surf check tower hits market
A secluded Bells Beach hideaway owned by a succession of surf and skate industry heavyweights has hit the market on the Surf Coast. Former champion skateboarder and co-founder of Globe International Peter Hill is among those who have left their mark on the 4.13ha bushland sanctuary. He installed a skate ramp alongside the striking three-bedroom house that's topped with a surf check tower. Natural Real Estate, Torquay listing agent Shaun O'Callaghan said the viewing room was 'possibly the best home office on the coast'. But you don't need to venture up there to get a glimpse of the waves – it's also possible to do a surf check from the comfort of the main bedroom. Mr O'Callaghan has set a $5.25m to $5.5m price guide for the property at 225 Jarosite Rd, Bells Beach, which includes a teepee, self-contained studio and a natural amphitheatre that's played host to small concerts. He said it offered an incredible private oasis on the doorstep of the famous Bells Beach surf break, as well quieter Southside beach and the Ironbark Basin nature trail. 'The obvious standout is the location, with the proximity to Bells and the views to the northeast,' he said. 'It's rare you obtain a view of that significance and also remain sheltered and protected from some of the prevailing winds. 'Some properties see the ocean but then others, of course, get the breaking waves and full connection to the surf. 'It's not just a property for surfers but interestingly the historical ownership has always been surfers or people from the surf industry.' He declined to comment on current ownership of the property. Kangaroos are often spotted grazing outside the 1990s house, which is elevated atop repurposed telephone poles. High timber ceilings, extensive glazing and wraparound decks reinforce the connection to nature inside the open-plan living area. Even the spa bath in the main bedroom's ensuite has an ocean view. 'The original owner was a hardcore surfer and also connected to what was on offer there so didn't want to make a statement of the property itself,' Mr O'Callaghan said. 'The architecture is really quite subtle but there's a lot of personality that goes with it, without it being overstated.' He said a large shed included a games room and gym, and there was also scope for buyers to infill under the existing house.
Scottish Sun
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
I've visited 24,000 boozers & knocked back 60,000 pints on ‘world's longest pub crawl' – here are my top 5 picks in UK
Peter has even secured a Guinness World Record for the world's longest pub crawl DRINK IT IN I've visited 24,000 boozers & knocked back 60,000 pints on 'world's longest pub crawl' – here are my top 5 picks in UK Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A REAL ale fan celebrated visiting visiting 24,000 boozers and downing 60,000 pints after more than 40 years on the "world's longest pub crawl". Peter Hill, from West Bromwich, drank to his 69th birthday after reaching his milestone at the Elephant & Castle in the West Midlands on June 20. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 9 Peter Hill (front left) and friends started trying out different pubs in 1984 Credit: SWNS 9 Peter (second right) then started average 11 pub visits a week Credit: SWNS 9 His group received a Guinness World Record title in 2017 after visiting 20,000 pubs Credit: SWNS 9 Peter Hill (front right) and co have now visited their 24,000th pub for his 69th birthday Credit: SWNS The father-of-two has travelled 400,000 miles across the country, and averaged 11 pubs each week, since starting on his expedition in 1984. This involved having a pint on 69 islands around the UK, visiting a boozer in every British county, and drinking at very pub in Wales. When Peter started, a pint cost 64p. Where it all started Peter started testing out different boozers with his mates when they got bored of drinking at the same one all the time, and they soon became known as the Black Country Ale Tairsters. After testing out a different pub from a map that was given out by the local Banks brewery in Wolverhampton, the Black Country Ale Tairsters then set out to visit all 300 pubs listed. Peter then had the aim of of visiting every pub on the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) guide. "Then we sort of said 'shall we get to 1,000?' - then it was 2,000, then 3,000 and it just never stopped from there." The now retired engineer, Peter, eventually entered record books by trekking to all corners of Britain. His group set a record for the longest pub crawl, but that was never the main focus for Peter. He began to raise money for charities, like children's hospitals and the Air Ambulance, and raised over £35,000 over the years as each challenge became more and more ambitious. Britain's cheapest Wetherspoons' pint revealed Peter said: "It's been a great adventure and I've met some amazing people along the way. "I'm not sure if I'll ever stop, as I still really enjoy it. "There's still hundreds of pubs to go, so I'll keep on going while I can." Whilst numbers in the Black Country Ale Tairsters have gone up and down as life has gone on, Peter has persevered with the expedition, sometimes even going by himself. "We used to get a little drunk in the early days but it's more of a mature hobby now and I always take it easy and pace myself. We don't drink to excess," he added. "I mainly stick to the real ales but we'll try the odd stout and mild too. It's brilliant fun, you can't be a good pub." "I love the characters you meet." One of the rooms in Hills' home now contains 280-arch lever files which log every pub with pictures, menus and other memorabilia from the adventures. What makes a good pub For Peter, the best kinds of pubs are the "old-fashioned traditional boozers". He likes when then have just a couple of rooms, and provide a warm welcome too. He added: "And it helps if they have a good beer on." 9 Peter has an extensive collection of folders documenting all the pubs he has visited Credit: SWNS 9 The Black Country Ale Tairsters celebrated their 40th anniversary of pub crawls last year Credit: SWNS Throughout the years, Peter has seen the industry go through drastic changes with an increasing number of pubs struggling. However, he never goes for the pints that can reach up to seven or even ten quid. But to record that he has visited a pub, Peter leaves a calling card which he gets a staff member to sign. "The wife is OK with it, she just accepts it's my hobby." Peter and his wife Dawn, 66, plan to next go to Greenwich for their anniversary where they will down a few more pints. "I'm trying to do my bit to keep the pub scene alive. I'll keep going until the beer runs out." Peter's top 5 pubs Peter and his Black Country Ale Tairsters group achieved their Guinness World Record for the Longest Pub Crawl in 2017, after reaching their 20,000th pub. The now real ale connoisseur has revealed his top pubs in the UK, and why. The Black Lion, Consall Forge, Staffs: out in the wild, has an old steam train running past, next to a canal, lovely beer garden. Yew Tree Inn, Caulden, Staffs: 88-year-old landlord still remembers Peter visiting in the early days in 1987 as pub number 1,052. Old place full of antiques and great atmosphere. The Mug House, Claines, Worcester: has three little rooms, by lovely little churchyard. Peter also has a pal there who he sees often. The Rising Sun, Tipton, West Midlands: has been Peter's local pub for years, welcoming and friendly faces. Payton Arms, Stoke Lyne, Oxon: unique place full of cobwebs and spiders, old fashioned and hard to describe. Peter also added: "My favourites are Oakham Cistra, Abbeydale Moonshine or Deception, Ossett White Rat and Black Country Ales. "We've been to the Shetlands, Orkneys, Jersey, Guernsey. "And to parts of Europe too as we like to visit military and war sites, like the Somme." 9 The Black Lion, Consall Forge, Staffs is in Peter's top 5 list of pubs Credit: SWNS 9 His local pub, The Rising Sun, also remains among his favourites Credit: SWNS
The Sun
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
I've visited 24,000 boozers & knocked back 60,000 pints on ‘world's longest pub crawl' – here are my top 5 picks in UK
A REAL ale fan celebrated visiting visiting 24,000 boozers and downing 60,000 pints after more than 40 years on the "world's longest pub crawl". Peter Hill, from West Bromwich, drank to his 69th birthday after reaching his milestone at the Elephant & Castle in the West Midlands on June 20. 9 9 9 The father-of-two has travelled 400,000 miles across the country, and averaged 11 pubs each week, since starting on his expedition in 1984. This involved having a pint on 69 islands around the UK, visiting a boozer in every British county, and drinking at very pub in Wales. When Peter started, a pint cost 64p. Where it all started Peter started testing out different boozers with his mates when they got bored of drinking at the same one all the time, and they soon became known as the Black Country Ale Tairsters. After testing out a different pub from a map that was given out by the local Banks brewery in Wolverhampton, the Black Country Ale Tairsters then set out to visit all 300 pubs listed. Peter then had the aim of of visiting every pub on the CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) guide. "Then we sort of said 'shall we get to 1,000?' - then it was 2,000, then 3,000 and it just never stopped from there." The now retired engineer, Peter, eventually entered record books by trekking to all corners of Britain. His group set a record for the longest pub crawl, but that was never the main focus for Peter. He began to raise money for charities, like children's hospitals and the Air Ambulance, and raised over £35,000 over the years as each challenge became more and more ambitious. Britain's cheapest Wetherspoons' pint revealed Peter said: "It's been a great adventure and I've met some amazing people along the way. "I'm not sure if I'll ever stop, as I still really enjoy it. "There's still hundreds of pubs to go, so I'll keep on going while I can." Whilst numbers in the Black Country Ale Tairsters have gone up and down as life has gone on, Peter has persevered with the expedition, sometimes even going by himself. "We used to get a little drunk in the early days but it's more of a mature hobby now and I always take it easy and pace myself. We don't drink to excess," he added. "I mainly stick to the real ales but we'll try the odd stout and mild too. It's brilliant fun, you can't be a good pub." "I love the characters you meet." One of the rooms in Hills' home now contains 280-arch lever files which log every pub with pictures, menus and other memorabilia from the adventures. What makes a good pub For Peter, the best kinds of pubs are the "old-fashioned traditional boozers". He likes when then have just a couple of rooms, and provide a warm welcome too. He added: "And it helps if they have a good beer on." 9 9 Throughout the years, Peter has seen the industry go through drastic changes with an increasing number of pubs struggling. However, he never goes for the pints that can reach up to seven or even ten quid. But to record that he has visited a pub, Peter leaves a calling card which he gets a staff member to sign. "The wife is OK with it, she just accepts it's my hobby." Peter and his wife Dawn, 66, plan to next go to Greenwich for their anniversary where they will down a few more pints. "I'm trying to do my bit to keep the pub scene alive. I'll keep going until the beer runs out." Peter's top 5 pubs Peter and his Black Country Ale Tairsters group achieved their Guinness World Record for the Longest Pub Crawl in 2017, after reaching their 20,000th pub. The now real ale connoisseur has revealed his top pubs in the UK, and why. The Black Lion, Consall Forge, Staffs: out in the wild, has an old steam train running past, next to a canal, lovely beer garden. Yew Tree Inn, Caulden, Staffs: 88-year-old landlord still remembers Peter visiting in the early days in 1987 as pub number 1,052. Old place full of antiques and great atmosphere. The Mug House, Claines, Worcester: has three little rooms, by lovely little churchyard. Peter also has a pal there who he sees often. The Rising Sun, Tipton, West Midlands: has been Peter's local pub for years, welcoming and friendly faces. Payton Arms, Stoke Lyne, Oxon: unique place full of cobwebs and spiders, old fashioned and hard to describe. Peter also added: "My favourites are Oakham Cistra, Abbeydale Moonshine or Deception, Ossett White Rat and Black Country Ales. "We've been to the Shetlands, Orkneys, Jersey, Guernsey. "And to parts of Europe too as we like to visit military and war sites, like the Somme." 9 9 9
Telegraph
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Real ale fan's world record pub crawl surpasses 24,000 bars
A real ale fan who has spent more than 40 years on the world's longest pub crawl has reached his 24,000th establishment. Peter Hill and his friends vowed to broaden their drinking horizons in 1984 and have since travelled 400,000 miles in search of new pubs. The West Bromwich-based Black Country Ale Tairsters have cemented their place in the record books by ticking off every pub in Wales, having a pint on 69 islands around the UK and visiting an average of 11 pubs every week. Mr Hill, who toasted his 69th birthday by raising a glass in the Elephant & Castle, in Dudley last month, said the pub crawl had been a 'great adventure'. He said: 'I'm not sure if I'll ever stop, as I still really enjoy it. There's still hundreds of pubs to go, so I'll keep on going while I can. 'There's a little group of us who go, the numbers have gone up and down as people have got married, sometimes I just go by myself. 'We used to get a little drunk in the early days but it's more of a mature hobby now and I always take it easy and pace myself. We don't drink to excess.' The group was formed 41 years ago when they set out to visit 300 pubs listed on a map handed out by the local Banks brewery in Wolverhampton. After completing the feat, the friends decided to carry on with the added incentive of raising money for charity – devising challenges each one more ambitious than the last. Mr Hill has kept 280 arch-lever files logging every pub, including pictures, menus and other memorabilia. The retired engineer said: 'We just got a bit bored of going to the same old place and it was my dad's idea to start visiting 300 from a Bank's map of Wolverhampton pubs. 'Then we sort of said 'shall we get to 1,000?' Then it was 2,000, then 3,000 and it just never stopped from there. 'We set a world record for the longest pub crawl but it was never about that. I'm just enjoying my life while trying to raise a bit of money for charity. 'I prefer the old-fashioned traditional boozers, just a couple of rooms and a warm welcome is very important.' Mr Hill has raised £35,000 for good causes over the years, including his local children's hospital and the Air Ambulance. When Mr Hill and co reached their 20,000th pub in 2017 they set a new Guinness World Record for the Longest Pub Crawl. 'Its sad to see so many pubs struggling, the price of the beer doesn't help – you can pay £7 a pint and even over a tenner for some of these fancy craft ales,' he said, adding: 'I'm trying to do my bit to keep the pub scene alive. 'I'll keep going until the beer runs out.'
Forbes
30-06-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Beyond Firewalls: How To Fix Identity Gaps In Operational Technology
Peter Hill is the chief executive officer of Gathid. In cybersecurity, few environments are as mission-critical—and as misunderstood—as operational technology (OT). Unlike traditional IT, which is built for centralization, cloud integration and continuous monitoring, OT is defined by air-gapped networks, legacy software and physical consequences. OT engineers aren't focused on IAM workflows or federated identities. Their priorities are uptime, safety and compliance with engineering standards that often predate the cloud. That siloed mindset, while understandable, is becoming increasingly risky. As critical infrastructure becomes more digital, bridging the IT-OT divide has become one of cybersecurity's most urgent—and overlooked—priorities. When Identity Is Off The Grid While IT teams have matured their identity governance practices—deploying automated provisioning, SSO and conditional access—OT environments remain fragmented. Each site or facility often runs its own isolated identity domain, with local directories, standalone user accounts and access policies maintained by engineers who don't report to IT or security. Consider a typical OT setup: a company with dozens of geographically dispersed plants, each with its own network and Active Directory instance. Credentials are created locally. Systems authenticate users only within that environment. If someone logs into a terminal at Site A, it may not matter if they were terminated from the corporate HR system a week ago—Site A likely doesn't know. This disconnection between corporate identity systems and on-the-ground reality creates one of their most persistent and underrecognized access risks: local identities that outlast their intended use. These aren't theoretical problems. They're systemic and persistent and often go unnoticed—until they're exploited. Why OT Teams Push Back (And Why They're Not Wrong) Security teams often propose tighter integration between IT and OT systems. OT engineers often resist: 'Don't touch anything. We're air-gapped for a reason.' This isn't fear of change. It's adherence to a critical safety protocol. Introducing new data or configurations into an OT environment—whether it's a patch, an IAM sync or a policy update—risks interfering with sensitive control systems. The result could be downtime, equipment failure or even physical harm. So, OT teams do what makes sense in their world: They isolate. At best, they may allow data to be passed out, but rarely in. In many environments, the only way to extract identity data is to physically walk it out—on a USB stick, if necessary. And that's the paradox: OT systems are air-gapped for safety, but the people using them are not. They shift roles, join projects and leave companies. If their identity data in OT isn't updated accordingly, you end up with active access and no accountability. A New Approach: Digital Twins And Knowledge Graphs Traditional IAM tools aren't built for the OT. They depend on live integrations, API access and real-time syncing—all nonstarters in these environments. What's needed is a model that delivers insight without direct system access. This is where digital twins and knowledge graphs come into play. A digital twin is a virtual model of your identity ecosystem. It consolidates user, system and access data without modifying the live environment. In OT, this means taking snapshots of local identities, loading them into the twin and analyzing them in a safe, isolated environment. You get the visibility you need, without the risk. A knowledge graph maps relationships between users, systems, roles and policies. It highlights conflicting roles, orphaned service accounts and mismatched access paths. In OT, this approach can help you take actions to ensure broader coverage and better performance: • Detect redundant or risky access • Map local identities to the broader organization • Spot discrepancies between HR records and OT access points • Prioritize remediation without needing to standardize every system Together, digital twins and knowledge graphs bring clarity to complexity, without forcing convergence. The Leadership Imperative: Visibility Without Disruption For CISOs and CIOs, this isn't just a technical challenge—it's a leadership imperative. In boardrooms and security committees, the question has shifted from 'Are we compliant?' to 'Can we prove we're secure—right now?' That proof depends on visibility. And in the OT world, visibility has long been the missing piece. By modeling identity environments without altering them, security leaders can uncover risk and align systems for better compliance and performance: • Surface hidden access risks • Align physical and digital access • Demonstrate compliance to auditors and regulators • Enable OT teams to act on their own terms Just as important, this approach respects OT's operational boundaries. You're not forcing system changes. You're enabling insight and giving ownership so teams act with confidence. It's Not About Control—It's About Collaboration The future of OT identity security isn't about forcing integration or dismantling air gaps. It's about building shared understanding—so when someone leaves the company, every system knows. When a role changes, access adjusts. And when asked 'Who has access, and why?' security leaders can answer with confidence and evidence. The solution isn't more control. It's better modeling and mapping—revealing what already exists so organizations can fix gaps without disrupting what works. Because in OT, what you don't touch can still hurt you. But what you can see, you can secure. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives. Do I qualify?
