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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

A hotel in Melbourne’s affluent Brighton wants to become a rehab clinic – some locals aren’t happy

The Brighton Savoy hotel with the Melbourne CBD skyline in the distance.
The Brighton Savoy hotel, which hosted the second Logie awards in 1960, is seeking to become an upmarket drug and alcohol rehab centre. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

A short walk from the suburb’s famed bright bathing boxes, the Brighton Savoy has a richer history than most Australian seaside hotels.

In its glory days the Melbourne venue hosted the likes of Bob Hawke, “Britain’s Marilyn Monroe” Sabrina and the second ever Logie awards, as well as countless wedding parties and holidaymakers over the past 63 years.

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