Dome café closes

The iconic Top of the Dome café went into liquidation on September 25, at the invitation of shareholder Jocelyn Calthrop.

The café closed its doors for the last time last month and signs were erected thanking customers and stating that the café had been forced to close.

The café was operated by Jocelyn, Bill and Ema Calthrop for 12 years, although it had originally been built by current landowners, the Civil family.

Meanwhile, the 84ha plot the café sits on has been on the market since February with a price tag of $3.5 million, excluding GST. Real estate agent Greg Allen-Baines said the landowners were investigating the possibility of subdivision. He says the intention is to explore the opportunity of selling the café premises and an adjacent two-bedroom house as one parcel of land, and grassed land on the opposite side of the road as subdivided lots.