The Seabreeze Hotel was built in 1939 by the Princes Highway at Tom Ugly's Point, Blakehurst overlooking the George's River. An unusually large hotel for a suburban location, distant from any town centre of note, the Seabreeze was built partly due to a peculiarity of the NSW licensing laws: Tom Ugly's was just far enough away from the city to allow patrons to call themselves 'bona fide travellers' and hence be served alcohol after normal trading hours.

This legislative incentive to drink-driving saw Tom Ugly's become something of a pleasure precinct during the 1930s and 1940s, featuring as well as the Seabreeze Hotel a group of restaurants offering late-night wining and dining. These included Sam's, the Riverview, the Stork Club and the Colony Club, which featured a swimming pool and a cabaret show called the Aqua Follies.

Unlike most hotels of the era, the Seabreeze was designed to accommodate motorists, featuring a prominent driveway and a parking area behind the hotel.

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The Seabreeze Hotel was demolished during the 1990s.

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