The owner of a Mid North Coast hotel has been knocked unconscious during an armed robbery overnight.
Two men armed with a large knife and iron bar confronted the 26-year-old licensee of a Lake Cathie tavern as he was walking to his car after closing the hotel at 9pm.
They demanded he unlock the hotel and forced him to open the safe before knocking him unconscious.
When he woke up he realised the men had stolen cash.
