BIRDSVILLE, Australia: One of Australia's most well known pubs, situated within the country's far flung outback thousands of miles from primary towns, is available on the market for the primary time in a long time and attracting local and global interest.
The 134-year-old Birdsville Hotel is the only real watering hole for the city of Birdsville — inhabitants: 140 — and having a drink there has turn out to be a must-do for the tourists who make the trek to the city for its centuries-old annual horse races and thriving song pageant.
Owner David Brook -- whose circle of relatives has lived in Birdsville since the overdue 1880s — said the valuables brokers told him there were "interest from afar" by means of folks wanting to put money into or manage the pub, which is more than 600 kilometres from the nearest large the city.
For Brook, who purchased the pub in 1979, and whose grandmother owned the lodge between 1920-46, the pub's isolation is its leader selling level.
"When you explain to them that you can have a (race) meeting and get 6,000 and have a music festival... and get 9,000 for the weekend in a town where there's only one pub, you can work out that it's not a bad business," he said.
The pub, with its sandstone walls, dusty cowboy hats hanging from the ceiling and country song blasting from speakers, is being marketed as "a true Aussie icon" the place "everyone wants to say they've had a beer".
The tavern has 27 guest rooms, and includes an aviation fuel provide industry with small planes and helicopters carrying tourists commencing and touchdown simply across the highway.
While other pubs around Australia have modernised and added gambling machines to spice up source of revenue, Brook has saved the decor simple and keen on providing excellent provider and food.
More recently, Birdsville has been boosted by means of the Big Red Bash, a three-day song pageant within the Simpson Desert held annually since 2013 and referred to as the "most remote concert on the planet".
"I hope that it can be kept as just a modest, good business," Brook said. "An investor who is prepared to spend money and be sure that it supplies excellent provider, sometimes on the expense -- just a little bit -- of profit.
"You could have a big, shiny (pub) within the town that makes some huge cash, or you'll be able to have something special out here that you are proud to possess."
The 134-year-old Birdsville Hotel is the only real watering hole for the city of Birdsville — inhabitants: 140 — and having a drink there has turn out to be a must-do for the tourists who make the trek to the city for its centuries-old annual horse races and thriving song pageant.
Owner David Brook -- whose circle of relatives has lived in Birdsville since the overdue 1880s — said the valuables brokers told him there were "interest from afar" by means of folks wanting to put money into or manage the pub, which is more than 600 kilometres from the nearest large the city.
For Brook, who purchased the pub in 1979, and whose grandmother owned the lodge between 1920-46, the pub's isolation is its leader selling level.
"When you explain to them that you can have a (race) meeting and get 6,000 and have a music festival... and get 9,000 for the weekend in a town where there's only one pub, you can work out that it's not a bad business," he said.
The pub, with its sandstone walls, dusty cowboy hats hanging from the ceiling and country song blasting from speakers, is being marketed as "a true Aussie icon" the place "everyone wants to say they've had a beer".
The tavern has 27 guest rooms, and includes an aviation fuel provide industry with small planes and helicopters carrying tourists commencing and touchdown simply across the highway.
While other pubs around Australia have modernised and added gambling machines to spice up source of revenue, Brook has saved the decor simple and keen on providing excellent provider and food.
More recently, Birdsville has been boosted by means of the Big Red Bash, a three-day song pageant within the Simpson Desert held annually since 2013 and referred to as the "most remote concert on the planet".
"I hope that it can be kept as just a modest, good business," Brook said. "An investor who is prepared to spend money and be sure that it supplies excellent provider, sometimes on the expense -- just a little bit -- of profit.
"You could have a big, shiny (pub) within the town that makes some huge cash, or you'll be able to have something special out here that you are proud to possess."
For sale: Australian pub in the middle of nowhere
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