When Jackson MacDonald bought a historic timber pub off the beaten track and began renovations, he was told he wouldn't succeed without poker machines.
abc.net.au/news/country-pub-no-poker-machines-hotel-theebine/101894638When Jackson MacDonald bought a neglected pub off the beaten track and began extensive renovations on the historic timber building, he was told he wouldn't succeed without poker machines.
"A lot of these pubs of this era have all burned to the ground; there's bugger all pubs left like this in Queensland and I've always loved old pubs," Mr MacDonald said."It was for sale for a fair while; [I] just decided to buy it and keep it in local hands, save foreigners having to buy it."The hotel was built 114 years ago, an hour-and-a-half drive north of Queensland's Sunshine Coast, at a time when roads weren't reliable and rail lines ruled.
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