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At the top end of a quiet regional town, an accidental publican is reviving
an age-old tradition of refuge and succour for starving artists. All he asks in
return is that your gifts are shared with the town that’s slowly reinventing
its identity.
Standing proud at the top of the tiny town of Terang is a rambling red-brick
pub the locals call The Commercial.
Its wallpaper is dated and faded, broken up with black and white photos of the
town’s glory years that hang along a dusty picture rail.
A slightly out-of-tune piano takes up residence in a corner near a small
telephone room that emanates the nostalgic mustiness that comes with old pubs
of a certain era.
The lodgers’ quarters, denoted by gold script on a tired wooden door, are
tucked away behind some stairs near the back door to the bar.
But all that nostalgia takes a back seat when the warmth of North Melbourne
footballer turned maths teacher turned hotelier Les Cameron greets you at the
front door.
Les saunters in with a welcoming smile and a firm handshake; a tall man with a
shock of white hair and kind eyes.
“This is it,” he says with a smile that more than hints at the pride he has in
his historic abode."
Via Muse, who wrote "Wow! Sounds like I should visit!"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
