CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA —Though Jo Fort and her husband, Kym, have successfully operated a remote pub in the desert here for 27 years, it seems their passion for running the watering hole has finally begun to dry up.
According to Ananova news service, Fort has put the Birdsville Hotel up for sale for nearly $8 million. —Though Jo Fort and her husband, Kym, have successfully operated a remote pub in the desert here for 27 years, it seems their passion for running the watering hole has finally begun to dry up.
“Sometimes you’ve got to know when enough is enough,” she said. —Though Jo Fort and her husband, Kym, have successfully operated a remote pub in the desert here for 27 years, it seems their passion for running the watering hole has finally begun to dry up.
The establishment—located at the edge of the Simpson Desert, approximately 875 miles from the nearest city, Brisbane—is visited by 45,000 tourists each year. —Though Jo Fort and her husband, Kym, have successfully operated a remote pub in the desert here for 27 years, it seems their passion for running the watering hole has finally begun to dry up.
Centuries ago, Charles Sturt, a European explorer who ventured into the area, called it “a desperate region having no parallel on Earth.” —Though Jo Fort and her husband, Kym, have successfully operated a remote pub in the desert here for 27 years, it seems their passion for running the watering hole has finally begun to dry up.