After nine years of early starts, late finishes, cleaning, pouring drinks and relationship counselling, Gooloogong Hotel publican Sarah Windus and her partner, Peter Charles are calling "last drinks".
A "Gooly local", Sarah once worked as a barmaid at the pub before becoming the owner in 2015.
"It was my first pub and probably my last," laughed Sarah.
"Peter and I bought it nearly a decade ago from former owner Ron Hay and it has been quite a ride," she said.
"It's the kind of job you have to want to do and you have to be a people person," Sarah said.
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Despite the buzz of meeting travelers and bonding with locals, Sarah has conceded it is time to move onto a more quiet life.
"I am looking to semi-retire for now as the farm will have long hours too," she said.
"But it will be a very different pace and we are looking forward to that!"
The Gooloogong Hotel is a rare specialty among rural pubs with three shops, ten rooms, a function centre and live-in options all apart of the sale. The district has around 400 people too, many of which work on the land or at the local dairy, Moxey's.
"It is a great little community with a lot going for it and is central to Forbes, Young, Cowra and Orange," Sarah said.
"It is very friendly and any new owners would have so much fun running it like we did.
"We loved it but it is just time for us to move on now and try our hand at something else!"
More info on the pub can be found here - https://agriruralnsw.com/commercial/18-20-main-street-gooloogong-nsw-2805/
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