SYDNEY, Sept 6, 2010 (AFP) - The outback Australian pub that featured in the 1980s hit movie "Crocodile Dundee" is to be sold because the current owner wants a break from working in the tourist attraction.
The Walkabout Creek Hotel, in the small community of McKinlay in the northeast state of Queensland, attracts hundreds of people each day as they travel the highway between Brisbane and Darwin.
"I've been running it for 23 years, it's time for a change and a break, publican Paul Collins told AFP.
Collins said he loved working in the remote location, but it would take a special kind of person to take on the 18-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week job.
"It's a different pub, it's in a remote location. It's not everyone's cup of tea. But there has been some pretty strong interest to date. It's a good pub."
The hotel, which was built in 1900, served as a location in the 1986 film "Crocodile Dundee" when it was then known as the Federal Hotel.
After the release of the film, which centred on a knife-brandishing bush hero played by Paul Hogan, its name was changed to the Walkabout Creek Hotel, as it appeared in the movie.
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