The Kumbia Hotel’s desperate plea for region’s support

Residents of a small South Burnett town are banding together to help keep the beer flowing at an iconic 110-year-old pub on the brink of closure.

A GoFundMe page has started in a bid to save the 110-year-old Kumbia Hotel – one of the region’s most loved and historic landmarks – which is the on brink of closure.

A last-ditch effort to save a rural Queensland town's iconic pub and prevent it from becoming as dry as the Sahara is underway.

A GoFundMe page has started in a bid to save the 110-year-old Kumbia Hotel – one of the region’s most loved and historic landmarks – which is the on brink of closure.

Kumbia is a small town on the Bunya Hwy with a population of about 300 people.

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GoFundMe organiser Joshy Smith said the hotel is on the brink of extinction.

A GoFundMe page has started in a bid to save the 110-year-old Kumbia Hotel – one of the region’s most loved and historic landmarks – which is the on brink of closure.

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“It’s about to be as dry as a termites turd, the beer lines are running dryer than a dead dingo’s donga and we can’t have that,” Mr Smith said.

Jack and Glad Martin managed the Kumbia Hotel between 1943 and 1963 for then owner Mrs Palmer.

“We can all imagine what it would feel like to be in a pub with no beer, similar to a truckie without his rig, a kookaburra without a laugh, a sausage sizzle without the sauce and we don’t want the Kumbia Hotel to suffer the same fate.”

The fundraiser has already raised over $1600, with a goal of $12000.

Mr Smith said if everyone chips in the Kumbia Hotel can be saved from “going down the gurgler”.

“A couple bucks or a few dollarydoos we can help these legends get back on their feet and open this beaut pub for business,” Mr Smith said.

“Let’s not let it become a ghost town on your drive through.

“Don’t leave us high and dry folks and let’s get behind the Kumbia Hotel.”