Australians are drinking less alcohol and Tasmania's regional and ageing populations are in decline. What of the old country pub?

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Updated November 23 2019 - 8:11am, first published 6:00am
FRIENDLY: Pub owner Isabel Gillane says it is good for Tasmania if people get out and visit old, country pubs to experience warm hospitality and learn some of their histories.
FRIENDLY: Pub owner Isabel Gillane says it is good for Tasmania if people get out and visit old, country pubs to experience warm hospitality and learn some of their histories.
LEFT: Stanley Hotel owner Julian Jacobs says good food and hospitality is key to a pub's survival.
LEFT: Stanley Hotel owner Julian Jacobs says good food and hospitality is key to a pub's survival.
TOP RIGHT: Pub Instagrammer Holley Lees loves old country pub character and believes if pubs were lost, a part of Tasmania's culture and heritage would die with them.
TOP RIGHT: Pub Instagrammer Holley Lees loves old country pub character and believes if pubs were lost, a part of Tasmania's culture and heritage would die with them.
ABOVE RIGHT: An upgraded room at the Bischoff Hotel, which received $50,000 as part of Air BnB's Country Pub project to reinvigorate accommodation at country pubs.
ABOVE RIGHT: An upgraded room at the Bischoff Hotel, which received $50,000 as part of Air BnB's Country Pub project to reinvigorate accommodation at country pubs.

Country pub lover Holley Lees loves old pubs with soul.

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