Historic Quamby pub restored by Gold Coast mates who took on 'opportunity of a lifetime'

Quamby Pub owners (from left) Karen and Nigel Sheiles and Wendy and Greg White are proud of their achievement. (Supplied: Quamby Pub)

Battered by years of wind and dust, the decaying timber skeleton of the Quamby Pub has been the only sign of a once bustling cattle and mining town in the red-dirt country of north-west Queensland. 

Built in 1860 as a customs house, the venue was the heart of the Quamby township which eventually died down in the 1970s.