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Stephanie Gardiner

How mates, music and murals helped town make a comeback

Publicans Kate and Travis Lee were determined to usher in a new chapter for their beloved "Rochy". (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

The walls of a grand old country pub have stood tall for generations in a river town where diggers returned from war, couples married, footy teams won and lost, and floods raged.

When publicans Kate and Travis Lee re-opened the doors of the hotel in Rochester, central Victoria, in March, they wanted to honour those 155 years of rich rural history.

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