PHOTO: Bob Ware outside the Artesian Motor Inn which will soon be under new ownership.
Coonamble's Artesian Motor Inn is changing hands for the first time in sixteen years as veteran moteliers Bob and Jean Ware prepare to wind down.
With four of Jean's granchildren in their care, the Wares relocated their home base to Dubbo about a decade ago.
"I stayed on and have been running backwards and forwards ever since," Mr Ware said. "I'd go down there on weekends and sometimes stay a bit . . .
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