One of South Australia’s iconic hotels is for sale for the first time in more than 20 years. The Ozone Seafront Hotel, on the foreshore at Kingscote, on Kangaroo Island, was one of the original buildings in the town when the hotel was built in 1907. It was destroyed by fire in 1918 and rebuilt within the original stone walls, which survived the blaze. Renovations in the late 1990s discovered most of the hotel’s charred interior had been swept into the basement, which had served as workers’ quarters, and the base of the hotel was built on top. The current owners, who bought the hotel in 1987, believe it is time to move on and are looking for expressions of interest to take over the licence. Manager Chris Schumann, who has worked at the hotel for 19 years, said the Ozone had a large role in the island’s community. He said it was one of the major employers on the island, with 70 staff, a third of whom had worked at the hotel for more than a decade. The hotel was also a community meeting place. The Advertiser, May 3.
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