Adam Perry from the Riverina Brewing Company has big plans to take a bit of Temora's history and transform it into a tourist destination.

About a year ago, his company purchased the Pardey's Flour Mill building from BFB Pty. Ltd.

"I live in the area, and I have long looked at the building and thought 'it's so beautiful and it has such potential'," Mr Perry said.

"An opportunity came up to approach the company that owned it about a year ago to ask if they would be interested in selling it.

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Mr Perry said the idea for the mill's transformation was born after visiting the Premier Mill Hotel in Katanning, Western Australia.

"It was so inspiring to see what they had done with the building in a town smaller than Temora," he said.

"I got excited, contacted BFB and took some photos with Premier Mill's permission and printed them off to show the manager.

"I said, 'we could build this here, and you just need to agree to sell me the building'. He went back to the Canadian owners, and they accepted our offer."

Mr Perry said Pardey's Flour Mill is an iconic building that has been vacant for nearly 50 years. He added that it could fall apart if someone did not take over.

"So saving the building with its 100-year plus history and repurposing it for at least another 50 years is important," Mr Perry said.

The building will be redeveloped into a-14 room boutique hotel, restaurant, function centre and micro-brewery.

"The beer we make will be under our registered trademark - Great Southern Beer," Mr Perry said.

"This is in recognition of our brewery being Australian owned, where most other beers sold in Australia, including Great Northern, are owned by Japanese brewers.

"We want to offer people the opportunity to drink not only an Australian owned beer but a regionally and locally produced one."

Mr Perry said Temora is becoming more of a destination than a stopover town.

"We only have to look at the world-class aviation museum," he said.

"We plan to market the facility as part of the Destination Temora theme and sell the message that the town has a lot to offer as a visitor destination."

Mr Perry said they are still in the concept stage and have not yet lodged a development application.

"We recently briefed Temora Shire Council to keep councillors informed of our plans," he said.

"We have some matters to finalise, including detailed planning compliance before submitting a DA. I imagine it will be at least two years until the beer starts flowing."

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