Ballarat's Bulldog-friendly hotel

Melanie Whelan
Updated September 23 2016 - 7:41pm, first published 7:20pm
PROUD: Royal Oak Hotel proprietors Karen and John Turner, with Daylesford Bulldog Chris Grant's jumper behind them, are ready to cheer loud. Picture: Kate Healy
PROUD: Royal Oak Hotel proprietors Karen and John Turner, with Daylesford Bulldog Chris Grant's jumper behind them, are ready to cheer loud. Picture: Kate Healy

THERE was one night Karen Turner looked up from pouring drinks and could hardly believe about 40 Bulldogs were in her bar. The Royal Oak Hotel was where Western Bulldogs players chose to grab a meal when visiting in the mid-to-late 1990s.

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Melanie Whelan

Melanie Whelan

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