AN unlikely dream for an 11-year-old, Bec Young wanted nothing more as a child than to one day own and run the Albert Hotel in Milparinka.

Living in Adelaide at the time, Ms Young spent her holidays 800kms away in Milparinka, helping her relatives who ran the pub at the time.

“My auntie and uncle used to run the pub, so I started coming up here when I was young,” she said.

“And I just fel...