April 13, 2016 – An entire historic town is for sale in the Australian island state of Tasmania for just over US$8 million.
The 145-hectare town was deserted by the 1990s as the hydro dam had become automated.
Current owner Julian Horner spent the past 13 years restoring the town, which has become a tourist attraction for hikers, fishers and bushwalkers. It features a lodge, bar, cafe and trout-fishing dam.
“It is 126 kilometres from Hobart, surrounded by mountains and natural bushland and already attracts 2 million dollars a year from tourists,” Blacklow told dpa.
“In just a few days we have had inquiries from as far away as Holland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.”
He said the whole town is being sold as a block, but it is possible for the purchaser to sell off individual houses or blocks of land.