After fending off multi-million-dollar offers for years, the owners of this 'pandemic paradise' have put it up for sale.
A slice of isolation paradise that was once won in a poker game is up for sale on Queensland's Southern Great Barrier Reef.It was once won in a poker game in the 1960sThe six-hectare Pumpkin Island, 16 kilometres off the coast of Yeppoon in central Queensland, has a price tag of around $25 million.Sales agents are capitalising on the post COVID-19 climate, spruiking the island's potential as a possible 'safe haven' during any future pandemics.
"The island used to belong to a local man called Snigger Findlay who owned a lot of oyster leases in the area," Ms Rumble said. They spent the next 40 years building up the tourism infrastructure on the island until they sold to the Rumble family in 2003.Jewel in the crown
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