Private island off Queensland coast up for sale
A private island in northern Queensland is up for sale for $15million.
Timana Island, also known as Thorpe Island, boasts 15 hectares of rainforest, a private beach and a beach shack.
The island located off Mission Beach between Cairns and Townsville is one of the few private freehold islands in Australia, that is in "pristine" condition.
"It's sort of beyond words, but you're sitting there listening to the waves, lapping up the orchestra of birds and the smells of the blossoming rainforest," Steve Wiltshire from Mission Beach Real Estate told Today.
He added that fruit trees were growing wild on the island and could be "gardened" up.
"And then it rises steeply up to a hillock, and it's covered in dense rainforest," he said.
While the beach shack is currently uninhabitable, he added that is has a strong foundation for those interested in renovating it and turning it into something special.
"There's an old shack there that is in need of a lot of attention - but strong bones, as we say in the industry."
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