An entire Aussie town is up for grabs for the shock price of just $400,000 – with the listing of The Foxtrap in Cooladdi, QLD.
An entire Aussie town is for sale for the shock price of just $400,000 – with multiple income streams thrown in including two mail runs, the only motel and the pub.
Carol Yarrow and Jo Cornel have run the heart and soul of Australia’s tiniest town – Cooladdi, population two – for the past three years, sparking global interest after listing the outpost 10 hours from Brisbane for sale.
Cooladdi was created as a railway town, with this the last sign of what used to be.
The Foxtrap is now the beating heart of Cooladdi.
The tiny outpost located on Australias’s longest road, the Diamantina Developmental Road, is now one of the Australia’s cheapest – and quirkiest – properties for sale with The Foxtrot roadhouse at its heart.
It’s not just a pit stop for a steady stream of trucks, travellers and outback adventurers rolling through, it’s the new age town centre for the former rail town that once had a police station and school.
Despite the viral buzz, buyers aren’t technically purchasing the entire township, with the original Cooladdi – once home to more than 270 residents – now sitting across Quilberry Creek reduced to a hall, railway siding and relics from the steam train era.
In practical terms, The Foxtrap is Cooladdi’s beating heart now.
“I think six city apartments would fit in this building,” Ms Yarrow said.
Asteady stream of truckers, caravanners and adventurers pass through the town via Australias’s longest road, the Diamantina Developmental Road,
Set on a 5,062 sqm freehold block, the Foxtrap is a one-stop outback operation with a cafe, bar, post office and four-bedroom residence under one roof – plus a “huge utility room”.
It also has out the back four airconditioned and carpeted motel rooms, as well as a self-contained cabin, timber shed, three-bay carport, chook house, veggie garden – and crucially, a town bore supplying “really good sub artesian water of drinking quality”.
“Also included in sale is a diesel generator that runs the whole show when the power goes out,” Ms Yarrow said.
Despite its remote location, the property has mains power and fast-speed internet – a detail surprising many would-be buyers flooding the inbox.
“The media attention has been crazy and the phone and Facebook page has been going off,” she said. “It’s been a bit overwhelming.”
This from someone used to dealing with strangers every day.
A lonely fuel pump against the area’s firey sunsets.
Thousands of travellers have passed through The Foxtrap in Cooladdim, QLD.
“We have a constant stream of trucks – cattle trucks, oil and gas trucks going to Eromanga and Moomba,” she said. “During the tourist season … we have heaps of caravanners and campers. We never get lonely that’s for sure.”
Life in Cooladdi isn’t for the faint-hearted though, requiring someone who can cope with the relative isolation, who’s self-reliant and thrives on long stretches of red dirt.
“It’s the people you meet out here – you never forget them,” Ms Yarrow said.
From yabby races on Australia Day to State of Origin nights packed with locals and travellers, the roadhouse has become a social magnet.
Wholesome living at its best.
The Foztrot is the social hub of the region.
“I will definitely miss the fun nights at the bar as we have so much fun.”
After three years in the outback, the co-owners are heading in different directions.
“Jo is moving back to Brisbane and I am staying out in the district as I love it out here,” Ms Yarrow said.
“If someone is after a tree change with a laid back lifestyle in a great community, I can’t recommend it more.”
Technically, while you might not be buying a whole town, you will inherit an entire community.