The year-old spent six months in a retirement village cottage when he first arrived in Quilpie this year because of the shire's housing shortage.
Quilpie has recently needed nurses, teachers, mechanics, butchers, trade apprentices, bar tenders and more. But home buyers need to be Australian citizens or permanent residents to qualify for the grant. Real estate prices have soared across much of Australia throughout the pandemic due to record low interest rates and extended lockdowns in the largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, which have sent residents searching for more spacious homes in smaller towns.
Most of the interest in coronavirus-free Quilpie has come from the state capital, Brisbane, a city of 2. But there is also interest from Melbourne -- which local media report has been locked down longer than any other city in the world -- the city of Newcastle, and Western Australia state. Both young families and retirees are considering the Quilpie move. Their reasons vary.
The shire covers 68, square kilometers 26, square miles. The couple bought a block in August. Sections U. Science Technology Business U.
But authorities have been overwhelmed by more than enquires in less than two weeks from around Australia and internationally. Leon O'Neil via AP.
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