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by _kb 964 days ago
Here's a write up of number #4: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-18/tara-isolated-rural-b.... There's a reason for that pricing.
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#3 Port Pirie is (in)famous for its lead contamination [1].

#5 Queenstown is also contaminated [2]. It's an interesting place to visit, as the surrounds look like the moon [3], since the contamination stop anything from growing.

The rest could be nice?

[1] https://theconversation.com/lead-poisoning-of-port-pirie-chi...

[2] https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/tasmanian-lakes-metal-c...

[3] https://www.google.com/search?q=queenstown+moonscape&tbm=isc...

# 9 Charleville - I've not lived there, but I've visited. For a sense of the remoteness, when the International Space Station passes overhead, it's twice as close as the nearest major city.
Sounds like astronomy heaven.