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A fascinating story is Middle Percy Island [0] off the coast of Far North Queensland. A family friend knew the man that acquired the island in 2001 for $10, under murky circumstances to say the least [1]. I believe the family of the original caretaker successfully got a court to intervene, but I'm not sure what the state of any of it is today. Most of the saga is chronicled here [2].

Everything else aside, seems like owning an island is _hard_.

[0] -21.659825, 150.263186

[1] https://www.thecoastalpassage.com/Andy%27s_storytcp6.html

[2] https://www.thecoastalpassage.com/thepercystory.html