1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,560 S1: Sick of the mundane live. Haven't got enough money to 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:06,200 S1: buy a house. You've got $400,000. You never know your luck. 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,400 S1: You could actually buy an entire town. Yes, indeed. It 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,399 S1: comes with a road house. It comes with its own 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:16,080 S1: post code and a post office. Population two. The owners 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,520 S1: of the Fox Trap Road House and co-owner Carol Yarrow 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,720 S1: joins us online. Good morning to you. 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:24,480 S2: Good morning. 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:25,520 S1: You've had enough. 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,240 S2: Well, I'm retiring age, so it was a three year 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,720 S2: plan in the beginning and the three years is up. 12 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:34,280 S2: So it's time to move on. 13 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,559 S1: Alright. Now it's in a place called I've Got to 14 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,960 S1: get this right. Cool lady in Queensland. 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:40,720 S2: That's perfect. Yep. Right. 16 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,600 S1: And it's got, it's got a population of two. You'd 17 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,040 S1: be one of them. Who's the other one? 18 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,839 S2: Yeah. Jo Jo my business partner. Jo. 19 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,959 S1: Right. So there's two of you live there. How do 20 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,839 S1: you make a living if there's only two people at 21 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:53,600 S1: the road house? 22 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,480 S2: It's. It's got a busy road runs. It's on a 23 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,520 S2: busy road. The Diamantina Development Road runs from, uh, right 24 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,880 S2: out through Charleville, um, right out through the south west 25 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,480 S2: to Birdsville and yeah, up through Mount Isa. And so 26 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,000 S2: we get a lot of trucks, a lot of locals 27 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,399 S2: come in, we have a pub here as well. And um, 28 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,120 S2: it's pretty busy. 29 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,240 S3: So, so there's only two of you in the town. 30 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:23,119 S3: So you, you two will move. So the new owners 31 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,160 S3: will be the population. So does. 32 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:25,800 S2: It. That'll be it. 33 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,880 S3: Yeah. Is it a is it a community? Like do 34 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,520 S3: you feel like you're part of a community, even though 35 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:31,680 S3: there was just the two of you? 36 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:36,160 S2: Well, there is a community as far as our locals go, 37 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,920 S2: they're all our out of community. So people out on 38 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,720 S2: cattle properties, anyone within about a 70 K radius is 39 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,920 S2: is classed as our locals that just pop in as 40 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,680 S2: they're going past or come here on a Friday night 41 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,280 S2: for a few drinks. 42 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,320 S1: Right. Uh, can you make a quit out there, Carol? 43 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,400 S2: Yeah, you can make it quit. Okay. 44 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:58,120 S1: Well that's. 45 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,880 S2: Good. Yeah, we we both might make a good living. 46 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,160 S1: So what about when things break? You know, like things 47 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,680 S1: are always breaking fridges or the toilet system. Do you 48 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,880 S1: have to be pretty handy or. I mean, it's not 49 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,960 S1: like you'd ring the local plumber to come and help. 50 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,560 S2: No, you're right there. Um, our our locals do help 51 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:20,880 S2: us a lot. Um, and yeah, I've sort of had 52 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,320 S2: to be fairly handy. Yeah. 53 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:27,440 S1: Good on you for $400,000. Just work us through what 54 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,160 S1: we're actually buying. So we get a hotel, we get 55 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,160 S1: a post office, we get somewhere to live. 56 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,520 S2: Yeah. There's a four bedroom residence attached, and there's four 57 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:43,720 S2: motel rooms, a cabin, um, pub, post office, cafe, restaurant, 58 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,320 S2: shop and a couple of sheds. It's on an acre 59 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:50,960 S2: of ground. It's freehold. 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,760 S1: Wow. And all for 400,000. Sounds like a steal. 61 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:55,960 S2: It is. 62 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,200 S1: Right. And what are you going to do? Will you 63 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,910 S1: miss living in Coletti. 64 00:03:00,710 --> 00:03:03,430 S2: I won't be going far. I'll be staying in the area. 65 00:03:03,470 --> 00:03:06,150 S2: Joel will go back to Brisbane, where she's got family 66 00:03:06,190 --> 00:03:07,710 S2: because she doesn't see them a whole lot. 67 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:09,989 S1: So if I bought it, would you run it for me? 68 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:13,350 S2: Uh, not full time. No. 69 00:03:13,710 --> 00:03:15,470 S1: There's not much staff around, I gather. 70 00:03:16,590 --> 00:03:20,070 S2: Oh, we do get help. Um, you know, Caravanners have 71 00:03:20,070 --> 00:03:23,030 S2: come and dropped here in the backyard and. Okay, um, 72 00:03:23,150 --> 00:03:26,190 S2: come in for a one couple came in for a 73 00:03:26,510 --> 00:03:28,829 S2: beer and a burger, and they were still here 18 74 00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:29,590 S2: months later. 75 00:03:29,790 --> 00:03:37,550 S1: What's your, what's your post code? 44794479 and yeah. Right. 76 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:40,150 S1: And uh, how often is the post you deliver? 77 00:03:41,270 --> 00:03:46,670 S2: We add a, um mail delivery every weekday morning. Oh wow. 78 00:03:46,710 --> 00:03:49,390 S2: And then we've got two mail runs. Then we run 79 00:03:49,390 --> 00:03:52,910 S2: the mail out to properties on a four days a week. 80 00:03:52,950 --> 00:03:55,390 S1: Okay. Sounds like a bit of fun. There's no school there, though, 81 00:03:55,390 --> 00:03:58,310 S1: so if you've got kids, where would they get their education? 82 00:03:58,390 --> 00:03:59,550 S1: school of the air, would they? 83 00:04:00,070 --> 00:04:02,030 S2: Yeah. This one is education. 84 00:04:02,030 --> 00:04:02,790 S1: Yeah. Okay. 85 00:04:02,830 --> 00:04:05,790 S3: And so, Carol, is that an important part of, you know, 86 00:04:05,830 --> 00:04:07,630 S3: you talk about it is part of the community. So 87 00:04:07,670 --> 00:04:09,910 S3: if if you guys move and no one does buy it, 88 00:04:09,950 --> 00:04:11,910 S3: how much of an impact will that have on those 89 00:04:11,910 --> 00:04:12,910 S3: neighboring farms? 90 00:04:14,430 --> 00:04:16,830 S2: Oh, look, I won't let it get closed down. Put 91 00:04:16,830 --> 00:04:17,310 S2: it that way. 92 00:04:17,350 --> 00:04:19,310 S1: No, there's been a lot of interest, Carol. 93 00:04:19,870 --> 00:04:20,750 S2: Yes it has. 94 00:04:20,790 --> 00:04:21,310 S3: Well that's good. 95 00:04:21,830 --> 00:04:23,110 S1: I'll give you 200. 96 00:04:24,350 --> 00:04:26,950 S2: Yeah. We've had a similar offer. 97 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:29,710 S1: Have you? Okay. Hey, Carol. Keep us in the. Keep 98 00:04:29,710 --> 00:04:34,070 S1: us in the nod, alright? Okay, alright. Good luck to you, Carol. Yara. There. 99 00:04:34,110 --> 00:04:36,830 S1: The Fox Trap Roadhouse co-owner. Now, if you're looking for 100 00:04:36,830 --> 00:04:38,870 S1: a sea change, that's it, isn't it? 101 00:04:38,870 --> 00:04:40,670 S3: That's hard to comprehend, though, isn't it? Like if you 102 00:04:40,670 --> 00:04:42,870 S3: and me went out there and we bought it? Yeah, 103 00:04:42,910 --> 00:04:44,950 S3: like we are the town. Yeah. It's just you and me. 104 00:04:44,990 --> 00:04:47,350 S1: You and me. You know who wants to be the sheriff? 105 00:04:47,950 --> 00:04:49,910 S3: So someone's got to run the post office. Someone's got 106 00:04:49,910 --> 00:04:52,310 S3: to pull the beers. Yeah, like it's a weird concept 107 00:04:52,310 --> 00:04:53,750 S3: for me. Yeah. Just try. 108 00:04:53,830 --> 00:04:56,190 S1: If you're not afraid of hard work, it sounds like fun. 109 00:04:57,150 --> 00:04:58,710 S1: Not for me. Not at this stage of my life.