There was an ad in our daily newspaper paper today for a 2BR, fully furnished cabin in a popular holiday village by the water.

The full cost of the fully furnished, 2 BR, air conditioned unit by the water, was $15,000, WIWO.

No mistakes.....fifteen thousand dollars!

DH and I were most interested and I immediately called the cited phone number.

There's an anual cost village cost of $1000 per unit which covers all power and water costs, as well as garbage removal etc., etc..... and that sounded good!

The catch?

You are only permitted to spend 90 days in your cabin, in any one year!

How can some-one put a unit up for sale and then say....BTW.... it MUST remain empty for at least 9 months of every year?

Needless to say we're still looking, but if anyone wants a cheap holiday house in Australia..... places like this one are still available!