Anyone Want to Start Their Own Country? (Freeper Island Is Real)

Private Islands Online ^ | 3/22/02 | me

[Brett66]

The Island of Long Island is for sale for $1.25 million.

Long Island - 8700 acres - US $1,250,000
This private island is immense, so big, in fact, that there are actually 4 countries in the world with a
smaller surface area! Situated off the coast of central Queensland between the towns of Mackay and Rockhampton, 20 nautical miles (37 km) from the Great Barrier Reef, Long Island is one of Queensland's largest coastal islands. Open grasslands, forests, and a beautiful coastline characterize the island. There are 4 sandy beaches, one of which is 4 km (2.5
miles) long, and the water temperature remains at 20-22 °C (68-72 °F) all year long. Much of the island
is suitable for agriculture, with over 4000 acres (1620 ha) of fertile soil. A 4-bedroom house is
present on the island, along with a private airstrip.

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[Brett66]

If I had the money,I'd start my own country. I could call it the Republic of Free People - or Freeper Island. :)

[StopDemocratsDotCom]

cool

[zoso82t]

Fundraiser time?

[anniegetyourgun]

Ah, peace and harmony on Freeper Island....just like here on FR. AND THEN YOU WOKE UP!

[StopDemocratsDotCom]

an island in Tennessee is just 1.3 million, LOL

[Brett66]

The prices are pretty reasonable for a lot of islands. I would love to own a couple of them.

[doug from upland]

FReeper Island --- conservative playground. I like it.

[StopDemocratsDotCom]

But how big are they really?

[Cultural Jihad]

The Australian government has sovereign rights over the island. In what way could it be considered a country for sale?

[My Favorite Headache]

God if this was only like maybe 16 or 17 hrs closer....great idea though

[Brett66]

The Islands in the Caribbean range from 1 to 700 acres.

This looks like Gilligans Island for $1.2 million.

It's only 1.75 acres,not too bad, especially if Ginger and Mary Ann are part of the deal. :)

[mamelukesabre]

The Australian government has sovereign rights over the island. In what way could it be considered a country for sale?

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Well, you'd have to write up your own declaration of independance and then go to war with australia. hehe
(...send lawyers guns and money!.....hows that song go?)

[oldvike]

2 words: Box Jellies.

[Brett66]

Yes, the Aussies could be a problem. But hey, with a couple of .50 BMG's we could probably defeat their military and declare sovereignty. ;)

[Young Rhino]

I guess liberating Bermuda is out of the question. ;-)

[Cultural Jihad]

We'd have to schedule time shares with the island. Libertarians can have it on alternate weeks, and the other weeks we would have to hire cleanup crews, pollution and litter control specialists, drug rehabilitation therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, repairmen, and undertakers to clean up the mess which the irresponsible ideologues always leave behind. We can call it Bureaucratopia.

[lowbridge]

[A CA Guy]

I don't think Austrailia would allow you to declare independance like that!

Being Austrailia has some of the largest taxes in the world due to it's 45% welfare roles, wonder if you would end up with a yearly $1,000,000 tax there? Plus, that part of the world has the most dangerous things in the world living there. Most bites can kill you and if you scratch yourself on a reef, there might be a 40% chance you will get an organism in the blood that would kill you. Then of course there are the sharks!

Maybe you could make this a mother-in-law getaway vacation spot for the unhappily married! LOL

[Brett66]

Oh man! Your spoiling my fantasy here.

[Kevin Curry]

Libertarians can have it on alternate weeks, and the other weeks we would have to hire . . .

You've got that right. They'd make a mess, we'd pay to clean it up. They'd deny there were any costs involved.

As long as they did not have to pay out of their own pockets, they would be right. In a socialist way.