The $5,000 lakeside house: bargain Australian home comes with water view - while it lasts

Menindee Lake has filled again after recent rain, but government plans could leave Sunset Strip and its waterfront high and dryImagine. Your own private beach and views from your porch to water as far as you can see - all for $5,000.That is not a misprint. It was the price Don Murphy, 76, recently paid for a waterfront house on the shores of Menindee Lake in the hamlet of Sunset Strip, more than 100km east of Broken Hill in the New South Wales outback. Continue reading...