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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly Inequality reporter

A small Victorian tourist town of 2,600 people has 100 properties for sale. What’s going on in Bright?

Harrison Hein in his van
Harrison Hein in the van he called home for 12 weeks while he looked for a room to rent. The Victorian tourist town of Bright has plenty of homes for sale but no available rentals. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Everywhere you look in Bright there are trees – shaded crimson, amber and gold in the autumn; they attract thousands of tourists to the Victorian town.

But nestled in between the elms, oaks and maples are “for sale” signs hitched on fences and banged into front yards, revealing others are moving on.

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