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Lillian Watkins

Lots for sale on tropical Queensland's Keswick Island, with one for as little as $30k

Keswick Isand is located about 30 kilometres off the coast of Mackay in North Queensland.  (Supplied: Mackay Tourism)

After decades of unfulfilled promises, Queenslanders are giving up on their dream of retiring in a tropical paradise on Keswick Island, nestled on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Mackay.

In the late 1990s, several lots on the island went up for sale with dreamers jumping at the opportunity to own their own slice of paradise.

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