This tiny Australian town is up for sale - but the locals don't want to leave9 hours agoShareSaveClaire KeenanSydneyShareSaveLeanne O'DonnellLeanne O'Donnell, second from left, stands in front of her store in LicolaTucked away in the rugged Victorian bushland lies the tiny outpost of Licola, population: five.Consisting of a couple of weatherboard buildings, a general store, a caravan park and a petrol station grouped around a modest main street, Licola is one of Australia's smallest towns.And if you have a spare couple of million dollars, you can buy it. The entire village - a three-hour drive from the city of Melbourne - is now up for grabs, much to the shock and ire of tight-knit locals.Privately owned by a local community club, Licola has long been a guaranteed pit stop for fuel, food and rest for travellers on their way to the Alpine National Park. It also has a 50-year legacy of hosting outreach programmes for young people.But the local branch of the Lions Club says it can't afford to run the town anymore, and late last year quietly listed it for sale online.The sale has raised alarm bells for Licola's few passionate residents, locals in surrounding areas and even other Lions Clubs state members, who say they weren't fairly consulted and now hold grave fears for the future of the town.'A home away from home'Nestled beside the banks of the mighty Macalister River in Victoria's high country, Licola was originally a timber mill, built in the 1950s with a few buildings for t
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