The picture-perfect Australian island having to turn people away

By Allison Worrall
Updated January 29 2018 - 4:33pm, first published 4:22pm
Gary Allott with his wife Joy and children Nikki, 15, Sophie, 13, Jodie, 12, Jai, 10, and Joy??????s mother Joy Padula.

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Flinders Island - Domain Feature.

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image Credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
Gary Allott with his wife Joy and children Nikki, 15, Sophie, 13, Jodie, 12, Jai, 10, and Joy??????s mother Joy Padula. Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Flinders Island - Domain Feature. Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image Credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
Gary Allott with his wife Joy and children Nikki, 15, Sophie, 13, Jodie, 12, Jai, 10, and Joy??????s mother Joy Padula.

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image credit: Sarah Rhodes  Story by Allison Worrall
Gary Allott with his wife Joy and children Nikki, 15, Sophie, 13, Jodie, 12, Jai, 10, and Joy??????s mother Joy Padula. Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
Interstate Hotel, main street of Whitemark, Flinders Island

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image credit: Sarah Rhodes  Story by Allison Worrall
Interstate Hotel, main street of Whitemark, Flinders Island Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
Plane from Flinders Islaqnd to Launceston.

 Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image credit: Sarah Rhodes  Story by Allison Worrall
Plane from Flinders Islaqnd to Launceston. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
Lady Barron, Flinders Island

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image credit: Sarah Rhodes  Story by Allison Worrall
Lady Barron, Flinders Island Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
Killekrankie Beach, Flinders Island

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image credit: Sarah Rhodes  Story by Allison Worrall
Killekrankie Beach, Flinders Island Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall
On the road between Killekrankie and Lady Barron

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki

Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave.

Image credit: Sarah Rhodes  Story by Allison Worrall
On the road between Killekrankie and Lady Barron Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Whitemark, view to Mt Strezlecki Housing shortage on Flinders Island. Properties have been bought for holiday rentals or are riddled with asbestos. Workers take up jobs on Flinders but can??????t find long term accommodation so have to leave. Image credit: Sarah Rhodes Story by Allison Worrall

On paper, it seems Flinders Island has it all for those looking for a slower pace of life. Off Tasmania's north-east coast, the strikingly rugged remote isle is inhabited by a fiercely protective, close-knit community.

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