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76-year-old Australian millionaire survives 23 years on desert island with two mannequins

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76-year-old Australian millionaire survives 23 years on desert island with two mannequins

A former mining tycoon in Australia, David Glasheen, was originally a mining tycoon who owned a mine in Papua New Guinea. At the peak of his career, it was worth about 28.4 million yuan. Later, his business failed. At the age of 53, he began to retire Jul 04, 2024

Many people should have read "Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe, the "father of novels" in Europe. This book takes Robinson, who was wrecked and drifted to a desert island as the protagonist, and tells the story of his life in the desert. After 28 years of survival on a deserted island, he finally returned to his hometown in England, and the story of becoming a rich man is talked about by many people. So even after 300 years of publication, this book is still very popular today. The reason for this may be because of people's longing. In the current fast-paced life, many people are particularly interested in seclusion or survival on a desert island. What is commendable is that, perhaps because of the inspiration of this story, there are people who have lived on the deserted island for 23 years, but it is a bit contrary to Robinson. The person we are going to introduce today is a rich man first. , and finally turned into a desert island survivor, it is Glashion.

 

 

Can you imagine a person living alone on a deserted island? In Australia, there is one person who has actually practiced desert island survival. This man in Australia is dubbed by the media as a "social distancing expert" is 76-year-old David Gracien, who was still a millionaire before he went to the desert island.  which is a very hot topic.

 

 

Australia's mineral rich man is frustrated with his business and chooses to live on a desert island to survive

 

In Australia, there is a former mining tycoon, David Glasheen, who was originally a mining tycoon. He owned a mine in Papua New Guinea. At the peak of his career, it was worth about 28.4 million yuan. Sydney also has a lot of real estate investment. However, in the 1980s, it encountered the "Black Tuesday" at that time, which caused the stock to plummet, so Glasien began to withdraw from the arena at that time. At the age of 53, he felt that his life was retired, but it was a place where he retired. Somewhat peculiar, he chose to live on a desert island called Restoratio

 

 

Half 'wild' desert island life, tycoon spends 23 years with two mannequins and dog

 

Perhaps it was the ups and downs of life that made him figure it out, and Glasheen chose to go to the desert island to survive. It's hard to know what happened to Glashian in the beginning, but it shouldn't be too bad. Because although it is a desert island to survive, it is not far from the market, so he usually goes out to the island for shopping every few months, buying a lot of canned food to survive, and because he has a lot of savings Because of this, his place of residence is also very comfortable, with a lot of modern equipment. Speaking of which, this is actually more like a cozy little villa on a desert island.

 

 

But it is undeniable that a person's desert island still needs independence. In the past 23 years, Glasien has learned to catch crabs and pick coconuts, and also learned to make rain collectors and brew beer and other life skills. This and most In the different life people imagined to survive on a deserted island, Glasheen still lived very hard, but also very fulfilling, so after being exposed by the media again, his life has been cared for and longed for by many people, so he also has A nickname called "Modern Robinson", so what about the "Modern Robinson" now?

 

 

 

Life on the deserted island is full and happy, but now the rich man feels lonely and goes online to find his other half

 

In fact, for Glashion, his life has not changed much, and he has lived for 23 years, but this kind of life is full but lonely. He is currently accompanied by a pet dog named Quasi. The stray dog he picked up when he returned to modern civilization, and at the same time he brought back two mannequins. Facing an interview with a reporter from the Daily Mail, he said frankly: "Life on the island is really lonely, because Here you have no one to communicate and talk about, so he can only have fun, having simulated conversations with mannequins to relieve physical and mental stress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Later, in 2017, Glasheen became popular again, because at the "20th anniversary of the real version of Drift", he used a solar power generation device. After connecting to the Internet, he registered on the dating website and published it. Looking for the news of the other half, I hope that a girlfriend can continue to survive on the desert island with him. I wonder how you would evaluate the 23-year desert island survival of this Australian rich man?

 

 

 

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