The site of the Wieambilla ambush, Queensland\u2019s worst police shooting, is up for sale.<\/p>\n
In 2022, conspiracy theorists Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train killed constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow at their remote property<\/a> at 251 Wains Road, about 300km west of Brisbane.<\/p>\n They went on to kill neighbour Alan Dare before being killed in a shootout with specialist tactical police at the steps of the dwelling, where they lived.<\/p>\n The trio spent months establishing a military-style ambush position on the 43-hectare block<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aidan Train, the son of Nathaniel and Stacey Train, is now the executor of Stacey\u2019s estate, including 251 Wains Road. He said he had negotiated with the Queensland Police Union of Employees (QPU), which said in 2022 that it wanted to buy the property to avoid it falling into the hands of other conspiracy theorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up: AU Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\n Train said he had reached a mutual agreement with the union and had presented them a price and a contract, but it hadn\u2019t been signed. Despite numerous attempts to contact them, he said he hadn\u2019t heard anything from them since October.<\/p>\n Train said he didn\u2019t think conspiracy theorists would be able to afford the property.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely don\u2019t really want to sell it to someone who thinks that my parents did the right thing or agrees with what they did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The QPU president, Shane Prior, said it was \u201csurprising to learn that Mr Train has placed the property on the open market, as the QPU has been negotiating in good faith\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe QPU is currently undertaking appropriate due diligence in considering the option to purchase the Wains Road property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis includes fiduciary considerations relating to expenditure of member funds for both the purchase and the ongoing property maintenance.\u201d<\/p>\n Train believes the most likely buyers are documentary makers or the union, which he still hopes will agree to a sale.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s time for the property to be sold. It\u2019s part of my responsibilities as the executive the estate. And it\u2019s been long enough and something needs to happen with that property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The property is listed for $190,000.<\/p>\n In his listing<\/a> Train says he is \u201choping for a quick sale to someone who will be respectful of the property, considering its history\u201d.<\/p>\n A photo from Aidan Train\u2019s online listing of his parents\u2019 property shows rooms with broken furniture strewn with rubbish. Photograph: Aidan Train<\/p>\n Photos taken for the listing this week show the dwelling is dilapidated and still filled with items left by the killers, including clothes, kitchen white goods and videotapes. Police investigators seized numerous items of forensic interest from the property, according to the coroner.<\/p>\n In 2022 the police union reportedly considered demolishing the structure and using the lot for a retreat or training centre.<\/p>\n Wieambilla is about 300km west of Brisbane, halfway between Chinchilla and Tara. The coroner heard that many of the people who live in the area do so to remain off the grid<\/a>.<\/p>\n