Rick Moranis\u2019 shock new life now at 73<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018S**t\u2019: Broke American Pie star\u2019s shock fortune<\/a><\/p>\n Tones and I has quite a property collection.<\/p>\n The singer has experienced a meteoric rise from living in a van to owning a real estate portfolio. Picture: Facebook<\/p>\n One of the homes Tones and I acquired on Melbourne\u2019s Mornington Peninsula in 2025.<\/p>\n Scott Cam <\/p>\n The Block host Scott Cam started out as a carpenter in 1984 earning $278 a week. Today, the TV personality sits on an estimated $25m real estate portfolio.<\/p>\n His primary residence is a grand Mediterranean-style mansion in Vaucluse bought in 2012 for $4.6m, now estimated at over $10m. <\/p>\n Cam also quietly bought a secret \u201cChallenge House\u201d apartment from Season 12 of The Block in Port Melbourne directly from Nine for $2.2m in 2016, using it as his Melbourne base during filming. <\/p>\n His holdings also include a $3.5m Rosebery investment and a $1.1m coastal retreat in Narrawallee.<\/p>\n Scott Cam sits on an estimated $25m real estate portfolio.<\/p>\n The Vaucluse home of Cam. Picture: John Appleyard<\/p>\n Dave Hughes<\/p>\n Comedian Dave Hughes went from living on the dole to becoming one of Australia\u2019s highest-paid radio and TV stars. <\/p>\n Hughes famously bought his St Kilda family home at auction for $1.84m in 2010 after popping out to buy milk and placing a bid \u201cfor fun\u201d without telling his wife. <\/p>\n In 2017, he shocked reality TV fans by showing up to The Block auctions and snapping up Josh and Elyse\u2019s winning Elsternwick build for $3.067m, a property now estimated to be worth closer to $5m.<\/p>\n Dave Hughes went from living on the dole to becoming one of Australia\u2019s highest-paid radio and TV stars. Picture: James Gourley\/Getty Images for TV WEEK Logie Awards<\/p>\n The comedian later said the purchase of The Block property was a tad impulsive.<\/p>\n Jennifer Hawkins & Jake Wall <\/p>\n Former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins and her builder husband Jake Wall have established themselves as luxury property developers via Wall\u2019s construction firm, J Group Projects. <\/p>\n The power couple recently settled their massive $30m Whale Beach double-block compound \u2014 built on land previously owned by opera icon Dame Joan Sutherland. <\/p>\n The multi-level \u201cTaj Mahal\u201d build features a bowling alley, basketball court, home theatre, and sunken lounge. <\/p>\n It follows their historic $24.5m sale of waterfront estate \u201cCasa Paloma\u201d in Newport to Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes.<\/p>\n Jennifer Hawkins and husband Jake Wall. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n The couple settled their massive $30m Whale Beach double-block compound. Picture: J Group Projects via Instagram<\/p>\n Justin Hemmes <\/p>\n Pub baron Justin Hemmes holds one of the country\u2019s most envy-inducing residential collections.<\/p>\n His primary Sydney base is the gothic heritage mansion \u201cThe Hermitage\u201d in Vaucluse, valued at an estimated $100m. <\/p>\n In recent years, the Merivale CEO has quietly bought a $60m beachfront enclave on Childe St in Byron Bay. <\/p>\n His holdings include an $18m dune-top beach shack and a $22m holiday compound.<\/p>\n Justin Hemmes and partner Madeline Holtznagel.<\/p>\n Hemmes\u2019s primary Sydney base is the gothic heritage mansion \u201cThe Hermitage\u201d in Vaucluse<\/p>\n Clive Palmer <\/p>\n Mining magnate and former politician Clive Palmer has been on a relentless spending spree along Gold Coast\u2019s exclusive Hedges Avenue.<\/p>\n The billionaire now owns four luxury beachfront residences and vacant land on the strip, including a $28m compound, a $18.5m whole-floor penthouse, and a $12.6m beachfront holding. <\/p>\n Palmer, who started his career in Gold Coast real estate during the 1980s, openly admits he buys property in the region simply because he loves the location.<\/p>\n Mining magnate Clive Palmer. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen\/The Australian<\/p>\n The Multi-billionaire entrepreneur paid $12.6m for a luxury beachfront home along Gold Coast\u2019s exclusive Hedges Avenue. .<\/p>\n Gina Rinehart<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s richest person, Gina Rinehart, holds an extraordinary residential portfolio alongside millions of hectares of agricultural land.<\/p>\n In addition to her historic family estate on the Swan River in Perth\u2019s Dalkeith and an $18.5m riverfront compound in Brisbane\u2019s Hawthorne. <\/p>\n Rinehart executed a huge $76m spree in 2022, buying four prime homes in Noosa\u2019s Sunshine Beach.<\/p>\n According to Hancock Prospecting\u2019s website<\/a>, Rinehart also owns tens-of-thousands of hectares in NSW and several hundred hectares in Victoria.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s richest person, Gina Rinehart, holds an extraordinary residential portfolio. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n Rinehart\u2019s estate on the Brisbane River in Hawthorne was purchased for a total of $18.5m.<\/p>\n Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes controls a private real estate empire valued between $300m and $350m. Picture: Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/p>\n His collection is anchored by The Point Piper waterfront home. Picture:vimeo\/Golden eye Media<\/p>\n Mike Cannon-Brookes<\/p>\n Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes controls a private real estate empire valued between $300m and $350m.<\/p>\n His collection is anchored by Australia\u2019s historic $100m residential purchase, the 1.12-hectare Fairwater estate in Point Piper. <\/p>\n His holdings also span $50m in Southern Highlands farmland, multiple waterfronts in Newport and Pittwater, a $15.2m city penthouse, and the tropical $24.5m Dunk Island resort in North Queensland.<\/p>\n MORE: Vanished *NSYNC star\u2019s shock life at 49<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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