Newcastle couple spends night in car to secure land in Wirraway at Thornton

By Renee Valentine
Updated September 17 2018 - 12:22pm, first published September 16 2018 - 9:00am
SUCCESSFUL TACTIC: Gabrielle Lyth and Mitchell Cook slept in their car to ensure they secured the block they wanted when the fifth and final stage of Wirraway at Thornton was released. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
SUCCESSFUL TACTIC: Gabrielle Lyth and Mitchell Cook slept in their car to ensure they secured the block they wanted when the fifth and final stage of Wirraway at Thornton was released. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

Sleeping in your car may seem an extreme measure to get a block of land, but that is the extent to which Newcastle couple Mitchell Cook and Gabrielle Lyth were prepared to go to for their first home.

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