British-born Ian Usher, 44, decided to sell his house in the western city of Perth along with his car, motorbike, jet ski and all his other goods as a way of moving on after breaking up with his wife.

The sale package also included the opportunity to take on his former job as a carpet salesman and the chance to meet some of his friends.

"The final price was 399,000 Australian dollars," Usher said after the seven-day sale on Internet auction site eBay ended.

He said the bid was "pretty good" although he had said earlier his near-new three-bedroom house was valued more.

"I thought it might have gone a bit higher at the end. But it's a sale."

The bidding opened on June 22 at one dollar and offers quickly shot up to more than 2.2 million dollars. But Usher soon found the highest bids were not genuine as a registration system for bidding on the site had not been activated.

Bidding went back down to 300,100 dollars after the fake bids were removed.

"It's been a pretty crazy week, but quite entertaining," said Usher

He had promised to retain nothing of his old life beyond his passport, wallet and the clothes on his back.

He did not reveal where he planned to start his new life.