Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login After a long career as a commercial builder working up and down the NSW south coast, Neil Rankin hoped selling a restored heritage pub to a Sydney developer who swept into his hometown with multi-million plans would set him up for a quiet retirement. Like many in Eden, a small port town at the very southern end of NSW, Rankin was initially charmed by John Palasty and his Virtical group’s plans to build a $100 million luxury resort, dubbed Sapphire of Eden, on the site of the former Fisherman’s Club.
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