ONE of Australia's most famous knocking shops, the Daily Planet, is going under the hammer.

After 29 years running the Melbourne brothel, the last 19 of them legally, owner John Trimble is selling up.

"I think it's time somebody else had all the fun," he said.

"You do get tired after 30 years, even though the girls are still cute."

DP operates as a "hotel", renting rooms to clients by the half-hour ($80 for a half hour and $110 for a full hour), with any services being negotiated with individual working girls.

An accountant's report included in the offer document states the business made a pre-tax profit of $1.7 million in the 12 months to the end of June on revenue of $3 million - that's more than 35,000 clients a year. Full Story...