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Description: Quaint 3 bedroom Queenslander on 16ha (39.537 acre) only 1.2 kms from the Pacific Ocean. You can be sat on your front verandah and hear the ocean while being refreshed by the cooling sea breezes.
The original section of this former railway cottage relocated from North Bundaberg has 3.2m (10.5 ft) ceilings granting that feeling of spaciousness. The home has now been lowset stumped on concrete piers. 5 steps at the front and 4 at the rear. The 110m2 of internal living area within the hardwood frame has been externally clad in hardwood weather board. Internal walls are original VJ. It has a corrugated iron roof and the home is well insect screened.
Traditional windows adorn the rooms within the home. The central lounge room is graced with the breezes from these ample windows. Three timber French doors give access to the 23m2 full length front verandah with hardwood boards giving a traditional feel. The 23m2 rear verandah is equally private but with access to the external toilet. The sub-tropical weather lends itself to outdoor dining here over looking the private gardens.
It has a spacious kitchen with ample cupboards and hardwood bench tops. There are excellent views to the gardens from the window above the sink. The original stove recess has been used to incorporate a freezer, Westinghouse Free Style gas upright stove and the traditional Everhot wood combustion stove. This creates a warm atmosphere for the family during the brief winter period.
The combustion stove can be used to compliment the solar hot water system. There is a third option to heat the same water system with electricity.
Rainwater is collected and stored in 2 x 5,000 gallon rainwater tanks. These are then pumped to a 2,000 gallon steel header tank to give gravity pressure to the home. A bore to a depth of 82ft with fibre glass header tank supplies ample water to the toilet, shower, washing machine and garden taps. There is a small dam at the front of the property which is used solely for recreation. Privately set within the gardens is an outdoor shower and cast iron bath.
The gardens have a permaculture design. Trees include mangos, mulberry, lemon, olive, jack fruit, Brazilian cherry, plum, guava, orange, pear, macadamia, banana, passion fruit and coco nut. Numerous ornamental palms are dotted amongst the shaded lawns and remnant large native trees.
Vegetation zoning on the property is 98% aqua (not of concern) with a small patch of peach (sub-dominant "of concern") at the rear boundary. Numerous walking tracks have been formed through-out the property. Fire breaks are on all boundaries and the house yard is fenced.
A 7.4 x 9m steel garage with full length car port can easily accommodate 2 vehicles with ample room of a workshop. Adjacent to the home is a 2.6m x 3.8m room that was originally designed to house solar batteries. This would make for ideal storage or wine cellar. It could even be the teenage retreat or guests room. The house has two offices that could serve this purpose also.
Mains power and phone have been run underground to the home.
Annual rates on the property are approximately $805 payable to the Gladstone Regional Council.
Post is delivered 5 days a week. The school bus passes the front gate. A convenience store is 17 km away while the local primary school is 15km. Boat ramps to Baffle Creek would be within 5km of this property.
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