<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

First look: New 139-apartment plans revive long-stalled Campbelltown city centre site

First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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The Neutral Bay apartment of the popular actor Cornelia Frances is being sold by her only son, Lawrence, following her death earlier this year.
The longtime Home And Away star, known for her hardened persona in her many television roles, bought the apartment in 1999 for $335,000.
The two-bedroom Aubin Street apartment in the tightly held 1970s L'Hirondelle complex sits in landscaped gardens.
The first-floor unit features an upgraded kitchen and an L-shaped living space which opens out onto a full-width entertainers terrace.
Janet Morrison and Jon Snead at The Agency are marketing the apartment for a September 29 auction.
A recent two-bedroom, one bathroom sale in the complex fetched $1.2 million.
The property has been styled, with a large portrait of Cornelia Frances hanging as a tribute to his mother.
The English-born actor migrated to Australia in the 1960s, and was briefly Australia's first female newsreader on Perth television.
She starred in Nine's The Young Doctors as nurse Sister Grace Scott, before playing Barbara Hamilton on Seven's Sons and Daughters.
From the late 1980s she played sharp-tongued judge Morag Bellingham, sister of Alf Stewart, for nearly three decades on Home And Away.
The six-time Logie nominee hosted the quiz show The Weakest Link in the early 2000s.
She published her autobiography titled And What Have You Done Lately?
"She touched so many people's hearts on and off the screen," Lawrence told mourners at her funeral.
"No matter what role she played from Morag, to mother, or friend she genuinely had the ability to make us both laugh and cry."
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
 
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Anytime Fitness Australia co-founder Jacinta McDonell is selling her Byron Bay hinterland retreat, as she intends to spend more time on overseas projects.
The fitness entrepreneur paid $2.1 million in 2015 for the Queenslander on 9000 square metres at Federal about 30 minutes drive west of Byron Bay. 
Helen Huntly-Barrett at First National Byron Bay has a guide of $2.6 million to $2.8 million.
Two years ago McDonell, who oversees a gym empire of over 430 clubs across Australia, sold her Balmain trophy home for $3,775,000.
Earlier this year she spent $3.47 million on a duplex-style Federation residence with ocean views in Clovelly, with plans to turn into a family home.
McDonell and her brother Justin co-founded Anytime Fitness Australia in 2008, having opened their first gym soon out of high school in 1992.
McDonell more recently founded W1LL, an online yoga and meditation platform matched to music and visuals.
The mother of three has also founded a not-for-profit foundation, The Human Kind Project, which funds projects in Africa and India.
While she's grateful for her time at Byron, O'Donell intends spending more time overseas for the foundation and in Sydney working on her development.
McDonell says space away from the daily grind was critical to allow for "big-picture thinking".
The classic character Weemala Lane weatherboard is wrapped in verandahs which overlook the 15 metre heated salt water swimming pool. 
The property, with an award-winning contemporary extension, was initially renovated around 2001 by architect Sharon Fraser and her builder partner, Steve Esson after the Queenslander had been transported to the property in the 1980s. 
Since McDonell bought it, the separate studio had just been converted into a health and fitness area with bathroom. 
It comes with a fully equipped stainless-steel kitchen that flows in to the lounge rooms, complete with large glass windows to take in the vistas and a stand alone open fireplace.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
 
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Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate and wife Ruth are selling their vast Gold Coast amalgamation. 
The Tates paid $3.3 million in 2015 for the Sorrento riverfront on 4,425 square metres, shortly before securing the vacant 835 square metre neighbouring block for $1.7 million.
Now they're selling the combined 5,200 square metre estate.
The grand home was built in the late 1970s for former Gold Cost mayor Sir Bruce Small.
It features a gourmet kitchen with butlers pantry, a billiards room, private bar, private home office and a sunken separate lounge with stone fireplace.
There are two separate accommodation wings comprising five bedrooms.
It has been listed through Roland Evans, of Canford Property Group in conjunction with Ray White Surfers Paradise agent Matt Gates who says the home is widely regarded as one of the finest family estates within the city boundary.
The couple were previous based at Paradise Waters before selling for $3.5 million in 2016.
Tate has been the mayor since 2012, having been re-elected in 2016 with over 70% of the votes.
It is a potential eight-lot riverfront residential subdivision.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian. 
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Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate lists riverfront Sorrento estate

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Retired software test engineer Neil Rinaldi and his wife, Caroline, are selling their apartment on the top floor of the boutique development The Cove.
It has been listed by Jody Fewster of Ray White Cottesloe Mosman Park with a price guidance starting from $1.75 million. 
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The three-bedroom, two-bathroom riverside residence at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-north+fremantle-129065822%20" target="_blank">13/45 The Cutting, North Fremantle</a> features the master suite with views, expansive second bedroom, third bedroom or study, open plan living zone, and kitchen with hidden scullery pod. 
There’s a wraparound balcony and parking for four cars. 
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The existing owners brief to renowned Interior Designer Suzanne Marinoni was '5-Star luxury hotel'.
It is within walking distance to parklands, Leighton beach, local cafes and restaurants. 
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The Edgewater, Kirribilli unit once owned by the late king of television variety, Graham 'Gra Gra' Kennedy has snappily sold for $3.35 million. 
The waterfront apartment block offering at 6/25 Waruda Street was sold by investor Elizabeth Stuart who was expecting $3 million.
It was 1984 when the television industry legend bought into the Waruda Street block. Kennedy, the six-time Gold Logie winner who died in 2005, sold in 1993 for $750,000.
It had been his Sydney bolthole after selling his Viret Street, Hunters Hill riverfront home for $820,000 in 1987 and then buying in the Southern Highlands at Canyonleigh.
At the time Kennedy dismissed reports of a departure from Sydney to his home town, Melbourne, one suggesting he was missing "the weddings and the restaurants."
"I think they might have meant I miss the wide streets," he told me.   
For a time the apartment block was celebrity city for ex-Melbournites as other owners included fellow television entertainer Daryl Somers and Peter Faiman.
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Edgewater, Kirribilli unit once owned by late king of television Graham Kennedy sold for $3.35 million. 

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Best-selling author Sue Wolfe and her playwrite husband Gordon Graham are selling their apartment in Darlinghurst's Art Deco St James building.
They will not be moving far, apparently heading from level two to level seven in the same Stanley Street block.
Their redundant apartment features a combined living and dining area and a study nook.
She wrote her latest book, Do You Love Me or What? in the living room. 
Laing + Simmons Potts Point agent Nuri Shik is marketing the apartment which was leased at $430 a week late last year.
One of the city's early 20th century landmarks, St James Apartments was built in 1926 in the Chicago School of Architecture style. 
Raised in the Blue Mountains, Wolfe completed her first novel, Painted Woman, was runner-up in the ABC Bicentennial Awards.
Later she adapted the novel for stage and radio.
Her biggest success came for the her 1996 novel Leaning Towards Infinity which won the distinguished Christina Stead Award.
A few years later it was named in Australia as one of the most important books of the century.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
 
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Author Sue Wolfe lists redundant Darlinghurst apartment 

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Having spent $12 million on a Cremorne waterfront, the entrepreneurial fund manager James Spenceley and wife Viktoria have listed their former Mosman residence with $7 million hopes.
The Airtasker chairman spent $4.3 million on the 1920s Beauty Point home in 2013, shortly before he was named on the Young Rich List with a fortune of $22 million.
The home in 985 square metres of landscaped gardens has six bedrooms, a home office, wine cellar and gym.
The outdoor terraces overlook the swimming pool and have panoramic views across Middle Harbour and Quakers Bay. 
McGrath Mosman agents Michael Coombs and John Melville are marketing the home with a $7 million guide.
Spenceley founded Vocus Communications, Australia's fourth-largest telco, in 2007.
He recently co-founded MHOR Asset Management.
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Fund manager James Spenceley lists former Mosman home 

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Lise Buckeridge, an heiress to the late billionaire construction tycoon Len Buckeridge's fortune, has scored a windfall result with her hillside Bronte offering.
The initial guide was revised up from its initial $3.75 million offering to $3.8 million after its first inspection. 
Then a knock-out $4.5 million offer was quickly accepted a few days later for the three storey, freestanding home with a leafy outlook over Bronte Gully.
The buyer had been eyeing the house for about five years.
The four bedroom, three bathroom home only has views to the ocean from its top level.
Set on 385 square metres, the home was initially bought in 1998 for $1.03 million by her late father’s company.
His $2.5 billion construction company is one of the country's biggest privately owned business empires.
There has been a protracted legal dispute over the distribution of his fortune among 15 family members.
Family members have now agreed to a number of changes to his father's will aimed at "provide for the individual expectations of all family members".
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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Michael Peschardt, one of the BBC's longest serving foreign correspondents, and wife Sarah have bought a weekender at Great Mackerel Beach.
The long-time Newport residents have spent $1.56 million on a 1960s beachfront that was offered for the first time.
Ray White Palm Beach agents Noel Nicholson and Shane Clinton called it the classic Aussie holiday house, "the one from your childhood".
It's one of a limited number of original houses on the prized Mackerel Beach beachfront, only metres from the jetty.
The main timber cottage on the near 700 square metre parcel has three bedrooms and an open plan living, dining and kitchen area.
There's guest quarters with another living area and two bedrooms.
Peschardt has been based in Sydney since 1990, reporting on Australasia and most countries in the Asia region.
He's covered stories from Olympic Games to wars in Cambodia, Tiger waves in New Guinea to global warming in Fiji.
March 2000 Michael began hosting and producing Australia Direct, a 30 minute programme transmitting monthly on BBC World, the BBC's 24 hour international news and information channel.
The couple have been in Newport since 1999 when they paid $1,325,000 for the home of the late ad-man and creative director Christen Monge.
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BBC correspondent Michael Peschardt purchases at Great Mackerel Beach

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Cameron Northway, the co-owner of Bondi's popular Rocker restaurant, has opted for the inner city rather than the beach.
The Perth-born restaurateur has spent $2.78 million on <a href="https://www.bresicwhitney.com.au/buy/15-hopewell-street-paddington-19034" target="_blank">a 2016-built Paddington terrace</a>.
The four bedroom, two bathroom homes has a landscaped garden with feature lighting on its 120 square metre block.
BresicWhitney Darlinghurst agents William Phillips and Guido Scatizzi sold the three level home which was built by vendors Inform Projects' Stuart Fereday and Catherine Boardman.
They paid $1.47 million in 2014 before the knockdown re-build. 
Aside from owning the restaurant, Northway is the managing director of specialist drinks agency Sweet&amp;Chilli, who last year expanded into the US market. 
He runs the award-winning Rocker with Three Blue Ducks co-owner Darren Patterson and is a partner of the Gunmakers pub in London.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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