<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.

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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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Adman David Nobay, the founder of the Sydney brand of global creative agency Droga5, has bought in Byron Bay with his wife Nicole.
The Paddington-based couple have spent $1 million on a newly renovated home near the Roadhouse Cafe not far from the town.
Last traded for $468,500 in 2012, the home has three bedrooms, one bathroom.
First National Byron Bay agents Tara Tokkola and Luke Elwin were asking for offers between $920,000 to $1.01 million.
The UK-born Nobay worked in London, San Francisco and Hong Kong before launching his own agency, Wells Nobay McDowall, in Melbourne at just 27.
He later moved to New York then launched Droga5 in Sydney in 2008. It was named agency of the year in 2009 by B&amp;T Magazine.
In 2016 he became the founding creative chairman of Marcel Australia.
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Adman David Nobay buys in Byron Bay

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The Byron Bay based film producer Matt Barrelle and wife Cristina are selling Beachcomber Blue, their Byron Bay holiday let.
Barrelle, who is most known for producing the popular soccer trilogy Goal, paid $2.35 million for the investment property home in 2015.
Barrelle recently acquired a vacant land parcel at Burleigh Heads for $719,000 where he and Cristina plan to build a home where they can raise their kids, Blue Byron and Capri.
They spent much of the past decade in the south France close to Monaco where Barrelle. 
The couple are set to retain their nearby villa in the Broken Head beachfront pavilions enclave.
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The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-byron+bay-127056738" target="_blank">vast Beachcomber Blue property</a> is set in an exclusive enclave of only nine beachfront properties.
It has seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, four living areas and two kitchens.
The 1980s built holiday let, which is heavily booked, reaps $880 a night in peak-season.
Its a known celebrity hang out, frequently tenanted by Aussie London based wellness guru James Duigan, who's celebrity Hollywood clients include Hugh Grant and Rosie Huntington Whiteley.
North and east facing decks overlook a resort-style pool set in landscaped gardens.
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The Hamptons style house has price expectations of $3.6 million to $3.8 million through First National Byron Bay agent Su Reynolds.
Reynolds said rarely do homes like this come to the market.
Barrelle recently sold his Sydney bolthole in Dover Heights for $2.76 million. He paid $1,835,000 in 2013.
The three level Military Road home had been a consistent rental, fetching around $2,950 a week.
Barrelle's inspiration for the famed Goal trilogy came from a spectator at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
It was produced through Barrelle’s production company Milkshake Films, which was set up with his business partner Mike Jefferies.
The films featured football stars David Beckham, Zinadine Zidane, Luis Figo and Raul.
Barrelle was also executive producer on the official film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, directed by Michael Apted, narrated by Pierce Brosnan.
His primary business interest is the Pioneer Land Group (PLG), which acquires beach-front land and develops tropical beach and golf resorts in the emerging coastal and city markets of Brazil, and the South Pacific Islands.
He was once the national research manger for LJ Hooker.
In 2006 Barrelle moved from Los Angeles to Monte Carlo.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Film producer Matt Barrelle lists luxury Byron Bay holiday let

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Busy down in St Kilda filming the upcoming season of The Block, busy interior designer Shelley Craft has listed the Byron Bay building block she bought just over 12 months ago.
Craft and her husband, Byron Bay real estate agent Christian Sergiacomi, are selling the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-residential+land-nsw-byron+bay-202085610" target="_blank">parcel near Belongil Beach</a> with approved plans.
The plans were done by Paul Uhlmann, who recently helped complete their home nearby.
The couple, who live with their two daughters, were planning to build a beach house to utilize as a Belongil Beach holiday rental.
They envisaged it as 'Shelley's beach house' project. 
Construction on Christian and Shelley's home nearer town has been completed. Its most recent addition was a swimming pool, which was filled in just before Christmas to delight of daughter Eadie.
They spent $3 million on a 1,010 sqm land parcel near the centre of town in 2016 before commissioning the build of their family home.
Its purchase came after they sold their luxury hinterland home at McLeod Shoot for $2.55 million which sold to the former Bronte based entrepreneur Justin Butterworth who pioneered online holiday home rental websites in Australia.
Craft had got some design tips from fellow Block stars Darren Palmer and Shaynna Blaze after the property was bought from the McGettigan pioneering family who first settled in Byron Bay in 1882.
They made some effort to begin the Belongil project, again enlisting their builder Ben Joliffes at Jbuilds Byron Bay to draw up plans which came with an estimated cost of $800,000. 
Those plans come with the sale, which is being handled by Sergiacomi's colleague Jeremy Bennett at Byron Bay Property Sales.
Sergiacomi told me he and Shelley were prepared to go ahead with the build if the right offer doesn't come in.
"We have our DA and looking to explore the market with the block," the former film crew member on the Block said.
"There is some good energy currently in Belongil and we believe our block is one of the best positioned there."
The parcel is located opposite celebrity chef Shannon Bennett's Byron holiday home.
Harvey Norman heir Glen Norman is also rebuilding a beach house on a beachfront block that previously belonged to Paul Hogan's former sidekick John 'Strop' Cornell.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
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The Block judge Shelley Craft lists at Byron Bay

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Ian Moore, the former Clean Energy Finance Corporation board member, has sold his eco-friendly home, Coorabell Dreaming, in the Byron Bay hinterland.
The home sold for $3.76 million through McGrath Byron Bay agent Ruth Gotterson to a Brisbane buyer.
Designed by local architect Sam Zaher, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-coorabell-127791986" target="_blank">the three-bedroom house</a> sits 100 metres above sea level with views over the Myocum Valley to the ocean.
Coorabell Dreaming is completely off the grid, relying on a 45 solar panel system, a battery bank and a back-up generator too.
The double glazed home has multi-layered insulation to further minimise energy consumption.
It also comes with a 14,000 tree rainforest plantation.
There are two 45,000 litre water tanks.
Moore, who considers himself an “economic green” and his wife, Di, spend most of their time in their Sydney home.
Initially had it with a price guide of $4.2 million last year, with no price guidance more recently from McGrath selling agent Ruth Gotterson.
Moore also served as the Head of Corporate Finance at Bankers Trust Investment Bank and has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Challenger Listed Investments.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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Eco-friendly Byron Bay hinterland home sells for $3.76 million

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The Gold-Logie winning television presenter Carrie Bickmore is the latest star to buy at Byron Bay.
The Melbourne based Project panelist has secured a charming $3 million holiday home. 
The home in the sought old town district was a flip after its renovation having fetched $1.55 million two years ago.
The property has been bringing in $1,000 a night as a holiday let, with its peak season costing $10,000 a week. 
It was described as the ultimate holiday pad.
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Bickmore was no doubt checking out properties when she was up there over the Christmas break with her partner Chris Walker and their three year old daughter Evie.
They spent plenty of time at the beach. Bickmore shared two pictures with Evie at the water.
'Love watching the kids play at the beach,' she captioned the photo, suggesting they 'never get bored' at the 'best playground ever'.
The purchase is just a short walk to Clarkes Beach.
Set on 935 sqm, the renovated four bedroom 1920s original cottage retains its heritage features.
It is set in lush gardens complete with an outdoor bath and copper shower. There's also a bridge, waterfall, boat, swing, veggie patch, exotic feature plants and a garden studio cottage.
Festoon light illuminate the large back deck kitted out with a fire pit. It has been described as "your own secret garden in the heart of Byron Bay."
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The quintessential Byron property was sold fully furnished by First National Byron Bay agents Tara Torkkola and Su Reynolds.
It spent 110 days on the market with the most recent price guide $2.8 million to $3 million.
There were initial $3.3 million hopes.
It has been bought through her investment company which is co-directed by her father, Brian, one of the founding members of Austereo.
Bickmore was born in Adelaide to Brian and Jennie who relocated the family to Perth when she was young.
Bickmore moved to Melbourne in 2001 having been a regular newsreader in Perth.
She joined Nova 100 in Melbourne and a year later became the co-host of the drive show with Andy Ross.
Byron has been a hot bed for recent celebrity activity, with even the world's biggest stars seeking to gain a slice of the remote paradise.
There are whispers Hollywood A-lister and Gold Coast girl Margot Robbie has bought an eco-friendly home near the beach, while Matt Damon and his family has rented the Broken Head property next door to good mate Chris Hemsworth.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
 
 
 
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Forget whale watching.
It's been hectic keeping up with the recent comings and goings of the international A-team around Byron Bay.
Some buying, some renting, and all understandably very laid-back in their dealings.
Now Australian model Gemma Ward and her photographer partner David Letts have joined the heightened period of property market activity.
The couple have been periodic visitors to the coastal town since paying $1.6 million in 2015.
But earlier this month they put their Suffolk Park retreat up for permanent lease.
The Suffolk Park home was only ever an occasional retreat for the couple, who have ongoing work commitments across the world.
Using the same photos used from the sale listing three years ago, Byron Beach agent William Green is seeking $1,250 a week tenants.
He is marketing it as an "ideal family home."
The three bedroom beach home is bordered by dense trees, shielding it somewhat from Tallow Beach which can be accessed via a sandy track.
The living and dining area and master bedroom open to a deck which features a heated spa and the swimming pool.
The home is being offered fully furnished.
Ward was up in Byron late last month when she spotted a Koala crossing the road, promptly uploading the video to her Instagram. 
Meanwhile the Bourne Identity trilogy star Matt Damon has been somewhat of a regular visitor to the popular tourist spot, with whispers he'd bought near good mate, Thor actor Chris Hemsworth.
Damon's seemingly has secured a rental. Damon’s rental, Blackwood House had been a holiday rental for his Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus over the summer, and Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky have the lease over the adjoining property, Titijaru, while their nearby $7 million home is under renovation with an $8 million rebuild.
Any permanent move down under by Damon - having reputedly become fed up with the policies of US President Donald Trump - have been dismissed by his publicist.
Fellow A-lister Margot Robbie is also rumoured to have bought an eco-friendly home on Byron's outskirts, but there's no documentation showing the home has actually been sold.
The actress, who's been in Australia for the premiere of her new animated movie Peter Rabbit, has previously suggested she struggles with homesickness and would like to return to Australia a few times a year with her husband, the British film director Tom Ackerley who married in Byron in 2016.
Gemma Ward's plans are unknown. Last year Ward sold her unrenovated Avalon shack for $1.65 million, which had been bought in 2016 for $1.6 million.
The couple have two children after the birth of baby boy Jett Ocean earlier this year joining three year old Hawaiian born daughter,Naia.
From Perth, Ward made her Australian Fashion Week debut at only 15 years old and went on to become the youngest model to appear on the American edition of Vogue.
The pair's appreciation for the far north coast emerged when they were attendees at Byron's Bay's popular Easter jazz festival Bluesfest in 2015, attending with her model friend, Nicole Trunfio.
They'd been there is 2009 when Ward, who divides her time between Australia, Los Angeles and New York, spent weeks renting a beachside mansion at Suffolk Park with Nicole Trunfio.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Boho couple Gemma Ward and David Letts seek Suffolk Park tenants

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Love &amp; Hatred jewellery designer Giovanni D'Ercole has returned to Wategos Beach at Byron Bay.
The popular designer has paid $4.3 million to be back on the exclusive strip, having sold off it back in 2006 for the hinterland. 
He's recently secured a Christine Vadasz-redesigned 1960s timber-clad beach cottage, on an elevated 830 sqm parcel.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-byron+bay-125218070" target="_blank">The two bedroom home</a> sale was among the last secured through Nicolette van Wijngaarden at Unique Estates given the collapse of the boutique agency last month.
It comes with approval for construction of an expansive architectural home.
D'Ercole has been up in the Byron Bay hinterland in recent times after selling his earlier Wategos retreat for $3.14 million.
Last year he sold The River House at Coorabell to Melbourne based film makers Deborah Barlow and Martin McKenna for $3.7 million.
 
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This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Return to Wategos for Love & Hatred's Giovanni D'Ercole

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A Hong Kong based private investor has paid $6.48 million on a tight 4.7 per cent yield for Lawson Arcade, a prized retail asset in the heart of Byron Bay, one of Australia’s most popular beach resorts.
Teska Carson Director Michael Ludski, who brokered the deal with Byron Bay Property Sales’ Kath Vaubell, said the fully let property attracted 100 enquiries predominantly from Melbourne, Sydney and off-shore, with nine formal offers lodged.
Ludski said investors had recognised the tremendous growth potential in one of Australia’s most popular beach resorts and the limited retail space available in the town.  
He said Byron Bay’s popularity, attracting high levels of tourists – currently more than 2 million a year -  and new residents, was a key factor.
"These resident and tourist numbers continue to provide significant returns and excellent growth potential underpinning local businesses,’’ Mr Ludski said.
The <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-retail-nsw-byron+bay-502693282" target="_blank">17 Lawson Street</a> property comprises a modern, double storey, brick building of 594 square metres (GLA) comprising three shops, two restaurants and four office suites with a central arcade providing pedestrian access to the rear shops and car parking on an 866 square metre site.
The arcade had recently undergone a $250,000 refurbishment.
The property was sold fully let at a gross annual income of approximately $465,000.
 
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Hong Kong purchaser pays $6.48m for Byron's Lawson Arcade

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Queensland racing identity Tony Quinn and wife Christina have spent $3.4 million in Byron Bay.
The entrepreneurial Main Beach Gold Coast rich-lister secured the retreat in the town's dress circle in an off-market deal.
Set a few roads back from Clarke's Beach, the home sits on 530 square metres.
It has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Seven metre wide concertina glass timber doors open to an expansive deck.
Excluding Byron's bookend beaches, Belongil and Wategos, the sale is the highest price within the tow for eight months.
Tony and Christina made their fortune initially from their VIP Petfoods empire, selling it for $410 million to Quadrant Private Equity and then buying Darrell Lea confectionery.
They spent $25 million on the iconic Australian confectionary company Darrell Lea, selling it earlier this year for around $200 million.
They own a $2.62 million apartment on Main Beach in the Axis building.
The Quinns are no strangers to buying and selling Queensland property, but this is their first known NSW acquisition.
They also own two motorsport racetracks in New Zealand where he hopes to build a world-class golf course along with residential development.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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Rich Lister Tony Quinn buys in Byron Bay

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Lawson Arcade, the prime retail and office building in Byron Bay, has been listed for sale with expectations of more $5.5 million.
It last traded for $5.26 million in 2003, so slow price growth for the commercial investment.
The commercial property offers 15 metre frontage to the busy Lawson Street.
It has been listed fully let.
Lawson Arcade on 865 sqm comprises a modern, double storey brick building of nearly 600 sqm. 
It has three shops, two restaurants and four office suites, with a gross annual income of around $465,000.
There was a recent $250,000 refurbishment which included interior exterior paint, new LED lighting, tenant signage and landscaping.
Teska Carson agent Michael Ludski is marketing the commercial building inconjunction with Byron Bay Property Sales agent Kathy Vaubel.
"There is no doubt that Byron Bay is one of the most popular beach resorts in Australia attracting high levels of tourists – currently more than two million - throughout the year," Ludksi says.
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