Melbourne developer Spacious Group has completed Voyage Altona, one of the closest new apartment developments to Altona Beach.

Off the plan purchasers have started moving into the 49-apartment project on Pier Street, with the remaining move-in-ready one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments starting from just over $500,000.

Display apartments have now been fitted out, allowing prospective buyers to inspect the completed residences by appointment.

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The completed apartments feature open-plan living and dining areas which extend onto private balconies and terraces, while full-height glazing maximises natural light throughout the interiors.&nbsp;

Hybrid timber-look flooring, stone benchtops, Miele appliances, porcelain-tiled bathrooms and generous storage feature throughout the building which also features landscaped communal areas, expansive shared terraces, lift access and secure on-grade parking.

Drawing inspiration from its bayside setting, Voyage adopts a restrained palette of warm neutral tones and textured finishes. Many of the apartments take advantage of views across Port Phillip Bay, while the indoor-outdoor living spaces have been designed to make the most of the coastal outlook.

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Voyage was developed to address what Spacious Group identified as an undersupply of higher-quality apartment product in Altona, with a focus on owner-occupiers looking to remain within the bayside community.

"Voyage responds to very strong local buyer demand for quality, owner-occupier-focused product," says Barry Plant Projects Director Jarrod Farey, who has handled sales since the project's launch.

"The project delivers an elevated lifestyle proposition, with its design and quality of finish far exceeding anything previously produced in the area, as well as its proximity to Pier Street Village and the beach."

The majority of purchasers have been local downsizers and owner-occupiers looking to stay within the Altona community but who previously had limited opportunities to buy a brand-new apartment.

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Spacious Group completes Voyage Altona in Altona's beachside precinct

Homecorp has secured approval for a $360 million apartment development at Budds Beach, paving the way for one of the Gold Coast's most amenity-rich residential projects to launch later this year.

Gold Coast City Council has approved Lýon Residences, a 32-level tower that will deliver 178 two and three-bedroom apartments across a prominent corner site at 8-10 Acacia Avenue and 25-27 Oak Avenue.

The approval comes as developers continue to invest in premium lifestyle-driven apartment projects on the Gold Coast, where owner occupiers are increasingly prioritising amenity as much as apartment size and location.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/l-on-residences-25-27-oak-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Lýon Residences</a> has been designed around a resort-style wellness offering, headlined by a Moroccan-inspired spa precinct featuring treatment rooms, a Nordic sauna and steam room, hot and cold plunge pools, a soaking pool and a residents-only juice bar.

The rooftop will include a heated infinity pool and spa, residents' lounge with private kitchen and bar, gymnasium, yoga and Pilates studio, outdoor entertaining areas and barbecue facilities overlooking the Surfers Paradise skyline.

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Homecorp Founder and CEO Ron Bakir said Budds Beach provided the ideal location for the company's latest luxury apartment project.

"Budds Beach represents one of the most unique and sought-after pockets of the Gold Coast, and Lýon Residences has been designed to reflect that sense of rarity and refinement," Bakir said.

The project arrives as wellness continues to become a defining feature of new residential developments both in Australia and internationally.

The latest Global Wellness Institute figures show wellness real estate remains the fastest-growing segment of the global wellness economy and is forecast to exceed $1.8 trillion by 2030. Australia continues to rank among the world's 15 largest wellness real estate markets, with developers increasingly integrating health, recreation and community facilities into apartment projects.

Queensland is also experiencing strong population growth, with the Gold Coast continuing to outperform many other Australian cities as demand for new housing remains elevated ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Bakir said the project had been designed to respond to that shift in buyer expectations.

"Strong population growth and sustained demand across the Gold Coast continue to highlight the need for well-designed new housing supply. Lýon Residences responds directly to this demand while setting a new benchmark for residential living," he said.

Each apartment has been designed to maximise views across the coastline, the Nerang River and the Gold Coast hinterland.

Located just minutes from Surfers Paradise beach and the Broadwater, the development also offers easy access to the light rail network, Broadbeach and Burleigh Heads.

Early site works are underway, with construction expected to commence later this year.

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New apartment developments with uninterrupted, north-facing views over Perth's Swan River are exceptionally rare.

Recognising just how limited those opportunities are, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/edge-visionary-living">Edge Visionary Living</a>, one of Perth's most respected builder-developers, targeted <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/applecross-wa-6153">Applecross</a>, assembling an unrepeatable 6,342 sqm riverfront site on the corner of Moreau Mews and Canning Beach Road to create one of Perth's only new north-facing apartment developments directly overlooking the Swan River.

Today, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/buildings/riviere-residences-applecross-59-canning-beach-road-applecross-wa-6153">Rivière Residences</a> offers buyers a unique opportunity to choose between completed residences ready to move into now and off-the-plan homes in the final stage, Rivière West.

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Across the completed East and Central buildings, residents are already enjoying the development's luxury amenity, while two of the precinct's hospitality venues are now open.

The completed component of the development gives buyers the advantage of experiencing the finished product firsthand, including its uninterrupted river views, while still having the opportunity to secure a residence in the final stage.

"People are wowed by the view and the quality of the apartments,"&nbsp;Edge Visionary Living Sales Executive, Holly McSweeney, says.

"They're looking for the convenience of lock-and-leave living, but they're not looking to downsize on quality."

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The rarity of the development hasn't been lost on prospective buyers, McSweeney says.

For McSweeney, it all comes back to a location that is becoming increasingly difficult to replicate.

"Location, location, location," she says. "We are nestled right on the front of the Swan River. You can never get built out, so wherever you are in Rivière Residences, you've got views of the river forever."

The unique waterfront position has resonated particularly strongly with local downsizers. McSweeney says many buyers are long-time Applecross residents looking to transition from large family homes into a luxury apartment without sacrificing space, quality or the lifestyle they've enjoyed for decades.

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A major focus for Edge in recent years has been resident amenity. Across its apartment portfolio, from beachfront developments in Scarborough to luxury towers in South Perth, the developer has increasingly invested in the spaces beyond the apartment itself.

The strategy has largely been shaped by downsizer demand. Many buyers are moving from large family homes with swimming pools and established gardens. While they're looking to leave the maintenance behind, they don't want to compromise on lifestyle.

At Rivière, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/hillam-architects">Hillam Architects</a> designed the resident facilities as an extension of each apartment. A 25-metre heated swimming pool takes advantage of the north-facing river outlook, complemented by a large gym, sauna and steam rooms, private dining spaces, residents' lounges, a cinema, games room, and dedicated wine and whisky rooms.

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The waterfront location has also proved to be a major drawcard. Residents are within walking distance of the Raffles Hotel, South of Perth Yacht Club, the Heathcote Cultural Precinct and the cafés, restaurants and boutiques along Ardross Street.

Beyond the location and amenity, McSweeney says many buyers take confidence from Edge's fully integrated development model.

Having delivered apartments across Perth for decades, Edge now designs, develops and constructs its projects in-house, giving the company greater control over quality, delivery and the finished product.

"What I love is when people walk through their apartment for the first time and say, 'This is better than what we imagined,'" McSweeney says. "We hear that all the time."

Completed apartments in the East and Central buildings are now available to inspect by appointment, while Rivière West, the final stage of the precinct, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.

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North-facing Swan River views drive demand at Rivière Residences in Applecross

Nearly 60 per cent of apartments at McNab Group's $220 million The Tannery development in Brisbane's West End have sold ahead of the project's public launch, including a suburb-record $2.57 million sale for a two-bedroom apartment.

The early sales campaign has secured buyers for 50 of the project's 87 apartments, highlighting continued demand for larger owner-occupier apartments that combine generous floorplans with premium lifestyle amenities in one of Brisbane's most tightly held inner-city suburbs.

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McNab Group Executive Chairman Michael McNab said selling more than half the project before launch reflected changing buyer expectations.

"Selling more than half the project before public sales open tells us buyers are actively seeking apartments that offer something genuinely different," McNab said.

"Today's buyers are looking beyond four walls. They want homes that genuinely enhance the way they live, with spaces that support health, connection and everyday wellbeing."

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A key point of difference for the project is the adaptive reuse of the heritage-listed Dixon's Tannery building, which will become The Retreat, a residents-only wellness precinct rather than being redeveloped into additional apartments.

The Retreat will feature a sauna and steam room, hot and cold plunge pools, a commercial-grade gym, Pilates studio, cinema, library, co-working spaces and private dining room. Rooftop amenities will include a swimming pool, landscaped gardens, outdoor entertaining areas and dog-friendly spaces.

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Designed by Cottee Parker Architects with interiors by Tom Mark Henry and landscape architecture by Aspect Studios, The Tannery comprises 87 two, three and four-bedroom apartments across 11 levels overlooking the Brisbane River.

Cottee Parker principal Dee Passenger said preserving the original tannery building had been central to the project's design.

"The easy option would have been to maximise the site's development potential with additional apartments. Instead, McNab has chosen to preserve the original tannery as a shared wellness retreat, ensuring this important piece of Brisbane's history remains at the heart of the community."

Passenger said sustainability also played a key role in the design, with materials from the original industrial site salvaged and repurposed throughout the development.

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Motiv CEO Carly Cottam said buyers had responded strongly to the combination of larger apartments, wellness facilities and the West End lifestyle.

"We are seeing more buyers looking for homes in the sky that provide the space and functionality of a traditional home, while benefiting from the convenience and lifestyle that apartment living brings," Cottam said.

She said purchasers included both owner occupiers and investors, with demand coming from local buyers as well as interstate purchasers.

Coinciding with the public launch, McNab also announced a partnership with Queensland Ballet, whose neighbouring Thomas Dixon Centre shares historical ties with the original Dixon family.

Located on a 4,465 sqm site at 439 Montague Road, The Tannery overlooks the Brisbane River and is around 10 minutes from the CBD.

Construction is underway, with completion expected in the second half of 2027.

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McNab's The Tannery nears 60 per cent sold before public release, sets two-bedroom West End record

Iwan Sunito's vision for a landmark mixed-use precinct in Sydney's Inner West has taken a major step forward, with approval granted for the $1.9 billion Five Dock development first unveiled earlier this year.

The approved scheme by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/one-global-capital">One Global Capital</a> will deliver an 80,500 sqm mixed-use precinct comprising 840 apartments, integrated hotel accommodation, commercial and retail space, alongside publicly accessible open space designed to create a new destination for the growing suburb.

"This is a significant milestone for One Global Capital and for the future of housing delivery in Sydney," Sunito said.

"The Housing Delivery Authority was established to identify major housing projects capable of delivering meaningful supply more efficiently, and we are delighted that Spencer Street has been recognised as one of those projects.”

He said the declaration reflected the rapid progress achieved since acquiring control of the site.

"In less than seven months we have progressed from taking control of the site to securing entry into one of the NSW Government's most important planning pathways. It reflects the experience of our team, the strength of our consultant group led by Urbis, and our long-term commitment to delivering transformational projects that contribute to Sydney's future."

When the project was revealed earlier this year, Sunito described the opportunity as one of the strongest development sites he had worked on.

"I probably hadn't appreciated the uniqueness of the site until more recently when putting together the concept plans," Sunito said.

"The proximity to the water, and the golf course opposite, is unlike any other part of Parramatta Road. We have a unique position and view corridors over the water that makes this one of the best sites I've worked on."

The development has evolved since its initial announcement, with the approved plans increasing the residential component from the originally proposed 750 apartments to 840 homes while retaining the project's focus on creating an integrated neighbourhood rather than a standalone residential development.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/a-city-within-a-city-iwan-sunito-flags-1-5-billion-mixed-use-precinct-in-five-dock">"A city within a city": Iwan Sunito flags $1.5 billion mixed-use precinct in Five Dock</a>

The precinct will combine apartments with hotel accommodation, commercial workplaces, retail offerings and public spaces, creating a mixed-use environment intended to serve both residents and the broader Five Dock community. The proposal also continues the collaboration between One Global Capital and internationally recognised architect <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/koichi-takada-architects">Koichi Takada</a>, whose previous work with Sunito includes Infinity, Arc and Skye North Sydney.

Takada previously said the design was driven by a philosophy of integrating nature into the built environment.

"The concept for this development is born from our design approach to naturalising architecture," Takada said.

"The public realm benefits from biophilic design that integrates generous landscaping, and the development is optimised for natural daylight, airflow and water views to foster wellbeing, sustainability and spaces that foster community interaction."

Sunito has consistently described the project as a "city within a city", with a strong emphasis on creating a destination that extends beyond housing.

"We want to create a development that's not only to be seen, but to be experienced by the whole local community," he said.

The approval comes as Five Dock continues its transformation ahead of the opening of the Sydney Metro West line, with the new Five Dock station set to significantly improve connections between the Inner West, Parramatta and the Sydney CBD.&nbsp;

The precinct will also benefit from its proximity to the Parramatta Road corridor, nearby waterfront parklands and established retail and dining offerings that have made Five Dock one of Sydney's most tightly held Inner West suburbs.

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Trelawney Farm, the 130 year old farmhouse in Mudgee, has been listed for sale.
The property at<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-nsw-mudgee-7971010" target="_blank"> 428 Henry Lawson Drive</a> is currently an award-winning accomodation, but the listing advises it would suit as a family home.
It can be dual self-contained residences or one complete home.
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The iconic country homestead features fresh white bricked facade, colonial architraves and a wrap around porch with views over Pipeclay Creek.
There's five bedrooms, two bathrooms, two open plan living and dining areas and a formal library.
It sits on over 10 hectares in the heart of the Mudgee wine trail.
McGrath Central Tablelands agent Adam Woods is asking $1.2 million.
Last month's Mudgee's landmark residence Woodlands sold for just under $2.1 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Palm Creek Plantation, the largest commercial plantation of Achacha trees in the world, has been listed for sale in Queensland.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-horticulture-qld-giru-7967342" target="_blank">plantation in Giru</a>, 43 kilometres south east of Townsville, homes 16,000 Achacha trees. There's also 60 mango trees and 3,000 African Mahogany trees that act as wind breaks.
The Achacha, a unique sweet and tangy Amazon fruit, has an established domestic market with increasing export market destinations to the EU, Asia and Canada.
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The plantation spans 123 hectares which includes two residences and a large shade cloth nursery.
It has an annual water allocation of 535ml, with excess water sold on the local market.
Colliers International agents Rawdon Briggs and Trenton Hindman are marketing the property.
 
 
 
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The Crookwell district farm, Maidstone Downs, a 446ha (1102ac) grazing property has been listed by Elders.
Situated between Binda and Laggan, Maidstone Downs is being promoted as a lifestyle property with a grazing dimension along with scope for development.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-lifestyle-nsw-binda-7962522" target="_blank">The property</a> has been listed by Jo-Anne and Ian Dickson, who run a Merino flock with Poll Hereford cows.
They bought it in 1987 following an earlier move to an adjoining property, Chain-of-Ponds, by Mrs Dickson’s late father, Alan Webb. 
Mr Webb was one of a number of former dairy farmers from the Southern Highlands who sold their high-priced farms and moved to broader acres in the Crookwell district in the 1960s and ‘70s, The Land noted.
Sally Carson of Elders Crookwell has listed the property for May 25 auction.
It is expected to attract interest from tree-changers and young couples seeking an entry-level property with upside.
The homestead garden harvests vegetables and fruit with the family virtually self- sufficient, sharing extra produce with neighbours and the local farmers markets at Laggan.
About 90ha of the property is retained natural timber, with about 80 per cent clear for grazing.
The country is well suited to finewool production (the main fleece line from the last shearing fetched 1581c/kg).
They have run 500 merino sheep and 170 plus Hereford cattle.
It comes with a 400 m airstrip.
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Binda farm Maidstone Downs listed

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Queensland Government owned properties, once earmarked for the former Glendower Dam project around Beaudesert and Tabragalba, are on the market in the first stage of the open market sales program. 
The properties are a combination of large agricultural holdings, residential houses and lifestyle properties. 
Six properties will be offered by auction for June 7 auction.
These properties comprise of three blocks of vacant land around 50 hectares each, a house on 1.2 hecatres, a house on 20 hectares with frontage to the Albert River and lastly 193 hectares of prime river flats with irrigation licences, houses and sheds. 
The three lifestyle blocks are adjoining and are all fronted by Beaudesert Nerang Road.
One property comprises 193 hectares of rich river flats.
Three water licences are currently attached to the property. It is in eight freehold titles and has frontage to both Beaudesert Nerang Road and Tabragalba House Road. 
The properties are located 60 kilometres from Southport and 70 kilometres from Brisbane. 
Ray White Rural Queensland sales agent Peter Douglas and Ed Dalton, at Ray White Rural Beaudesert have been appointed to manage the sale process. 
“It is a very good mixture with properties in all price brackets," Douglas said. 
Properties will be open for inspections on Sundays. 
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Ray White Rural to sell Glendower Dam sites

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Fremantle Dockers veteran Hayden Ballantyne is yet to sell his Hopeland, WA rural estate.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-hopeland-127863626" target="_blank">25 hectare agistment property</a>, some 50 kilometres south of Perth, has been listed with $1.05 million plus hopes.
It was bought in 2011.
The listing photos give an obvious nod to Ballantyne's ownership, with his framed number 1 jersey in the theatre room, along side memorabilia gathered over his nine year career.
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Since his purchase the forward has added a main modern residence, wrapped in a verandah and complete with four bedrooms, separate office and a rumpus room.
There's 32 paddocks with horse rail fencing and an onsite managers cottage for additional farming income.
Ballatyne tried to sell the property before in 2013.
It's for sale through Greg Penn at Realmark Mandurah, who had set an April 15 auction.
Ballantyne was drafted by Fremantle when he was 21 as a second round pick in the 2008 draft.
In late 2016 Ballantyne married his long-term partner Alyssa Hennessy in nearby North Dandalup. They have two children. 
This article was first published in The Weekend Australian.
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The Green family established their award-winning olive estate at Boneo on theMornington Peninsula estate in 2007.
L'Uliveto Verde is a 19 hectare holding.
Translated to <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-boneo-127869594" target="_blank">The Green Olive Grove, L'Uliveto Verde</a> was kicked off when the Green family planted 3,250 olive trees across 16 hectares.
The grove, with a style which is inherently Italian, was planted in a traditional European diamond style, with trees planted in diagonal rows five and seven metres apart.
The trees used for oil are Italian varieties, Frantoio and Lucino, using a Spanish origin Paqual as a cultivator. The table varieties are a classic Greek kalamata.
The property also has a large organic orchard with 70 different fruit varieties, along with an organic vegetable operation. 
European influences continue to the six bedroom Mediterranean-style homestead.
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The rendered home, framed by classic pencil pines sits at the end of a sweeping gravel driveway
Behind the arched timber door is a baronial-style entry hall with terracotta tiled floor. 
The kitchen and living areas have views over the garden, pool, tennis court and olive grove.
Peninsula Sotheby's International Realty agents Rob Curtain and Linda Boulter are marketing the property for an April 19 auction.
They have a guide of $3.5 million to $3.8 million.
The Hunter Valley olive farm Olio Mio has also recently been listed for sale.
 
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Award-winning Mornington Peninsula olive estate for sale

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Olio Mio, the Hunter Valley Pokolbin estate, has been listed by Jurds agent John Edmundson.

The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-lifestyle-nsw-pokolbin-7957218" target="_blank">24 hectare property</a> features a 10 hectare olive grove and an olive process plant, as well as a two hectare vineyard and garden.

The estate completed with southern European style six bedroom homestead last traded for $2.75 million in 2002.

The olive grove was established in 1997 and has produced premium extra virgin olive oil, made from olives harvested and processed on-site within 24 hours of picking.

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Iis is being run by Bob and Denise Whalan after purchasing Olio Mio Estate in 2002. 

Their first project was to plant a further 4,600 vines of Verdehlo and Tempranillo and to manage the two acres of Shiraz, which produced its first vintage in 2004.

Olio Mio Estate wines are bottled under the Stormy Ridge label.

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In 1998 the Estate was planted with 2,500 olive trees. The grove has Italian, Spanish and Greek varieties for oil and table fruit. The Olio Mio range of unfiltered oil has a wonderful array of aromas and flavours in keeping with this award-winning region.

Olive farms on the market are seeing a spike in activity.

In the Mornington Peninsula the award-winning L'Uliveto Verde has hit the market.

 
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Olio Mio olive estate in the Hunter Valley listed

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Having been held in one family ownership for three generations, some 79 years, Skastholm at 121 Stephenson Street in Sale is now for sale through agents Pat Rice &amp; Hawkins.
Offers close April 19 unless sold before with a sale guide price of $500,000 plus expected to be achieved.
The vendors have traditionally run about fifteen breeding cows on the productive pastures.
Water resources are significant to include a windmill plus direct access to the Flooding Creek, (a feeder stream of the La Trobe River system nearby), which forms one long boundary of the holding with unrestricted pumping rights for stock and garden requirements.
The property was first purchased by members of the Edwards family in 1939 to operate as a dairy.
It is held under an old riparian title with ownership extending to the middle of the stream.
With a land area of 8.7 hectares, or 21.6 acres, the property is located 2.5 kilometres south east of the central business precinct of Sale.
It is the prominent regional centre at the commencement of the Gippsland Lakes that has a current population in excess of 14,000 people.
The property is opposite the Sale Common and the noted wetlands and wildlife sanctuary.
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The restored Victorian style weatherboard cottage offers three large bedrooms, with high ceilings and two with open fireplaces retained.
There are all modern services installed while the home has a return veranda.
Domestic needs are met by the country style timber kitchen with a slow combustion stove, a conventional oven and a dishwasher with two adjacent living areas.
It comes with an oversized two car garage cum look up steel shed or workshop, plus an original dairy, a worker’s hut, two hay sheds, a storage building and a set of steel cattle yards.
All the boundary fencing is electrified and with a six paddock internal subdivision.
The vendor says that as she is the last of the Edwards family line and with no succession.
Pat Rice &amp; Hawkins selling agent Matt Childs says that Skastholm - seemingly suggesting a Scandinavian origin - was first established in 1903.
The home has been fully restored from the ground up including the major works of re-stumping, re-wiring, re-plumbing and with a new roof added to provide an executive style family home.
“For a hobby farmer or specialist animal enterprise there is the option to run almost any type of livestock on the well set up subdivision and additional support building,” Childs notes.
 
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Edwards family farm listed after 80 years on Sale outskirts

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The $1 billion offering of one of Australia’s biggest agricultural empires, with 16 northern cattle stations, has begun.
The vast offering, which includes a herd of 400,000 cattle, is the Consolidated Pastoral Company empire.
The CPC cattle kingdom, once owned by the Packer media family, has been owned for the past nine years by Britain-based Terra Firma private equity group.
Around $1 billion is being sought for the stations that cover 5.5 million hectares in prized cattle country in the WA Kimberley, Northern Territory and Queensland.
Frenetic action around sale is being compared to the $386 million disposal of the much bigger, but less valuable, Kidman cattle and land empire two years ago.
But CPC chief executive Troy Setter told The Australian there was already keen interest from Australian bidders for the properties, which include Newcastle Waters in the NT
Ads, which are part of FIRB compliance, have been placed by Goldman Sachs which will oversee the sale, which is expected to take more than six months.
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Kevin Sobels, the legendary Australian winemaker, and wife, Margaret are selling their Hunter Valley winery, as they look towards retiring.
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They hope to be staying around Pokolbin.
Sobels is a fifth generation descendant of German immigrant winemaker, Carl August Sobels.
The family name has been connected to Australian winemaking since the 1840s, beginning in South Australia’s Barossa and Clare Valley.
Kevin Sobels arrived in the Hunter in 1972 from the Barossa. 
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The current <a href="https://app.rexsoftware.com/public/ebrochure/?account_id=265&amp;listing_id=1388992&amp;listing_agent_id=1743" target="_blank">22ha Halls Road, Pokolbin offering</a>, Kevin Sobels Wines, was started in the early 1990s by Kevin and Margaret on acreage offered to them by the Ross Jones family.
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They formed a company with the help of a few friends with their sales door opening in 1994.
By 1996 the winemaking facility was complete so that wines could be made and bottled on-site. 
The long established brand has around 5ha of planted vines.
Its Jurds marketing agent Cain Beckett says the property would suit the establishment of a five-star country lodge with restaurant and function space.
Sobels was installed as the 2014 Hunter Valley Living Legend of Wine, joining other Hunter notables as Brian and Fay McGuigan, Bruce Tyrrell and  Don McWilliam.
The Sobels’ wine journey began with Carl August, who in 1847 quit his home in the Saxony-Anhalt town of Quedlinburg and migrated with his family to Australia. He had been trained in winemaking in Germany and in France’s Champagne region.
He made his first Australian wines for William Jacob, the government surveyor who mapped the Barossa.
This year will mark the 170th unbroken run of Australian vintages by Sobels, with their son, Jason continuing the traditional family craft.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
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