A Home Remedy For A Life Of Stress

Newcastle Herald

Saturday February 24, 2007

By ALYSSON WATSON

A SECLUDED 10-hectare (25-acre) lifestyle property has come on the market in the Yarramalong Valley on the Central Coast.

About 12 minutes' drive from both Wyong and Tuggerah, 68 Macadamia Lane is being billed as "rural medicine or just what the doctor ordered" by Coast Edge Real Estate agent Norm Rogers.

Mr Rogers said the tranquillity and seclusion of the property were its drawcards, and a near-new five-bedroom, three-bathroom manor-style house offered executive living of the highest quality.

Built to sell by builder Ken Birtwistle and his wife Maria, who lived on 4.8 hectares (five acres) nearby, the new house has wrap-around verandas to enjoy spectacular views over the valley.

Mrs Birtwistle said the property also had 260 macadamia trees that were formerly part of the neighbouring Macadamia Nut Farm, used now for family pleasure rather than commercial purposes.

"The grandkids love to raid the trees when they come to visit," Mrs Birtwistle said.

The property is close to the sleepy Yarramalong village, which Mrs Birtwistle said had a real sense of community, holding an annual ball and regular get-togethers.

"And the neighbours are really great too," she said, and included Bryce Courtenay and Neville Wran.

Mr Rogers said the property was about a third cleared pasture and ideal for horses.

With two-thirds natural bush and backing onto the Wyong State Forest, it was well set up for bushwalking and trail rides.

There was also a little bit of creek frontage, and a second waterfall-style creek sprang up in heavy rain, Mr Rogers said.

The coastal location meant that water was in abundance through good rainfall and a large dam.

The house also had an in-ground pool.

New to the market, it is listed at $1.24 million.

Riverside retreat

AN East Gresford hobby farm, owned by the well-known Jupp family, has just come on the market with Brad Cowie Real Estate, East Gresford.

The 17-acre (6.9-hectare) lifestyle property on the Allyn River Road is 1.5 kilometres from East Gresford and on the mail and school bus routes, Mr Cowie said.

Owner Noel Jupp, the proprietor of the nearby Riverdene Nurseries, said the lot was part of the original estate his grandfather William Jupp had bought in 1935.

Now tenanted, it was being sold as a family company was being dissolved, Mr Jupp said.

The property includes a 60-year-old brick and tile house in original condition.

With four bedrooms, one bathroom, decorated ceilings and large verandas, its kitchen and bathroom were in need of an update, Mr Cowie said.

There is also a single garage and old shed on the property.

Mr Cowie said the appeal of the property would be its easy-access river frontage, good views from a cliff face further down the river and proximity to town.

"Near the house the river has quite low backs, and there is good, pebbly access," Mr Cowie said.

"It's also within walking distance of town, so very convenient, but buyers will still feel they have a rural property away from it all."

The view takes in East Gresford, and the Allyn valley to the Barrington Tops.

At 116 Allyn River Road, East Gresford, the property is listed at $625,000.

© 2007 Newcastle Herald

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