FORTHCOMING AUCTION - 12th of October, 2023, 6:30pm - if not sold prior.

Auction Location - 194 Breakfast Creek, Newstead, BRISBANE

There are some places in the world that catch your breath, these are the places we dream about, totally unique on this planet, 'Mt Somerset', Port Douglas, Australia is one of those places. Impossibly beautiful, impossible to repeat and equally impossible to acquire .… until now.

'Mt Somerset', Port Douglas, is a place where years ago, a young visionary couple spotted its unique potential and dared to make a dream come true. Completely off-grid, this property offers all the qualities of an inner-city luxury home but is perfectly perched on top of an un-spoilt mountain, surrounded by the great Australian icons and World Heritage areas of Port Douglas such as the Daintree rainforest and Great Barrier Reef. Private and sanctuary-like, this property offers sustainability, functionality and luxury with the option for family living perfection or extended holidays with family and friends whilst including multiple simultaneous business applications.

An extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those who have extraordinary vision! Including potential eco-tourism development subject to approvals or simply a piece of paradise to landbank for the future; the options are endless, but the lifestyle for now is perfect.

'Mt. Somerset', Port Douglas offers:

• Spectacular elevated 360-degree ocean, mountain, and rural landscape views

• Two levels of living with vehicle access to both levels

• Over 610sqm of indoor and undercover outdoor living areas

• 3 King-sized bedrooms with en-suites and walk-in robes (one with a study)

• Large home theatre and en-suite (incorporating 4th king bedroom, home office and/or gymnasium)

• Open plan lounge / dining / kitchen / bar / covered balconies and decks

• Fully air-conditioned and ceiling fans throughout

• 1,200+ bottle climate-controlled wine cellar

• Spectacular views from every room through floor to ceiling glass

• Full length undercover patio with ocean/mountain views that extend over 70 kms

• Designed, engineered and built in 2016 to the highest standard, with contemporary streamlined architectural design, encompassing cyclone proof strength glass 

• 4 person Oasis spa with integrated heat pump on the patio

• Huge undercover entertaining deck for formal and informal entertaining for up to 60 guests

• Pebbled courtyard with fire pit and wood fired pizza oven

• C-Bus / Control4 advanced home automation (lighting, fans, A/C, blinds, security, audio/video, movement and temperature sensors)

• Five smart televisions (4K UHD in the lounge and home theatre)

• Six zone (13 speakers) Sonos / Bose home entertainment / music streaming system

• Unlimited NBN Fixed Wireless Broadband with high-speed ethernet

• Fully furnished and equipped indoors and out

•15kw off-grid solar system with battery storage and backup generator - no electricity bills!

•150,000 litre rainwater tanks - no water bills!

• Landscaped lawns and gardens

• Abundant bird life, native wildlife and natural rainforest as your garden playground

• Separate rustic cottage with bed / sitting room, camp kitchen, bathroom and bush toilet

• Over 5 kms of well-maintained, all-weather driveways and tracks (partly bituminised)

• Established fruit orchard (mango, avocado, various citrus)

• New 130sqm 5 bay implement shed (one bay enclosed in for storage) with power and water

• Opportunities to extend the existing accommodation and living areas

• Acres of elevated flat grassed areas for further lifestyle development and use (swimming pool, tennis court, stables, helipad, gardens)

• The property is a single title of approx 77 hectares (190 acres) of pristine, sloped wet tropical rainforest rising from the surrounding low-level plains to about 240m above sea level at the peak of 'Mt Somerset', which is on the property.

Location:

• 5 minutes to Mossman Gorge and Mossman township

• 5-15 minutes to shopping, restaurants, beaches, schools, hospitals, commercial, entertainment and sporting venues

• 15 minutes to the south is Port Douglas, the gateway to the vibrant Great Barrier Reef

• 15 minutes to the north is the Daintree River and World Heritage Daintree Rainforest

• 15 minutes to the west is the Atherton Tablelands and historic outback towns

• 60 minutes to the south are Cairns International Airport, Cairns Central Railway and Cairns Cruise Ship Terminal (cruise ships also stopover in Port Douglas), and major retail, entertainment, hospital and medical, sporting and tourism venues

Contact Agents for more information and to book your viewing:

Sandie Edwards - 0456 447 813
Annie Hayes - 0402 859 467
Barbara Wolveridge - 0418 760 004