Description

67 ACRES – “TOP OF THE WORLD – SKENES CREEK”
LIFESTYLE – TOURISM – INVESTMENT
The quietest place on the planet where only birdsong competes with the peace of nature. Clear night skies and fresh air you could carve with a knife, only the vast Southern Ocean bears witness to this slice of paradise. A truly remarkable offering sited amongst 67 acres of rainforest, situated 10 minutes from Apollo Bay and a beautiful 45-minute drive along the Great Ocean Road to Lorne. The drive from the West Gate Bridge via Winchelsea will take you 2hrs and 20 minutes.
The one-of-a-kind architecturally designed and solidly built 2-story mud brick home with featured Ironbark upright exposed timbers recycled from the wharves of Melbourne is situated in a commanding setting featuring breathtaking views to the Southern Ocean. With 2 cleared flat ridges in the heart of a Truffle growing climate, this land presents investment opportunities.
The solidly built cottage features stone flooring and a designed Kitchen/dining to enhance your culinary skills. The living room with floor-to-ceiling windows and views to Bass Strait towards King Island was designed with a relaxation/cinema experience in mind while outside there is an expansive ironbark deck with a built-in pizza oven/smoker. The cottage includes 2 generous bedrooms upstairs in the style of ski-lodge accommodation with the master offering a small bathroom. In addition to the main cottage there is another architecturally designed building that consists of a further 2 bedrooms with adjoining bathroom and 2nd toilet. The Recreation room is the feature of this building with blackwood bar and Smart TV streaming your music movies and sport, making for a huge entertainment space of 43 square metres.
Further features include underground electricity cables, hydronic “smart” heating controlled via “Clevertouch App”, “star link” internet (ideal for working from home), 6 kw solar catchment, ceramic pizza oven and an amazing outdoor fireplace from the glow of which you can gaze at the clear milky way at night, in all seasons while entertaining friends and family. In the Forest there's widened walking and 4WD tracks that take you through the whole 67 acres and beyond creating an experience of being fully immersed in the temperate rainforest. At the top of these tracks the 2nd ridge opens to a view of Apollo Bay township, offering another option for “eco-cabin” development. An outdoor laundry, plus all the machinery & tools necessary to maintain this property as advertised are included.
A quiet place has an intangible value in beautiful native bush, home to Koalas Wallabies and abundant native and migratory birds. The views to Bass Straight complete this unique sanctuary.