208 Turpentine Rd, Diwan is a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom House with 3 parking spaces and was built in 2011. The property has a land size of 21480m2 and floor size of 86m2. While the property is not currently for sale or for rent, it was last sold in September 2003.
The approach to this property in the Daintree Rainforest is along a romantic forest-lined no-through road which rises up at the base of Thornton Peak. The temperature is more pleasant than in the Daintree Lowlands, being about 5 degrees cooler, due to the higher elevation. When you get out of the car at the property the trickle of a stream can be heard 50 meters away at the end of the road as well as the sounds of birds, animals and frogs in the forest. Often in the first hour after sunset the synchronized movement of lights emitted by fireflies is seen at the roadside and next to the house. The house is at the end of a 40-meter driveway made of river stones through the rainforest.
The property has high environmental value due to the exceptionally high biodiversity on this property. The property is habitat for the endangered Southern Cassowary. Though only 1,200- 1,500 of these large colorful birds remain in the wild in Australia, two cassowaries were seen on the property by the owner who visited the house for short holidays.
This pole house is solidly built from wood and iron and is completely off-grid with a 30,000-liter unlined galvanized steel water tank on a high wooden stand, a Hills Solar vacuum tube hot water system, an ecological Biolytix wastewater treatment system and a 4.5kWatt solar power and battery system. It was built in 2010 using termite resistant hardwood timber which was transported from Western Australia. The galvanized iron water tank has no lining and the water inlet pipes to the house rooms are made from copper. No surfaces in the house have been painted to prevent mold and the release of synthetic volatile organic compounds (VOCs). There are glass skylights in the bathroom and living area which let natural light into all areas of the house. When the two trifold glass doors on two sides of the living area are opened on to the deck the living area is doubled in size. There is also a bifold glass window and a large paperbark wood breakfast bar providing access between the kitchen and the deck.
The Queensland EPA and the Dougal Shire Council has decided that no further clearing or building permits will be granted for properties in the Upper Cooper Creek Precinct due to its biodiversity. The Upper Cooper Creek Precinct is one of nine precincts described in the Daintree Futures Study conducted by the Rainforest Cooperative Reasearch Centre for the government of Queensland. In the Daintree Futures Study, it is stated that the current and proposed settlement rate in the Upper Cooper Creek Precinct is the same, 31% (See attached table of settlement rates in the nine precincts). Therefore, this house can never be replicated in this part of the Daintree rainforest even on existing public or private land. On the contrary the government of Queensland has bought back properties adjacent to lot 221 Turpentine Road and has incorporated them into the certificate of title of the Daintree National Park.
The cost of the building was approximately $600,000 in 2010, which included Town Planning, geophysical engineering and botanical surveys which were required by the Environmental Protection Agency. The land now has high value due to its location being embedded in and surrounded by the Daintree National Park, the extremely low if any availability of a similar block and the inability to obtain a clearing or building permit for land in this precinct determined by the Douglas Shire Council.
Features of the property
The 2.15-hectare property is situated in the Daintree Forest on the very corner of private land projecting to the northwest into the Daintree National Park.
Two properties on one side one on the other side have been bought back by the Queensland government and converted into National Park meaning that there will never be neighbors.
There will not be an opportunity to repeat the building of such a house again in the Upper Cooper Creek Precinct.
The property is habitat for the endangered Southern Cassowary, which have been seen on the property beside the house.
Cassowaries and fireflies live on the property in addition to Ulysees butterflies and countless birds, reptiles and mammals.
The rainforest here is world class ancient complex mesophyll type 3 rainforest, in the oldest rainforest in the world.
Outstanding representation of species of conservation significance is unmatched anywhere in Australia. (Daintree Futures Study, November 2000).
A Nature Refuge Agreement is attached to the property title. The clearing of plants is not permitted according to a Nature Conservation Covenant which is a condition of the building permit obtained from the Queensland government in 2007.
There is a stunning stand of fan palms which extends up to the house.
Located 3 km from Thornton Beach and 60km from Port Douglas.
Significantly lower temperatures than at Port Douglas and Cairns owing to the elevation at the base of Thornton Peak.
Cooper Creek and an excellent restaurant (Heritage lodge) overlooking the river is 200m away at 96 Turpentine Road, Diwan.
There are no crocodiles in the Cooper Creek, 200 meters from the house and upstream as far as Alexandra Falls. Crocodiles do not inhabit the higher sections of Cooper Creek.
Closest private property to Alexandra Falls, about 900m away.
Phone enquiry code for this property : 4476
The size of Diwan is approximately 21 square kilometres. It has 1 park covering nearly 65.1% of total area. The population of Diwan in 2011 was 310 people. By 2016 the population was 165 showing a population decline of 46.8% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Diwan is 50-59 years. Households in Diwan are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $800 - $999 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Diwan work in a managers occupation. In 2011, 84.1% of the homes in Diwan were owner-occupied compared with 85.3% in 2016.
Diwan has 154 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Diwan have seen a 35.21% increase in median value. As at 31 July 2024:
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