60 Melanesia Track

Yuulong VIC 3237

The perfect rural retreat, a nice big timber veranda wraps around the home which has been beautifully finished throughout. Unique features like bricks recycled from the Richmond brewery have been used to create stunning internal features walls. Combined with blackwood and Oregon timber beams, cedarwood panels you have a warm inviting space and a great base for a simpler life.

You'll find three spacious bedrooms, the main has a built-in-robe and there is also a cosy loft bedroom upstairs. At ground level, you have a multipurpose studio giving you a home office or fifth bedroom option. All up, you will comfortably sleep 10 people. Next to the studio, you have an impressive wine cellar to store or start your private collection.

The spacious open plan living area features dramatic cathedral ceilings, polished floorboards and a lovely big open fire, perfect for those cold winter nights with a glass of red (from your private wine cellar obviously)

The galley style kitchen with a walk-in pantry, ample cupboard space, stone-look benchtops and high-end appliances including a fabulous Falcon oven (that will impress the cooks) is going to be the perfect entertaining space for family and friends.

Step outside and the house is surrounded by 3 acres of cleared land and thoughtfully landscaped garden. The practicality of rural living in the Otways is supported with 4 x 30,000 water tanks, there is also an eight-person underground fire bunker, large industrial work shed for the ute and the ride-on mower and a 7.5kw diesel generator provides power. You have a future income stream via 12-14 acres of Radiata pine plantation with further land cleared for pine, gum, pasture or native vegetation. Tax benefits on tools and equipment as well as a diesel rebate are available.

The location gives you the opportunity to be at the centre of the Great Ocean Road's tourism industry as you're just a stone's throw from the famous 12 Apostles, Otway Fly and the Great Ocean Walk so there is an opportunity to further supplement your income by offering overnight accommodation. Or, simply enjoy the seclusion of the beautiful Johanna and Melanesia surf beaches, where at certain times of the year, you can walk for miles and see no one.

For those considering making the permanent sea/tree change, the township of Lavers Hill has a general store, two hotels and the K-12 Lavers Hill College with school bus pickups around the area. When you need to head into town you are under an hour from Colac, just 45 minutes from Apollo Bay and two hours from Geelong.

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