Although it’s not uncommon for wealthy farmers to buy a seaside bolthole to escape the summer dust, one livestock producer couple have taken their coastal spending to a new level, splashing $24 million on Queensland’s second-most expensive apartment. And the new record-holder on $24.5 million will be living downstairs.

In March 2022, a then-mystery buyer purchased the yet-to-be-built penthouse overlooking the ocean at Burleigh Heads. Three years on, the buyers of the recently completed luxury spread have emerged as Wagga Wagga-based lamb producers Alison and Heath Newton, of Junee Prime Lamb.