When Hancock Prospecting’s Daniel Wade sold his Noosa Heads riverfront escape for $23.25 million last month, he clocked the third most expensive sale in the Queensland holiday hotspot in 10 months.

The region’s record was set last April by the $28.5 million sale of a beachfront property on Sunshine Beach’s Arakoon Crescent, followed by Jalna yoghurt pioneers Campbell and Pamela McLaren’s $27 million Noosa Parade purchase last July.