Luxury Gympie region homes, and who owns them | list
From the Tin Can Bay Esplanade to the richest street in Rainbow Beach, here are some of the Gympie region’s most expensive and luxurious pads, who owns them and what they paid.
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The Gympie region is one of the fastest growing in Queensland as people from Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast race to escape growing populations and skyrocketing house prices.
As property prices here head north, some luxurious pads, particularly on the Cooloola Coast, have million dollar price tags, with new online data revealing how much was spent on the expensive homes, and who they were bought by.
From private beach access to waterfront lifestyle, these are some of the region’s most stunning homes, who owns them and the price they paid.
Rainbow Beach
24 Naiad Court
This luxurious property, a 200m walk from the beach, was snapped up by Brisbane woman Rebecca Hunt in October 2021 for $1.7 million.
The 1,003 square metre property was designed by local architect Walter Dobkins, and has an open-plan living design with four large bedrooms and four bathrooms, including two ensuites.
Of these four bedrooms, three look out on to the pool area.
The house also includes an electrical vehicle charging port in the double lock-up garage, which has ceilings tall enough to house even a boat.
69 Cooloola Drive
Located on what could be argued is Rainbow Beach’s most expensive street, this 592 square metre property was sold to a finance business from Sydney for $1.47 million in November 2012.
While there are no names to the property, it was bought by Sydney finance company Budburst Capital, known at that time as JM & LJ Investments Pty Ltd.
The company changed its name to Budburst Capital on January 16, 2016.
According to online records, John Bacon is the chairman of the company.
The Rainbow Beach property borders on the national park with a 200m strip of bushland between the house and the nearby beach.
Inside the home, four large bedrooms are accompanied by their own ensuites, an upstairs dining room big enough to seat 10-12 people, as well as a built-in gas fireplace and a double garage.
Outside, a children’s wading pool flows into a lap pool with a frameless glass pool fence.
73 Cooloola Drive
Neighbouring the luxurious property above, this U-shaped pad was bought by Sally and David Parker for $1.46 million.
The house itself features four large bedrooms including a private guest retreat, three bathrooms and 180 degree views from K’gari (Fraser Island) in the north and Double Island Point in the south.
The Parker’s bought the property in August of 2012, and have lived there ever since.
77 Cooloola Drive
Keeping with the trend of luxury houses on Cooloola Drive, this property was sold to Gympie region doctor Rita Vinten and Jeffrey Norton for $1.25 million in July 2017.
The property, designed by Noosa architect Peter Middap, features three levels and is topped with a 15m x 3m outdoor entertaining deck.
Floor one features one of the property’s three bathrooms and laundry with a schute connected to the floors above it and leads to a lock-up garage big enough to house a boat, caravan or three cars and includes a workshop.
Floor two includes three spacious bedrooms, two of which include walk-in wardrobes, a large main bathroom, a spacious living area and separate office.
Floor three boasts of an open-plan-living, kitchen and dining spaces, as well as a master bedroom with a large ensuite, walk-in wardrobe and direct access to the outdoor deck.
The property also features private beach access, with a short walk to patrolled Rainbow Beach.
81 Cooloola Drive
Neighbouring the properties listed above, this house was snapped up by Laminex general operations manager Andrew Graham and partner Hui Zhao.
The lucky couple paid $1.4 million for the property when they bought it in March 2018.
Guests entering the house are greeted with an indoor fernery, but the property has so much more to offer.
The three-bedroom, two bathroom house situated on a 721 square metre block, has massive windows looking out on to ocean views as far as the eye can see, contains an open-plan gourmet chef’s kitchen and a veranda overlooking the beach and ocean below.
A backyard in-ground pool and private beach access are also included.
According to the listing description when the house was for sale, it had not been sold for 40 years before it went on the market.
Tin Can Bay
2 Esplanade
Perched along Snapper Creek in Tin Can Bay, this 1819 square metre property sold for $1.13 million in November 2007.
The three bedroom, two bathroom and two car space property was transferred to Tingalpa artist Robert Murray from his siblings Margaret and Frederick Murray in 2007.
According to an artist’s biography for Mr Murray on Bluethumb.com.au, he grew up in Maryborough in the 1940s and is a self-taught artist.
The site said his completed paintings, done over a couple of decades, hang their turn inside his home and are periodically swapped around.
13 Esplanade
Facing south-east towards Tin Can Bay, this $1.65 million property was bought by former dairy executives Barbara and Peter Marriott in November 2012.
The Marriott’s are private investors of Cooloola Coast General Practice, and after a joint purchase of Cooloola Coast Clinic and Rainbow Beach Medical Practice, developed a third doctor’s surgery in Cooloola Cove.
Outside the Marriott’s expensive home, the 550 square metre property is fronted by an electronic gate leading to a U-shaped driveway.
A huge heated in-ground pool can be found on the property, coupled with an extensive deck leading to the wharf and pontoon on Snapper Creek.
Internally, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom house contains a media room, an open plan kitchen complete with a butlers pantry and wine storage under the stairs.
15 Esplanade
Do not be fooled by the small stature of this two bedroom, one bathroom house on the waterfront, as it sold for $1.05 million when it was bought in July 2017.
The property, which sits on the northern side of the waterfront esplanade, was bought by founder of Jurss Transport, Dennis Jurss and his wife Suzanne.
According to the White Pages, the business, which was established in 1969, was responsible for carting milk and cream cans to the Gympie Nestle Factory and the Jurss went on to be very successful business people.
These days, their company covers an area from Mackay to Brisbane, and out west to Mundubbera, The Downs, Toowoomba and Warwick.
16 Esplanade
This four bedroom, two bathroom property overlooking Snapper Creek was bought by Gregory and Kristine Myers for a cool $1.1 million in February, 2015.
Mr Myers is best known for his role as principal at Unity College in Bli Bli, on the Sunshine Coast.
In 2019, Mr Myers left the catholic school and was appointed principal at a new school which opened 2019, Good Samaritan Catholic College.
Detail on the property was scarce online, but according to a listing description, the house boasts an “open plan easy care Queensland style living”, with a modern chef’s kitchen and three double bedrooms.
17 Esplanade
Across the road from the property listed above, this four bedroom, three bathroom property was sold to Kunda Park builder Anthony Blanford for $1.45 million in November 2020.
The house itself contains four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a private jetty overlooking Snapper Creek.
As well as this, according to the listing description, when guests enter the home they are greeted by a large living area treated as a pool room.
Upstairs, the family bathroom features a corner spa bath.
Online data on the property revealed the property had previously changed hands in October of 1988, where it was sold for $330,000 - a huge difference from it’s recent selling price at almost $1.5 million.
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