Luxury living: Mackay Isaac Whitsunday real estate

From mega mansions and acreage to investor opportunities, check out some of the priciest properties on the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday market now.

THEY are some of the most luxe – and expensive – properties on the market in the Mackay Whitsundays region.

And they range from a stunning Whitsundays property tipped to fetch $20 million, to a rural showstopper just outside of Mackay.

But the region’s most pricey properties are not just for the uber-rich looking for a private regional escape.

They also include an organic banana farm with picturesque hinterland views and a million-dollar investment opportunity in a major mining town.

Their listing comes as the inaugural Canstar Rising Start report ranks regional Queensland as the second hottest market tipped for price growth and sales in 2022, pipped at the post only by regional NSW, and ahead of regional WA.

MANDALAY HOUSE, Airlie Beach

On the market for an expected $20 million, Mandalay House near Airlie Beach is one of the jewels in the Whitsunday housing crown.

Built over three-and-a-half years by property developer Neil Murray with the finest materials and a passion for design, and currently owned by the Sydney-based Tartak family, the 2649 sq m mansion draws on the sweeping grandeur of Mediterranean palazzo design, with jaw-dropping views across the Coral Sea and towards Cape Gloucester.

Mandalay House – Lot 5 383 Mandalay Rd, Mandalay. Picture: Ray White Whitsunday

It rents as holiday accommodation at $20,000 per night.

With a private deepwater marina and helipad, the property set on 4241sq m features six kingsize bedrooms with ensuites, including a 144sq m master bedroom with private sitting area and 52sq m dressing room.

With staff quarters, oceanfront dining pavilion or formal dining options, cinema, gym, sweeping marble staircases, arch-flanked horizon edge pool: the features are endless.

Agent: Ray White Whitsunday, Mark Beale: 0404 498 790

BEST VIEWS QLD 4: Hayman Est Hayman Island, Whitsundays. Designed by acclaimed architect Kerry Hill, and located in the uber luxe Hayman Estate, this holiday retreat has spectacular views of the Whitsunday Islands and the reef. Secluded within the InterContinental Hotel Hayman Island Resort, the bespoke residence is luxury personified, and even has access to the best of the resorts facilities.

HAYMAN ESTATES, Hayman Island

Designed by architect Kerry Hill, this stunning four-bedroom, 650sq m hilltop retreat sits just across the bay one of Australia’s most prestigious resorts, Hayman Island.

The home offers seclusion, serenity, and connection with the natural world.

Sales agent Carol Carter, of Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty, said there had been a strong domestic response to the property, that combined total privacy with mind-blowing views and resort facilities.

“We are seeing a new wave of Australians who may have traditionally travelled overseas,” she said.

“Hayman is in the heart of the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, there’s tremendous value in that, and people want to be invested in that lifestyle, once they realise how magnificent it is.”

BEST VIEWS QLD 4: Hayman Est Hayman Island, Whitsundays. Designed by acclaimed architect Kerry Hill, and located in the uber luxe Hayman Estate, this holiday retreat has spectacular views of the Whitsunday Islands and the reef. Secluded within the InterContinental Hotel Hayman Island Resort, the bespoke residence is luxury personified, and even has access to the best of the resorts facilities.

The property, on the market for $7.7 million, embraces its location with natural materials, elegant modern design that unifies the outdoors with luxurious interiors with floor to ceiling cyclone-rated glass, tempered for cool and shade by a web of timber, delivering sweeping views from on high across the Whitsundays, and access to all resort features, including private chef and butler. It has a horizon edge pool, and two golf buggies for getting about the island paradise.

Agent: Queensland Sotheby’s, Carol Carter 0414 760 305

BELVEDERE 1/69 Lynette Drive, Nindaroo

Belvedere is an outstanding property in rural Nindaroo, north of Mackay city.

Expected to reach $6 million, the 1050sq m home is set on 3.27ha, a mix of beautifully landscaped areas including tropical native gardens, a children’s play area, tennis court and horizon edge pool gazing out across to the Cumberland Islands, alongside some natural forest spaces.

Built for family play, it has well appointed outdoor entertainment areas, informal bar and pool room, full home cinema, children’s lounge, massive sheds to keep family toys, and five large bedrooms.

The house is full of light with large windows to take in the mix of rural and oceanward views.

Agent Mark Beale said he had fielded inquiries from Melbourne and New Zealand.

Mr Beale said that with five bedrooms, a host of recreational spaces, and all the privacy and views offered by a rural hilltop, the fully furnished property will suit families looking for their dream home, or for use as a corporate retreat.

“Everything is done with this house, you don’t need to do a thing but move in,” he said.

“You are less than 10 minutes from Mackay, with the privacy of a hilltop, beautiful ocean views, in a house that feels like a resort.”

Agent: Ray White Whitsunday, Mark Beale: 0404 498 790

ORGANIC BANANA FARM, 73 Brodies Rd, Mount Charlton

On the market for $2.2 million, this one is all about embracing an organic lifestyle at Mount Charlton, 45 minutes north of Mackay near Calen.

Nestled against the mountains in a 1.7km bend of pristine St Helens Creek on 51.34Ha of land, it is a functioning banana farm with organic certification and trade through local farmers markets in Mackay and Airlie Beach.

The 24Ha area of cultivable land also produces dragon fruit, turmeric with a small amount of vanilla and pepper.

Currently a Land for Wildlife property, it has natural rainforest areas, and a magnificent maturing regenerated forest area featuring locally native plant species.

The property has been lovingly tended for 30 years by a conservation-minded family, and has space to develop eco-cabins, yoga retreat or other options to complement the organic lifestyle and spirit that exudes here.

Or simply live peacefully with the tinkle of a mountain stream always in earshot.

No agent sale, see www.realestate.com.au/property-lifestyle-qld-mount+charlton-700158210

INVESTORS DELIGHT: 44 Kennedy Drive, Moranbah

Moving west to the Isaac region, there is a growing resurgence in interest from owner-occupiers and investors in the mining community.
This property offers the chance for both home and investment, with its three residences, set on Moranbah Golf Course, on the market for $1 million.

Out front is a modestly appointed, spacious five-bedroom highset home, while out back is a duplex of two-storey, three-bedroom units beautifully finished with views across the trees and expansive grass of the golf course.

Fresh and modern, with good climate design, it presents a great opportunity in a resurging regional centre to live and gain immediate return on investment, or to purely invest in the town’s growing rental market. The three residences combined are returning rent of $2100 weekly.

AGENT: AH Realty, Annemarie Haywood, 0408 754 480