First glimpse of The Block’s new rural properties

Dilapidated weatherboard homes have been trucked to Gisborne South ready to be transformed into luxury rural escapes on the hit series. See the pictures.

The site of The Block’s new project on McGeorge Rd, South Gisborne. Picture: David Geraghty

Gisborne South is being “block-o-fied”, with houses arriving on the back of trucks for the “green-change” season of The Block.

Weatherboard homes started arriving last week to be the basis of the luxury rural escapes in the Macedon Ranges Shire that the show intends to create on-air next year on the seven-lot subdivision.

Photographs of the site on McGeorge Rd, Gisborne South, taken on Saturday, show at least two trucked-in houses waiting to be moved on to their respective 4ha plots within the subdivision.

The Gisborne South property has been subdivided into seven lots to make way for luxury rural retreats. Picture: David Geraghty

Final paperwork went through for the $11m sale of the site last week. Picture: David Geraghty

The site is being prepared for filming, expected to start in March. Picture: David Geraghty

Earthmoving equipment, trucks, farm vehicles, shedding, piles of wooden fencing posts and farm vehicles could be seen from the roadside.

Signs warn that trespassers will be prosecuted and the property is under 24-hour surveillance.

Significant work has begun on the rundown weatherboard home that was on the property when it was purchased by Channel 9.

That property will be renovated by the show’s host Scott Cam as part of the program (so the early promos for the reality series state).

Nine put a caveat on the McGeorge Rd property in August with publicly available documents showing the final paperwork went through on the $11m sale last week.

Gisborne locals have been keeping a keen eye on the property, with some marvelling at the money being outlaid to prepare the lots for filming, which is tipped to start in March.

Originally published as First glimpse of The Block’s new rural properties