Amazing Australian Stonehenge up for sale for $2.35 million

A rare opportunity has come up for keen history buffs to get their hands on an Aussie version of the famous Stonehenge monument. See how much it’ll cost you.

The jaw-dropping Aussie Stonehenge is an exact replica of the original. Picture: Realestate.com.au

An opportunity has come to light for keen history buffs to get their hands on an Aussie version of the infamous Stonehenge monument, 15,000km from the original ancient landmark.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site in Salisbury, England reportedly dates back to around 3000BC, however its lesser known doppelganger down under (built 5000 years later) sits on a sprawling estate just north of Esperance in Western Australia.

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The Aussie Stonehenge wouldn’t be complete without cows.

Some people have a playground in their backyard... others have a Stonehenge.

Now on the market for $2.35 million, this Stonehenge comes complete with 87ha of adjoining farmland, a modern three-bedroom house and a double garage currently moonlighting as a gift shop.

When owners Kim and Jillian Beale appeared on an episode of the reality TV show Unreal Estate back in 2017, they explained how the quirky attraction literally ended up in their backyard.

The whole estate at Merivale Road, Myrup is up for sale.

The large main house on the block has three bedrooms.

817 Merivale Road, Myrup, WA 6450. Picture: Realestatecomau

The house’s living room.

“The quarry next door to our cattle farm was doing the stone work for a multi-millionaire who came up with the idea,” Mr Beale told the program.

“He was going to take it down to Margaret River, but ran in to financial problems. They had spent 12 months working on the granite replica and needed someone to take it on. We decided it was too good a thing to leave in the quarry,” he said.

Now the couple is retiring and after already subdividing and selling off some of their land last year, the unique lot has just been listed again.

Australia’s very own Stonehenge is a replica of what historians believe the original would have looked like in 1950BC.

Their selling agent, Paul Duffy of Century 21 Advance Realty Bunbury, said the contemporary replica had been built to reflect how historians believe the original would have looked around 1950BC.

“It directly lines up to the sun here at certain times of the year and is an exact replica of Stonehenge in the UK; the same height and the same dimensions.

According to the current owners, this Aussie Stonehenge attracts an average of 16,000 visitors a year including a number of wedding parties.

It’s just a completed version, and probably a version that will last a lot longer because our pink granite is a lot hardier than the original stone,” he said.

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The WA version consists of 137 stones of Esperance pink granite, all quarried less than 1km from the site on Merivale Rd, Myrup approximately 19 km from Esperance.

The Esperance couple who built the contemporary construction saved the already sculptured stones from a local quarry after the passion project was abandoned by a cash-strapped multi-millionaire.

It took 10 months to construct in 2011 and the tallest stones measure 8m high.

Built to align with the sun’s movements in Esperance, on the morning of the summer solstice the rays align with the station stones and shine through to the altar stone.

The sunset of the winter solstice repeats the same alignment in reverse.

Mr Duffy said as well as being a tourist hot spot that attracts around 16,000 visitors a year, the property is also set up to be a working cattle farm with yards, a machinery shed and a river running through it.

Beautiful at sunset too. Picture: Esperancestonehenge

He added that a buyer could potentially capitalise on increased visitor interest.

“At the moment, due to COVID-19, it’s been drawing in a huge amount of people as a tourist attraction,” he said.

Views of Stonehenge from the bedroom too.

There’s a large farm on the property too.

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“They have booked in quite a few weddings, but so far there’s been nowhere for couples to then have their reception. So, if you were to set up maybe some chalets, or a reception area where people can be catered for, then you could expand the business.

“It would also be suitable for farm stays, a micro brewery or even a restaurant,” he added.

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