Inside Libby Trickett’s new $20m Brisbane riverfront mansion purchase
Olympic medallist Libby Trickett and her entrepreneur husband Luke Trickett have forked out $20m for a sprawling mansion in one of Brisbane’s most prestigious postcodes.
Olympic Gold medallist Libby Trickett and her entrepreneur husband, Luke Trickett, have paid $20m for a riverfront mansion in the elite Brisbane suburb of Hawthorne.
They join other richlisters in the area, which was also home to Gina Rinehart who purchased a riverfront property in the same suburb back in 2018 for $18.5m.
For their $20m the Tricketts score a riverfront mansion, once owned by Brisbane pharmacist Don Gardiner, replete with swimming pool, boat shed, and five bedrooms across 2175sqm. The property also has 20 metres of absolute river frontage with the deal negotiated back in December, 2024 by Place New Farm agent Sarah Hackett.
Ms Hackett declined to comment.
That same month the Tricketts listed their renovated Noosa Heads townhouse fronting Pandanus St. The four bedroom and two bathroom property had recently undergone a Shaun Lockyer renovation.
In Sydney, Chemist Warehouse co-founder Mario Verrocchi, who has overseen one of Australia’s biggest wealth creation stories in years, has confirmed his purchase of an ‘empty penthouse’ in the 124 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach development. The property was purchased through MFV Bondi Parade Pty Ltd, of which he is a director, with the Melbourne-based Mr Verrocchi forking out $23m.
Closer to the Sydney CBD, Lendlease reports more than $2bn worth of apartment sales at its One Circular Quay 59-level tower. A couple of properties remain available including a three bedroom apartment on the market for $12.75m. Lendlease said the penthouse is expected to sell for more than $140m.
In another large acquisition in Sydney, investment banker Jeremy Bond, grandson of entrepreneur Alan Bond, and his wife Olivia, have forked out $30m for a large estate in Edgecliff, known as Carmel.
Selling agent Gavin Rubinstein of TRG declined to comment to The Australian but he is also marketing Mr Bond’s present mansion in nearby Woollahra which will go to auction on November 5.
In another large listing Colliers’ Oliver Stillman has been appointed to market the multi-level 50 Wolseley Rd, Point Piper mansion for Alexandra Jakob. The property occupies an 833sqm site.
Further south, celebrity gardener Paul Bangay has re-listed his luxe Victorian estate, the 39-acre Stonefields in Denver, near Porcupine Ridge.
It features a Tuscan-inspired main residence with four bedrooms, a sitting room, and solar heated lap pool. Marshall White agents Marcus Chiminello and Simon O’Donnell are handling the campaign.
The previous, much heralded sale of Stonefields to gardener Jamie Durie collapsed.
Mr Durie and his business partners were close to purchasing Stonefields for more than $11m intending to turn the estate into a luxury retreat but the deal with Opulus Hotels failed to eventuate.
In turn, Mr Durie recently listed his “forever home”, a luxury, eco friendly property on Sydney’s northern beaches. The nine-level property features a lift, an EV-charging zone, a gym and wellness centre.
The 14 garden spaces features more than 2500 plants. McGrath agent James Baker is handling the marketing campaign of the Riverview Rd property.
Mr Durie is expecting a hefty $33m for the property which overs Pittwater.
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