Home Hunt: amazing properties for sale around Australia

Fancy a luxe weekender? This five-bedder with a tennis court and pool, set on 8.5ha in Victoria’s High Country, is priced $2.3-2.4 million.

Monkey Gully Road, Mansfield

VIC Monkey Gully Road, Mansfield

This luxe ’70s country retreat is set on 8.5ha in Victoria’s High Country. With five bedrooms in the main house and one in the self-contained guest unit, the property includes a tennis court, saltwater pool, two dams, a bore, irrigation and solar system. The expansive timber deck offers stunning valley views and evening sunsets over local mountain range, the Paps. McGrath, 0419 001 528. $2.3 - $2.4 million

Walter Road, Ingleside

NSW Walter Road, Ingleside

Larapinta offers semi-rural living on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with 1.85ha of land for resort-style fun. The five-bedroom main residence has a commercial-style home theatre, games room and customised gym; top end finishes, with a material palette of timber, stone and glass, extend to the feature sandstone fireplace and the chef’s kitchen with butler’s pantry. Outside there’s an infinity pool, an alfresco dining space with a kitchen, and a two-bedroom self-contained guest house. LJ Hooker, 0418 210 219. $15 million

Lone Hand Road, Eumundi

QLD Lone Hand Road, Eumundi

Highlights of this five-bedroom home include a glass-roofed and glass-floored entry that perfectly aligns with Mount Cooroy for spectacular Sunshine Coast hinterland views. Features include walls of glass for views from every room, a 12m suspended pool, full-size tennis court, floating cantilevered viewing deck, outdoor kitchen, a dam, bore, rainwater tanks and a powered shed. It’s five minutes’ drive to Eumundi, or 30 minutes to Noosa Heads. Sotheby’s Queensland, 0403 327 792. $6 million-plus

Waterfall Gully Road, Waterfall Gully

SA Waterfall Gully Road, Waterfall Gully

This 2010-built modernist home wraps around a courtyard terrace, blending light, scale and texture with natural materials. Set on an elevated 5000sqm block with a bush backdrop, it features off-form concrete and glass walls that blend the indoor-outdoor living. It has three bedrooms with built-in robes, and luxe finishes including heated polished concrete floors, a suspended fireplace, timber joinery, a gallery-style study and kitchen with Miele appliances. It’s a 20-minute commute to Adelaide’s CBD. Toop + Toop, 0412 915 108. $2 million

Corin Street, West Launceston

TAS Corin Street, West Launceston

It’s hard to believe this 3000sqm bush block with its three-bedroom home is less than 4km from Launceston’s CBD. Set at the end of a meandering driveway, the home offers a massive open-plan living space with pitched ceilings, picture windows and a kitchen with Caesarstone benches. Outside, there’s an undercover entertainment area, manmade waterfall and water tank. The Agency, 0417 513 373. $1.025 million-plus