Hook Island being refurbished - Part 2 (May 2022)
Readers might recall that I wrote about Hooke Island in August last year. Well, quite an exciting new development has occurred involving...
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Tourism Sentiment Index 2022 - Whitsundays region ranked as the second best destination in the world
"These Leading Places are the 100 most loved destinations in 2021 according to what people really feel. No one has paid to be named. No...
Can pinot noir be served chilled?
By way of background I've recently discovered a particular wine that I really quite like. It's by a New Zealand producer called Two...
Hook Island being refurbished - Part 1
The following article by Kirra Grimes (Whitsunday Times) provides details of the proposed redevelopment/refurbishment of Hook Island...
Should we repaint the house, and if so, using which colours?
Before I listed the property for sale I asked three local real estate agents to come around and talk about the place. One of the topics I...
More upbeat articles about Whitsunday real estate (and/or coastal real estate generally)
The new architectural face of Airlie Beach (24 November 2023) Best buys at Queensland's top beaches (2 March 2023) Whitehaven Beach in...
Another movie produced in the Whitsundays
The Queensland Premier announced yesterday that a movie is to filmed in the Whitsundays in late 2021. This is an exciting development,...
'Chesapeake Estate' home sold in July 2020
A Chesapeake Estate home sold in July 2020 for $6.5 million, as is addressed in this article "The off-market sale, through the Ray White...
The developer of the Parc Exclusif estate had a different vision ... and in that vein
Nineteen years ago this month, American writer Hunter S Thompson was bid farewell in a rather unusual manner. "With a deafening boom,...
Space rocket launch site identified in Whitsundays
Well, that's certainly different news. So we will not just have the major national highway running nearby, but a major train route, a...
Market trends encompassing 'sea-changers', 'tree-changers', pandemic-dodgers & survivalists
One of the interesting and unusual aspects of 'Chesapeake Estate' is that of the survivalist leanings of the original owner, Donald...
Airlie Beach cruise ship schedule
Many are not aware of the fact, but Airlie Beach has been a popular destination at which large passenger cruise liners moor on their way...
The incidence of tropical cyclones
I came across these two charts online earlier today and I thought that they might be interest to folks thinking of investing in real...
The Clipper Race comes to Airlie Beach
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a biennial race that takes paying amateur crews on one or more legs of a circumnavigation of...
The growing emergence of telecommuting is likely to transform Airlie Beach & environs
This post was prompted by reading an article entitled 'How telecommuting is changing Australia's housing market' (27 August 2019). I...
Bigger than Byron Bay, you say?
Take a look at this 2019 article from realestate.com.au
'Chesapeake Estate' home sold in July 2019
The home that sold in early July 2019 is shown below, with the sale price in the range of $3.5 - $4 million.
Morning coffee with two who helped create 'Parc Exclusif' (later renamed as 'Chesapeake Estate')
Denis Hampson (left) and Ian (Molly) Moffat worked on our house and/or its surrounding estate during the late 1970's to early 1980's. 1....
There's lots happening in Airlie Beach
Lots of positive things have been happening in the Whitsundays, and continue to do so. I have never seen the town so busy as it was in...
The view off the front balcony yesterday morning
Well, part of the view. Now that summer has finished the weather's cooling down and fining up. Will just get better and better each day now.
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