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Eco-friendly House For Sale near Gympie in SCRUBBY CREEK, Queensland for sale

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Easy commute to Gympie. Enjoy the lifestyle amongst rolling hills and cattle and wallabies grazing.
Two-bedroom high-built timber house with native timber flooring on 4.156 Ha (approx. 10 acres) managed organically by permaculture plan with Land for Wildlife registration (non-binding) on zone V, dam on intermittent creek, approximately three acres of pasture, gently sloping land, cabinet wood plantation and revegetation areas. Good neighbours, including permaculture neighbours on one side, and almost perfect privacy. Perfect spot for guinea fowl to free range.
Located in Sunshine Coast hinterland between Cooran and Gympie. 14 km (15 min) ESE of Gympie. 20 mins to Cooran. 25 mins to Pomona. 35 mins to Cooroy. 1 hr to Noosa. 45 mins to Tin Can Bay. 1 hr to Rainbow Beach.
Zone I:
High-set timber 2-bedroom house, well away from flood or bush fire danger.
Open-plan living room with timber flooring
2.4 m verandah on two sides of living room
Screens on all windows
Off-grid 12V solar power system (normal 240V AC inside house)
700W (1000W pulse) inverter
Gas fridge
Gas on-demand hot water
Gas range and oven
Slow-combustion wood stove with oven (Nectre)
Parking space and room to build under house (approximately 15 sq.m over 2.4 m)
22,000-litre (5000-gallon) rainwater tank connected to house.
11,000-litre (2500-gallon) dam water header tank gravity feeds to garden.
7,000 litres (1500 gallons) of other tanks for chooks, garden, etc.
Caravan for WWOOFer/HelpXer accommodation (the white one, not the pink one)
Zone II:
Vegie garden and chook pens
Raised lotus pond, marsh pond, and wicking bed system.
Established fruit and nut trees: mulberry, loquat, banana (lady finger), bush lemon, lychee, mango, macadamia, bunya
Zone III:
Mixed orchards: Tropical apple (Golden dorset and Anna), fig, nectarine (White Satin), carambola (starfruit), atemola (custard apple - African Pride), mango (bowen), feijoa, olive, avocado, jackfruit
Open pasture (unfenced)
Zone IV:
Mixed cabinet wood plantation
Dam in intermittent creek
Zone V:
Over one hectare of dry eucalyptus forest with spots of remnant rainforest.
Also negotiable are:
Fordson Dexta tractor with slasher (shared with neighbour)
Honda 2.2 kVA 4-stroke petrol generator (backup for keeping solar batteries charged)
Firefighter pump (for pumping from dam to above-mentioned header tank)
More info and photos:
http://www.awyr.com/motharmountain/Mothar_Mountain.html
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If you are genuinely interested in buying our property, please feel free to contact us and ask questions or arrange an inspection or make us a reasonable offer. No agents please.