Real Estate FROM COAST TO COUNTRY
Fertile hills of desired Duranbah The beach was renamed Flagstaff Beach but it never caught on HIGH ON a ridge overlooking the because, well, Dbah is Dbah (and Flagstaff sounds a bit too imperial) ocean and Casuarina, the quiet rural area of Duranbah feels like a so it was changed back again. But back to actual Duranbah. step back in time. The fertile red soil was home to Rolling green hills and orchards, the Coodjingburra people of the with little Duranbah Public School Bundjalung nation and later South tucked away on a bend in the Sea Islanders who first came to lovely tree lined Duranbah Road, work on sugar cane farms and this area is the epitome of bucolic then grew crops like bananas in bliss, yet it’s only ten kilometres the area, like the Carter family. north to Kingscliff. Now it’s home to Tropical Fruit Duranbah is often mistaken for World, which started out in the area around Duranbah Beach. 1983 as Avocadoland and has According to that font of local hundreds of species of tropical historical wisdom, Tweed Regional fruit from around the world. It has Museum, The North Coast Steam become one of the premier tourist Navigation Company’s Duranbah attractions in the shire, with more was named after the farmland than two million visitors through area just south of Cudgen. the gates and is loved by locals It carried coal for the Colonial too, hosting farmers markets on Sugar Refinery, owners of the Saturday mornings. Condong Sugar Mill, and Norco, a Tropical Fruit World is also home company operating butter factories to Steven Snow’s Fins at Plantation in northern NSW. House, a beautiful venue popular The Duranbah eventually ran for weddings as well as a multiaground at what became known award winning and regularly as Duranbah Beach, but was hatted restaurant. The Anderson family have farmed refloated 24 days later.
By Jo Kennett
just up the road for generations and run Australia’s oldest and largest speciality avocado tree nursery. Once, long ago, I got a job grafting avos there and it was great work, looking out over the countryside to the sea as we worked our way around the plants, sharing stories. There is no lovelier place in the shire to celebrate your life and park your weary bones than the Tweed Valley Cemetery. It has a beautiful lake with a
fountain and a relocated old school house for ceremonies and is absolutely beautiful and peaceful. Right now there is only one property for sale at Duranbah because who would want to leave? On the west side of the ridge, 114 Duranbah Road looks out over the cane fields to the Tweed River and Wollumbin/Mount Warning. All the blocks in Duranbah are big, which is perfect for gardening lovers, and this property with a huge entertainment deck over
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the saltwater pool sits on 1.62 hectares of established tropical gardens. There is pretty well zero real estate data on Duranbah apart from one home being sold there in the last year, which can only be a good thing. If you are looking for a quiet life with all the conveniences a short drive away, I reckon Duranbah would be a great place to call home.
THINKING OF SELLING? CALL THE TEAM TODAY Jason Dittmar 0477 711 858 Elizabeth Hickey 0474 908 555 Tania Sheppard 0438 446 578
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WELCOME HOME TO DURANBAH: 114 Duranbah Road is a big block with stunning views