We’ve rounded up our top picks from across the country’s most luxurious properties.
With 1320 square metres of accommodation across three levels, the truly palatial Maison Benie offers a home fit for royalty. Designed in the French provincial style by Nicholas Day Architects, the two-year-old property boasts finishes in European oak, limestone and Carrara marble and comes with a heated pool and manicured gardens by Nathan Burkett.
Set high among the gum trees with soaring, five-metre-high ceilings, this newly built home captures plenty of northern sunshine through high-set windows and skylights. Gather around the booth-style dining table, entertain on the deck with views stretching to the ocean, or boost your income by renting out the separate guest accommodation.
Facing due north on a 1300-square-metre block, this elegant home spans two generous levels connected by a lift. A highlight of the brand-new Archouse property is the formal lounge, which showcases a 6.5-metre ceiling with an Egyptian crystal light pendant and an Italian sintered stone feature wall. There’s also a lavish marble kitchen and a heated, Spanish-tiled pool.
It’s a hop, skip and jump to the beach from this three-storey family home which captures views across the water to Wedding Cake Island and beyond to Malabar Headland National Park. The skylit living spaces include a stylish island kitchen and open onto a full-width balcony, while the secondary living room downstairs extends to a deck and established garden.
With a long list of coveted inclusions, from Ralph Lauren wall textiles and light fittings to French oak parquetry floors and black onyx benchtops, Oak Hill House is a swoon-worthy, 0.4-hectare estate on the outskirts of Toowoomba. Wrapped in beautifully manicured gardens with a pool and tennis court, the home enjoys views over the eastern escarpment.
There’s room to add further value to this gracious double-brick home, which boasts northerly views over tranquil Woodford Bay. The split-level living zones include a Miele and Gaggenau-appointed granite kitchen, plus casual and formal spaces opening onto balconies. The upper-level main-bedroom retreat has its own private terrace and a generous dressing room.
Built circa 1927 and carefully updated by the current owners, Taragowan is a charming getaway set a short stroll from Hawker Beach and the village shops. You’ll find two expansive living zones, each extending to al fresco spaces, a central kitchen with a suite of Miele appliances and a private main-bedroom suite with a balcony.
With a flexible floor plan, a north-facing garden and a coveted location near top schools, golf clubs and parkland, this Philippa Mowbray-designed home should hold broad appeal for families of all sizes. The accommodation includes a custom study, a tasting room-wine cellar and a games room or yoga studio, plus there’s a self-cleaning pool, indoor and outdoor kitchens and a productive fruit garden.