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Footy finals are here and I found this bad boy today while packing for our family camping trip. Wow, memory lane!! What ...
20/09/2026

Footy finals are here and I found this bad boy today while packing for our family camping trip. Wow, memory lane!! What a year! 🏉🍻

Throwback to my second-last season of footy and what a crew and club to have done it with my one and only league club the Ormeau Shearers.

Looking back at this photo brings back a heap of great memories. The training sessions, game days, wins, losses, laughs, beers and all the carry-on that came with being part of a footy club. 😂

I’d love to wind the clock back and do the whole year all over again… week in, week out, pulling the boots on with this bunch of legends. Though there were more losses than wins haha!! Highlights were beating Bay in the ANZAC round and all in brawl at Tugun 😂👊🏼.. Good times

Very grateful I got to play this season alongside so many top blokes and be part of such a great club. Some bloody good times and memories that will always stick with me.

2015 Ressies what a year and what a crew! ❤️💙🏉

11/09/2026

🐎 ACREAGE MINUTE – EPISODE 8 | BUYING ACREAGE FOR HORSES?

Found the perfect acreage home? Beautiful kitchen, great entertaining area, cracking views…

But there’s one problem.

Your horse doesn’t care about the kitchen. 😂

If horses are part of your acreage dream, sometimes you need to look past the house and at the property first.

🌿 Usable land & feed; Is there enough quality pasture, and how does the country perform throughout the year?

🚧 Fencing; Is it suitable for horses and in good condition, or are you about to spend a small fortune replacing it?

💧 Water; How are the paddocks supplied? Troughs, dams, tanks or another reliable water source?

🐴 Paddocks & infrastructure; Can you rotate your horses? Are there stables, shelters, yards or an arena already established?

🚙 Access; Can you actually get the horse float or truck through the gate, turn it around and get back out without needing a 47-point turn? 😂

And the property we’re filming from today is a great example of what a genuine horse property can offer.

📍 1–17 Smales Close, Kooralbyn
💰 Offers Over $1,299,000

Here we’ve got good usable country with strong feed growth, suitable established fencing and paddocks, an arena, stables and the horse infrastructure already in place.

And that’s important.

Because there’s a big difference between buying acreage that could eventually accommodate horses and buying a property that’s already set up and ready to enjoy.

If horses are part of your lifestyle move…

Don’t just buy the house. Buy the property that works for the lifestyle you actually want to live. 🐎🌿

And if this one sounds like it might tick the boxes, send me a message and come take a look. 👀

04/09/2026

🌿🚜 ACREAGE MINUTE – EPISODE 7 | HOW THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU MOW ALL THIS?

You finally bought the acreage…

Now comes the important question:

Who’s mowing the bloody thing? 😂

The answer isn’t necessarily buying the biggest tractor you can find. It’s about matching the right machine to your block.

🏡 Smaller acreage / maintained lawns; a quality ride-on might be all you need.

🌳 More lawn, trees & obstacles; a zero-turn can give you speed, manoeuvrability and a great finish.

🚜 Larger paddocks & heavier country; now we’re getting into tractor and slasher territory.

And remember, 5 acres isn’t always 5 acres when it comes to mowing.

Five acres of manicured lawn around a home is very different to five acres of paddock that just needs to be kept under control.

Terrain, slopes, trees, obstacles, grass type and the finish you want all play a part in choosing the right setup.

Because unless you’re planning on making the back paddock look like the 18th green at Windaroo Lakes, sometimes a tractor and slasher is exactly what the doctor ordered. 😂⛳️🚜

A big thanks to the team at KC Farm, Yatala for having us down for this week’s Acreage Minute.

If you’re trying to work out the best mowing, slashing or tractor solution for your property, have a chat with the trusted locals at KC Farm servicing the Gold Coast, Logan & Scenic Rim.

👇 Acreage owners! What are you running at home? Ride-on, zero-turn or tractor?

01/09/2026

🌄 YOUR VIEW. YOUR SPACE. YOUR SLICE OF THE SCENIC RIM.

Set against a backdrop of mountain and range views, this private acreage opportunity offers the space, serenity and lifestyle appeal that make the Scenic Rim so sought-after.

Imagine arriving home, unwinding by the fire and watching the sun set behind the mountains, while the kids enjoy the freedom to play and the surrounding landscape provides a sense of privacy and escape.

The groundwork is already underway, with key improvements in place to help support your future plans:

🏡 Elevated building pad cut
⚡ Power connected to the build site
💧 Water tank in place
🐄 Fully fenced
⛰️ Stunning mountain and range views
📍 Just 5 minutes from Canungra town centre, with convenient access to the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Beaudesert and Jimboomba

With its elevated position, peaceful setting and development-ready foundations, this is an opportunity to create a home that embraces the landscape and delivers a more considered way of living.

Now reduced to Offers Over $920,000.

Listed by Tony Pennisi

Come and experience the setting for yourself, the outlook is even better in person.

📲 Message us to arrange an inspection.

30/08/2026

📍 WEEKLY MARKET WRAP

Another busy week across the local market, with our opens averaging around 3–4 groups, predominantly across our acreage properties. 🌿

Interestingly, the $1M-and-under market remains a little quieter, with some first-home buyers still sitting on the sidelines.

👉 If you’re looking to buy in that bracket, this could actually be your opportunity. Less competition means more chance to negotiate and secure the right home without fighting through a crowd of buyers.

Meanwhile, acreage continues to perform strongly, particularly in that $1.3M–$2M range.

🔥 Two acreage properties currently under negotiation
🤝 One offer accepted
📄 Contracts with solicitors
🏡 Plenty of genuine lifestyle buyers still making moves

We’re finding many acreage buyers aren’t necessarily trying to “time the market” they’re upgrading, downsizing or simply chasing a lifestyle change, so they’re buying and selling within the same market.

🚨 HOT BUYER ALERT

We have a genuine buyer ready to purchase a hobby farm within approximately 45 minutes of the Gold Coast.

🌳 Minimum 5 hectares
💰 Budget $2.5M–$3M
🐎 Hobby farm / quality usable acreage
📍 Northern Gold Coast, Southern Logan and surrounding areas considered

We currently don’t have the right property on our books.

If you’ve got something that might fit — even if you haven’t considered putting it on the market yet — send me a message. We’d love to have a confidential chat.

That’s the wrap for another week. Catch you next time! 👊🌿

28/08/2026

🌿 ACREAGE MINUTE - EPISODE 6 | WHAT ACTUALLY ADDS VALUE TO ACREAGE?

Thinking about selling and wondering where to spend your money before hitting the market?

Here’s the thing…

Spending $50,000 doesn’t automatically add $50,000 to your sale price. 💸😂

With acreage, buyers aren’t just buying the house, they’re buying the whole lifestyle.

And quite often, the things they’ll pay a premium for are the things that are expensive, difficult or sometimes impossible to add later.

🏚️ A quality shed, particularly with good vehicle and machinery access.

🐎 Usable paddocks & fencing, well-positioned gates, good fencing and water where you need it.

💧 Water infrastructure, tanks, dams, bores, pumps and irrigation that actually work.

🚜 Good access, an all-weather driveway with room for caravans, horse floats, trucks or machinery.

🌳 Presentation & privacy, established gardens, outdoor entertaining and a well-maintained property that lets buyers picture themselves living the lifestyle from day one.

Does that mean forget the kitchen, bathrooms and paintwork? Absolutely not.

It means before you drop serious money renovating, understand who your likely buyer is and what THEY are actually going to value.

Because sometimes…

the buyer would rather have the bloody shed. 😂😂

If you’re thinking about selling an acreage and wondering where to spend or where NOT to spend before going to market, reach out. Happy to walk the property with you and give you some straight-up advice before you start writing cheques.

👇 Acreage owners… you’ve got $50k to spend: new kitchen or big shed?

I reckon I already know which one’s winning. 😂🚜

20/08/2026

🚨 PRE-OPEN-MARKET | MUNDOOLUN 🚨

100 ACRES. PRIVACY. VIEWS. A BLANK CANVAS. 🌿

Here’s your chance to create your very own slice of paradise in the rolling hills of Mundoolun.

Approximately 40.47ha (100 acres) offering a beautiful mix of elevated outlooks, open areas and natural bushland, private enough to feel a world away, yet conveniently positioned for access to Brisbane, the Gold Coast and everything the Scenic Rim lifestyle has to offer.

🏡 Create your dream acreage escape*
🐴 Hobby farm potential*
🌿 Approx. 100 acres to explore
⛰️ Beautiful elevated rural & mountain outlooks
🏕️ Your own private weekend bush retreat
🛠️ Existing cut pads offering potential for a home, cabins, sheds or future improvements*
🚪 Fenced & gated
📱 Full mobile reception
⚡ Power infrastructure in the area
☕ Shops, schools, medical, cafés & gyms within easy reach
🍷 World-class wineries, equestrian facilities and Scenic Rim adventures on your doorstep

Currently being offered PRE-OPEN-MARKET before a potential full public launch.

If you’ve been searching for a substantial landholding where you can create something uniquely yours, get in touch.

📲 DM me or contact Karl Botha for further information and private inspection times.

Please note: All inspections are strictly by appointment with the selling agent present. No private access to the property is permitted.

*Subject to council approval, relevant overlays and buyer due diligence.

18/08/2026

🚨NEW TO MARKET | KOORALBYN 🚨

🐎 SILKY OAK ACRES | EQUESTRIAN LIFESTYLE 🌄

This is what the acreage lifestyle is all about…

Four acres of beautiful, usable country living, surrounded by the mountains of the Scenic Rim with the infrastructure already here and ready to enjoy.

🏡 Beautiful 4-bedroom family home
🐎 Olympic-size riding arena with lights
🌾 Established paddocks, stables & round yard
🔥 Stockman’s Bar, fire pit & wood-fired pizza oven
🛠️ Shed, workshop, gym & plenty of storage
🚐 Room for the horses, caravan, trailers & toys
🌄 And one seriously special Kooralbyn Valley backdrop

Whether you’re chasing the equestrian dream, a hobby farm, more room for the family or simply a better way of life, Silky Oak Acres delivers.

Some properties give you more space.

This one gives you a lifestyle.

📍 1–17 Smales Close, Kooralbyn
📲 DM me for further information or to arrange your inspection.

YATALA 🥧🥧🥧🥧 THEN & NOW Some places aren’t just businesses…… they’re part of growing up in the area, an institution!!The ...
17/08/2026

YATALA 🥧🥧🥧🥧 THEN & NOW

Some places aren’t just businesses…… they’re part of growing up in the area, an institution!!

The Yatala Pie Shop dates back to 1914, with pies being sold in Yatala as far back as the 1880s. Over the generations it’s grown from a little roadside pie shop into one of our most recognisable local landmarks.

For me though, that old shop brings back some bloody good memories.

As kids in the early 90’s, we’d ride our push bikes from Ormeau, past the old Lion Park, through Yatala and inevitably end up at Yatala Pies.

We’d hang around hoping there might be a leftover or wrongly ordered pie, wrong filling, extra peas, whatever it was, and every now and then the owners would throw one our way.

When you’re a hungry kid on a push bike, a free Yatala pie was an absolute win. 😂🥧

One memory I’ll never forget was seeing Wendell Sailor, in his Broncos days, pull in for a pie while we were sitting out the front. To a bunch of footy mad kids, that was about as close to royalty as it got!

The building’s changed, the highway’s changed and Yatala is almost unrecognisable from those days m, but it’s pretty cool that Yatala Pies is still there as a local landmark.

Who else remembers the old Yatala Pie Shop? What’s your earliest memory there?

16/08/2026

🌿 WEEKLY MARKET WRAP | SEQ

A slightly quieter weekend through the open homes, averaging around 1–2 groups per property, but with plenty happening around SEQ between the Ekka, local sporting finals and everything else competing for people’s weekends, that’s probably not too surprising!

And a huge congratulations to the Ormeau Shearers Women on taking out their Grand Final against the Swifts! 🏆 Up the Shearers! 💪

🏡 Acreage was a different story.

We ran our acreage inspections privately this week and saw around 3–4 groups per property, including homes above the $1.5M mark. We’re continuing to see genuine confidence from buyers in that lifestyle sector.

🐎 COMING SOON: HORSE PROPERTY

This one’s going to get some attention…

✔️ Fully fenced & paddocked
✔️ Riding arena
✔️ Stables
✔️ Beautiful 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom home
✔️ Fantastic entertaining
✔️ Full concrete driveway
✔️ Beautiful green surrounds

And the price?

OFFERS OVER $1,299,000. 👀

Yep… you read that correctly.

If you’ve been waiting for an entry-level horse property, hit the inbox now for an early conversation, otherwise watch this space because it’s launching very soon. 🐎🌿

We’re wrapping up the weekend with a family BBQ, so from our family to yours, we hope you’ve had a cracker weekend enjoying everything SEQ has had going on.

As always, if you’re considering buying, selling or making your next lifestyle move, we’re only a phone call away.

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