This vacant block of land of 13.09HA (approx 32 acres) has a native hardwood plantation and contains Queensland Maple, silver quandong, black bean, red mahogany, milky pine, kauri pine, silky oak, sarsaparilla, alexandra palm, candle nut, cluster fig, zamia ferns, lawyer cane, whip vine, ginger and a decreasing mat of brachiaria grass. This native timber plantation is close to the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. It is the spread triangle enclosing the smaller triangle that you can see on the aerial overhead map. Cassowaries are seen occasionally now, proving some are living in the rainforest and platypuses are found in local creeks.
A building site was left cleared right on Donkin Road, with access to power going past the block and a pristine water supply from the South Johnstone River source could be pumped to a holding tank or rainwater tanks. It is only 120 klms or approx 90 minutes drive south of Cairns International Airport and 25 klms to the large regional town of Innisfail – known for its Art Deco buildings. It is a half hour drive to Mission Beach and Bingle Bay which are gateways to visit the Great Barrier Reef.
This block is 5 minutes walk from MAMU Wet Tropics World heritage and 8 minutes drive from Paronella Park, a heritage listed tourist attraction located at Mena Creek. Mena Creek has a post office, shop country pub and primary school. Donkin Rd, is serviced by a school bus to the door.
This block has been reforested in approx 1990 and may provide a future for selective logging with an ABN, while maintaining serious conservation value, if an income stream is preferred (as well as a gorgeous place to build your eco home.) The land offers the opportunity to experiment with solar power in the wet tropics and to test medicinal vegetation and insect products.
The new owner will have the satisfaction of perhaps helping to secure a stronger, better protected Barrier Reef and catchment management, of improving water quality and saving rainforest diversity. This property had previously enjoyed a Habitat Conservation Covenant with the Johnstone Shire Council which was replaced with the Cassowary Coast Regional Council.