Enter the 40 hectare property Wahroonga on the crest of spectacular Willunga Hill, south of Adelaide along its tree-lined gravel driveway and a Garden of Eden reveals itself.

Prime cattle and sheep share the emerald green dam-studded rolling hills with a sprawling master-built home and an isolated timber cottage retreat on a tree-studded corner of the property.

The homestead – nestled amid lawns and sculpted gardens – enjoys uninterrupted views across the southern Fleurieu Peninsula to Mt Compass. From the front gate, there is a vast panorama of McLaren Vale’s vineyards running down to some of South Australia’s most spectacular beaches – just eight minutes drive from the property.

Completed in 1994, the homestead comprises three double bedrooms, spacious living areas including formal dining and sitting rooms, a sun-filled relaxed family room with bar, a study, two and a half bathrooms including an en-suite to the master bedroom and a fully-equipped craftsman-built kitchen with Blackwood joinery, granite bench tops and quality stainless steel appliances. There is also a separate billiard room with an adjoining bathroom which could be used as a bedsitting room.

The Blackwood joinery extends to the home’s bathrooms, laundry and built-ins. Terracotta tiles provide hardy, easy clean flooring for the country environment while new carpets provide added comfort to the bedrooms and formal areas.

The home enjoys reverse cycle air conditioning – mainly useful for winter warming while summer breezes across the elevated pastures means cooling is rarely required. There are very generous storage areas throughout the home. For added peace of mind, the homestead is fully alarmed and equipped with a panic button. The home also boasts ducted vacuuming.

The homestead is surrounded by lawns and formal gardens, including a glass summer house which provides intimate outdoor dining protected from prevailing winds. A surprise when wandering the grounds is the 40 square metre wine cellar dug into a hillside, adjoining an undercover entertainment pavilion with seating room for more than 150 and views across the property.

Nestled beneath mature gums in a far corner of the property is a self-contained western red cedar one room cottage currently used for visitors but able to be converted for bed and breakfast guests.

The property comprises seven electric fenced paddocks and an eight hectare mature woodlot of Tasmanian Blue gum, Sydney Blue gum, Sugar gum, Flood gum, Spotted gum and Blackwood as well as free-plantings of native species. Fallow deer can be seen wandering through the forest.

The property has three large dams – one of which supplies water to header tanks used to supply water to the paddocks and gardens (including a fully fenced orchard and vegetable patch), and one of which is well stocked with trout and surrounded by picnic lawns.

The property is stocked with prime steers on an annual rotation. There are cattle yards, a hay shed and a implement shed.

Wahroonga is located on the crest of Willunga Hill, 45 minutes south of Adelaide, five minutes from the wineries and restaurants of the famed Southern Vales wine growing region and eight minutes to some of the State’s best beaches.