LOVELY LICUALA

With Glacier Rock as its backdrop, this secluded property has been described as a “rainforest home” with large living areas

IDEALLY positioned close to Stoney Creek and the Douglas track entrance and with Glacier Rock as a backdrop, this unpretentious timber home peeps out behind magnificent foliage that surrounds the property.

The roomy two-storey home has a large groundfloor rumpus room with its own toilet.

Twomey Schriber agent Rachel Blok said the space had potential to be a homebased work space, art or music studio or for potential conversion to a granny flat.

“It has fabulous large living spaces, which you sadly don’t often see anymore with the newer builds,” Ms Blok said.

“It’s a beautiful rainforest home with birds and butterflies everywhere, and you don’t need a swimming pool as there are swimming holes just down the road.”

A standout feature is a super-sized timber balcony upstairs, where there are four tiled bedrooms. The garden features native plants including the rainforest tree Ylang Ylang, whose flowers are the base of Chanel’s famous No.5 fragrance, the Queensland Fan Palm and Licuala Palms – incidentally the emblem of Cairns City Council, along with King Ferns, and an abundance of orchid and heliconia varieties, and fruit trees.