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The Pole House is an architecturally designed stilt house located in Fairhaven, Victoria, Australia. Best known for its protruding location 40 metres above the Great Ocean Road, the house boasts 200-degree views of Bass Strait and has been described as one of Australia's most photographed properties. It is open to the public as holiday rental ...
The average weekly price for a rental in Australia is $570 per week. Units are typically cheaper, at a national median of $540 vis-a-vis houses at $582. [3] Rental prices grew nationally by 10.1% between 2022 and 2023; substantially higher than the annualised CPI rate of 7% for the period. [3][5] Vacancy rates are historically quite low, at ...
Lake View House at Chiltern, Victoria, the home of Henry Handel Richardson from July 1876 for 1½ years. Richardson's early years at Chiltern featured in the novel The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. The house was accepted by the National Trust of Australia in 1967.(ABC News story) Barwon Grange, Geelong; Barwon Park, Winchelsea; Como House, South ...
The Brighton Bathing Boxes are 93 beach huts on Dendy Street Beach in Brighton, Victoria, Australia, in the City of Bayside. They are a significant tourist attraction for the area. [1] In November 2019 a bathing box was sold for $340,000 [2] and historically they have been valued at about 10% of the median Brighton house price.
Whale Beach is the location of a distinctive home designed by the architect Alexander Stewart Jolly. On Careel Head, overlooking Whale Beach, Careel House is a single-storey bungalow made from sandstone blocks that were quarried at the site. Heritage-listed, it was built in 1931. [4] Whale Beach is home to The Big Swim, an ocean swim of several ...
An Old English -style family home in suburban Sydney. Home ownership in Australia is considered a key cultural icon, [1] and part of the Australian tradition known as the Great Australian Dream of "owning a detached house on a fenced block of land." [1][2] Home ownership has been seen as creating a responsible citizenry; according to a former ...
In the 2016 census, the suburb of Main Beach had a population of 3,883 people. 59.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.6% and England 5.3%. 75.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 26.9%, Catholic 23.3% and Anglican 18.1%.
Row of terraced houses in Middle Park, Melbourne, typical of those in the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Terrace houses in Australia began to be built in early 19th century Sydney, closely based on the models found in London and other UK cities. They soon developed unique features, particularly elaborate balconies, and became a very popular form ...