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News.com.au
18-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Dreamworld founder's Hinterland retreat hits the market
A luxury retreat built by Dreamworld founder John Longhurst has been listed in a Hinterland hotspot favoured by crypto traders. The striking A-frame home at 105 Wongawallan Rd, Tamborine Mountain was designed as a holiday retreat for the late Gold Coast theme park creator and remains the suburb's highest recorded residential sale. It last sold sight-unseen for $5.025m in 2021 to a crypto-trading family from New Zealand. Sprawled over 7.11ha, the property is marketed by Ivy Realty agents, Ivy Wu and Aidan Knox, and goes to auction on June 1. It includes five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a self-contained guest suite, and a triple garage. There's also a huge shed, a caretaker's cottage, dams, a horse facility, and a fully irrigated food forest packed with fruit trees and climbing grapevines. A lift connects the home's three levels, with floor-to-ceiling glass framing coastal and Hinterland views. The interiors feature quirky touches like an elk antler chandelier, while the master bedroom suite is housed in a dramatic wing that juts into the forest canopy, complete with a marble spa ensuite. Mr Knox said the rare estate had drawn unexpected levels of inquiry from overseas and interstate buyers. 'It's an awesome home and such a different lifestyle,' Mr Knox said. 'We've had calls from New Zealand, Perth, and Melbourne – all wanting that unique vibe. 'It is such a beautiful estate in a picturesque location with standout architecture.' Mr Knox said the owners had made their fortune trading digital currency, rolling profits into high-end real estate. Buyer of $12m mansion plans to give it away It's a trend reflecting the broader national interest in cryptocurrency, with new data revealing 57 per cent of Australian coin holders have reported profits over the past year. The 2025 Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index shows 31 per cent of Aussies now own some digital coin. While 25 to 34-year-olds are the largest cohort of investors at 53 per cent, Baby Boomers are increasingly buying in, with 8 per cent of all owners now aged over 65 — up from 2 per cent five years ago. Sydel Sierra, dubbed the Gold Coast's 'crypto queen', is another cashed-up trader calling Tamborine Mountain home. Ms Sierra also churned Bitcoin profits into bricks and mortar, splashing $4.63m on a luxury retreat in the Hinterland suburb in December 2021. She views real estate as a strategic way to 'lock in profits from crypto's volatile cycles'. 'I like to say, it's time in the market and timing the market,' she said. 'The [Cryptocurrency Index] shows 73.5 per cent of all Australian investors made a profit if they stayed in the game for six to 10 years. 'Bitcoin has had an average annualised return of 86 per cent over the past 10 years — how do you argue with that?' Mr Knox said his clients had put the home on the market as they contemplated their next international move. M. Longhurst, who died in 2022 aged 90, purchased the site for $2.3m in 2010 from former Gold Coast councillor Eddy Sarroff and reportedly spent $5m redeveloping the estate. PropTrack data shows the median house price in Tamborine Mountain is $1.015m.
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Travers 'Candyman' Beynon takes another shot at offloading his extravagant 14-bedroom Gold Coast Candy Shop Mansion
Travers 'Candyman' Beynon hasn't given up on offloading his 'mindblowing' Candy Shop Mansion. The tobacco tycoon, 53, first listed the property back in 2023 and, at one stage, it had an eye-watering $25 million price tag attached. The Gold Coast Bulletin reported this week that Travers has enlisted another agent to give the property the push it needs to get it over the line. He has enlisted agents Ivy Wu and Isaac Kim from Ivy Realty to run an expression of interest campaign for the lavish property. Isaac told the publication that his mind was 'blown' the first time he set foot in the palatial home. 'It was actually really mind blowing the first time I was invited to the property,' he said. 'It's got so much detail wherever you look from the hand paintings to the sheer scale of the house.' Travers originally purchased the property, located in the northern Gold Coast suburb of Helensvale, in 2010. He later purchased neighbouring land, effectively tripling the footprint of the compound. The property sits on a substantial 1.4 acres with 175 metres of private water frontage. The house itself is set across an expansive 2,230 square-metre floorplan and boasts mosaic murals and hand-painted frescos throughout. It also features an internal lift, imported lighting and 24-carat gold embellishments to further accentuate the grandeur. A gourmet kitchen features Gaggenau appliances and there is also a wet bar, cellar, soundproof cinema and a grand ballroom complete with an eight-metre ceiling. It also boasts a whopping 14 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms as well as a state-of-the-art gym, a showroom-style six-car garage and a separate 10-car basement garage. The grandeur extends to the exterior, too, with the grounds featuring luxurious gardens and an infinity edge pool with 24-carat gold and platinum mosaic tiles and a swim-up bar. The opulent home, which has hosted many wild parties over the years, sits behind large two-ton crested gates and features a gorgeous sandstone driveway and marble-clad majestic courtyard. Its highly desirable location is close to a variety of amenities including world renowned Surfers Paradise shopping centres, restaurants and beach. It comes as Travers welcomed his fifth child, Santiago, back in June last year. He took to his Instagram Stories to confirm that he and wife of 14 years Taesha had welcomed a baby boy as he shared sweet snaps of the little one. Welcome to the world son,' Travers wrote alongside a video of him holding his newborn son's hand. Travers also shares two daughters Velicia, 12, and Serafina, 11, with his wife Taesha and has two other children - Valentino, 24, and Luciana, 22 - from his previous marriage to Ninibeth Leal. Travers' eldest son Valentino also took to Instagram to gush over the arrival of his baby brother Santiago as he shared an array of sweet snaps of the newborn. The 14-bedroom house is set across an expansive 2,230 square-metre floorplan and boasts mosaic murals and hand-painted frescos throughout It comes as Travers welcomed his fifth child, Santiago, back in June last year. He took to his Instagram Stories to confirm that he and wife of 14 years Taesha (pictured) had welcomed a baby boy as he shared sweet snaps of the little one In 2023, Travers announced the couple was looking for a new 'main girlfriend' to live with them. An online job application included a list of requirements for women hoping to win the position, as well as a glimpse into the kinds of daily activities she would be expected to perform. 'Being the girlfriend of Mr Beynon, a.k.a. The Candyman, not only must you be attractive to be considered as a girlfriend, but you must be fun, bubbly, outgoing, spontaneous, adventurous and respectful to everyone,' the website states. The successful applicant would enjoy perks such as a designer wardrobe, five-star travel around the world, and entry into 'exclusive private parties' with Travers himself. Girlfriends are required to 'maintain their presentation' by undergoing regular beauty treatments - all of which will be organised by Travers. Travers is the managing director of Freechoice Tobacco and is said to be worth $200million.
