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ABSOLUTE WATERFRONT. MACLEAY ISLAND.
HUGE 1/2 ACRE BLOCK WITH VIEWS TOWARD THE GOLD COAST.

The views across the water to the Gold Coast are just breathtaking and cannot be built out.
This 1/2 acre waterfront block has been soil tested and site assesed for a 3 bedroom home.

It is a "Boat Lovers" or "Fishermans" Paradise.

Macleay Island, known as "The Emerald Isle", is the second largest of the Bay Islands.
It has a population of approximately 3,000 people.

Situated just 30km from Brisbane at the southern end of Moreton Bay, Macleay Island is largely a residential island offering a quiet, relaxed lifestyle and a range of amenities including convenience store, pharmacy, bakery, hairdresser, hardware, service station, tavern, cafés and taxi service.
Services on the island include a medical centre, ambulance and local fire brigade.

Macleay has a diverse and interesting history, both Aboriginal and European.
The island's Aboriginal name is "Jencoomercha" and it was regarded as an Aboriginal meeting place with spiritual importance.
There is also evidence that it was treated as a place of sanctuary between island and mainland inhabitants.

The island is made up of rich volcanic soil and sandy loam and has unique native flora.
It maintains a thriving population of wildlife, including approximately 200 resident species of birds.

There are a number of beaches on the island that are great for picnics or simply relaxing.
Casting a fishing line is also a popular pasttime at these beaches.

Macleay Island is 6.5kms long. It’s population nearly triples in the holiday season.
The island was settled in the 1800's with predominately farming activities, although some "kanakas" were involved in early cane farming and timber cutting.
There was a salt works established (although it is believed that this was a front for a rum distillery!).

One of the Bay Islands cocooned in the calm waters of Redland Bay in the lee of North Stradbroke Island, Macleay is connected to the mainland by ferries, barges and water taxis which operate from Redland Bay.
Famed for its greenery, swimming beaches, fish stocks and succulent mudcrabs, the island took its original name from Tim O’Shea, a convict who lived alone on the island for 14 years.
It was later renamed in honour of Alexander Macleay, who was the NSW Colonial Secretary from 1825 to 1837.

The island is central to one of the great, protected aquatic and boating playgrounds on Australia's east coast.
The waterway extends from the Broadwater on the Gold Coast to Moreton Bay and Brisbane.

Macleay Island has 3 shopping centers, grocery stores, petrol bowsers, 3 take away food shops, a chemist, Hot bread shop, hardware shop, Butcher shop, hairdresser, gift shop, 2 video shops, Australia Post Community Postal Agency, Commonwealth Bank Agency and Stationery shop.
Here you can pay your phone or rate accounts and be assured of the best of service for postal and gift lines.

If you have to go to the mainland to shop you can go by passenger or car ferry.

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Remember ... Absolute Waterfront, Half an Acre, Magnificent Views.