Australian Country

a significant site

When Sharon and Scott Reid first viewed the property that was to become their second home, they spent an entire day walking around the ground's 115 acres (46.5 hectares), traversing up and down hills and around natural water features. “We were instantly taken,” Sharon and Scott say. “It was just something you could never describe. We discovered some beautiful creeks, rock pools and waterfalls. We spent a whole day walking around the property and we saw all these opportunities. It was beautiful.”

The property, which is located in Numinbah in northern NSW, near the Queensland border, had good infrastructure put in place by the previous owner, but was merely acreage and a shed when the

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