Geelong Cats nice Tom Hawkins Barrabool farm kicks life-style objectives

This is the attractive farm that has each AFL soccer administrator exterior of Geelong jealous.

Geelong Cats video games record-holder and triple premiership participant Tom Hawkins and spouse Emma have listed Strathmile, their blue-chip Barrabool Hills farm.

The 60.08ha Andersons Rd property represents extra than simply the primary time an AFL participant realised they might dream of successful a premiership and luxuriate in residing on the land.

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Since Hawkins purchased the property in 2016, different Cats have adopted go well with, notably reigning Coleman medallist Jeremy Cameron and ruckman Rhys Stanley.

HF Richardson agent Matt Poustie says the Hawkins household has completely beloved it right here.

“It’s been an awesome farm and it’s really only due to growing work commitments outside the Geelong area and a future farming endeavour interstate that they’ve decided to list the property,” he says.

“It’s a gorgeous rolling panorama which the Barrabool Hills is famend for.

“The pastures are in great condition. He’s been running cattle on the property. It’s really turnkey, ready to go.”

The farming operation is complete however the household hasn’t missed out on the finer issues in life within the four-bedroom principal residence with two separate visitor studios.

“It’s beautiful,” Poustie says of the house.

“They put in a gorgeous, bespoke infinity-edge above-ground concrete pool off the again.

“They prolonged the decking and have clearly freshened up the gardens.

“The view from the lounge over the pool to Mount Moriac in the distance is sublime.”

Picture home windows body rural vantages, akin to from the primary bed room and its connected ensuite with freestanding tub.

The dwelling’s coronary heart is the open-plan kitchen, eating and residing space, which connects to the sprawling deck beside the pool.

The bespoke kitchen has concrete benches, a 900mm Falcon pyrolytic oven and fuel stovetop, a Miele dishwasher and in depth storage, together with a walk-in pantry.

The residing space has a wooden fireplace, whereas a sliding barn door reveals a separate retreat with built-in leisure zone.

An outsized separate eating room by a Nectre wooden fireplace connects to a sunny veranda.

The visitor studios, linked by way of a boardwalk, provide a kitchenette, ensuite and bed room.

The dwelling has a kitchen backyard, mature olive bushes, a storage and a cubby home.

A 270,000-litre metal water tank companies the house and pool, whereas paddock troughs are fed from a bore. There are additionally six dams.

Poustie says the dress-circle place is good for a household with school-aged youngsters who need to stay on the land.

The farm has 13 principal paddocks, established shelter belts, electrical fences equipment and hay sheds and a principal laneway for inventory dealing with

“You can run a decent farming operation on 150 acres,” Poustie says.“Everything is ready to go, so I think it’s a quite attainable property for someone who wants to move into the farming space,” Poustie says.

Expressions of curiosity for 204 Andersons Rd, Barrabool, shut on November 11.