Today’s estate Mandalay Coral Gardens, in north Queensland, was voted Australia’s House of the Year by the Australian Master Builders Association in 2007-2008
Exquisitely situated on a peninsula with Pioneer Bay on one side and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on the other, this stunning Frank Lloyd Wright–inspired estate represents the best of tropical north Queensland, Australia.
Designed by architect Peter Connelly, Mandalay Coral Gardens was constructed in 2005 by owner Bill Sharpe, whose firm was the continent’s 2007–2008 “builder of the year” in Australia.
Australia is offering internationally what it calls “the best job in the world” - earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.
The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner’s home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland’s state government announced on Tuesday.
In return, the “island caretaker” will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of “a few minor tasks” and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.
On the Sunshine Coast of Noosa in Queensland, Australia, renowned architect Frank Macchia has designed a masterpiece getaway. Nestled in a spot known as Hideaway Island, this retreat is a total recluse, without compromising on style, luxury and technology.
The ground level is totally dedicated to easy living. The heated pool and water features meander from the entry to the river emphasizing the indoor-outdoor symbioses.
The sprawling lounge, kitchen and dining areas all capture stunning river views, which in turn invite immediate relaxation.
This Wonderful House has 4 bedroom/4 bathroom house in the Paradise Point suburb of Australia’s Gold Coast is for sale at $3.9 million, with most of the furniture and artwork included.
I love the “white” theme and how it flows through the house though :)
Susan Crook is the agent for the home, visit her website
The Daily (Australia) has reported that an Australian jeweler recently unveiled what he says are the world’s most expensive champagne glasses, valued at $400,000 and blinged out with 1700 white and pink diamonds.
Designer John Calleija said five jewellers spent more than three months finishing the two glasses, which were chiselled from huit kilogram blocks of crystal.
Each glass stands 15cm tall, weighs 250g, and together encrusted with 15 carats of white diamonds and six carats of rare argyle pink diamonds. They are finished with platinum 18 carat white and rose gold.
Mr Calleija said he was experimenting with his designs when he came up with the idea, but it just as easily could have been a pair of diamond-encrusted chopsticks.
Australian company Starpics has created a completely unique pair of guitar picks made from meteors.
Said to be around 4 billion years old, Gibeon meteorites were discovered in 1836 in Namibia, Africa, where their sale and export were banned by the local government.
Despite that fact, over twenty-five tons of the meteorites have been recovered and it is the most commonly found meteorite on the market today.
