Palm
Cove News
Tropical North Queensland
JUNE 2006
Asking prices in Cove
RESIDENTIALS
advertised in Cairns Post & Northern News in May were:
10 Talpa Close, 1218 sq m block, tropical gardens, pool, $660,000, 0418
772 253
23
Thais St 3BR ensuite, pool, fully furnished, 903 sq m, $695,000, 0418
772 253
54 Cedar Rd Vacant land 800sq m, ready to build $485,000, 0418 279 111
23
Veivers Rd, Unit 30, 3BR apartment, 2 bathrooms, pool, $490,000, 0418
279 111
Triton St's Sea Temple, Apartment 211, 3BR, 3 bathrooms, gym,pool, fully
furnished, $1,250,000,
0418 279 111
Paradise Point Estate : Blocks $165,000 - $300,000, 4047 6555
Argentea Estate : Residential allotments from $250,000, details on site.
Seascape Palm Cove : Blocks from $188,000, 0418 772 253
Palm Cove/Clifton Beach boundary
THE
suburb of Palm Cove consists of Buchan Point, Ocean Edge Estate, Palm
Cove Proper, the land between Veivers Rd and Argentea Palm Cove, Argentea
Palm Cove including Argentea Beach Estate, Seascape Palm Cove, Island
View Estate, and Paradise Point Estate.
Following
queries in the press recently about the boundary, Cr Sno Bonneau said
that the boundaries between Ellis Beach, Palm Cove, and Clifton Beach
were gazetted by the Department of Natural Resources in 2001.
"There
have been no changes since that time," he said.
For
a street reference, see Map 1 in the telephone book which is almost
exactly double the scale of the DNR map shown at right.
The
boundary between Palm Cove and Clifton Beach east of the highway, i.e.
between Argentea Palm Cove and Clifton Beach is a line from the highway
to the northern ends of existing Linden St, Osterland St, and Gibson
Close, dipping south to include the old caravan park site, and then
north to the end of existing Upolu Esplanade.
The gazetted boundaries between Ellis Beach, Palm Cove, and Clifton
Beach
Argentea Beach Estate sets new price benchmark
ONE
block sold for $1.4 million in March, another for the same amount, and
a third last month, the sale price of which is still confidential, developers
Thakral have anounced.
All
three blocks, only 600 sqm in size and on the beachfront in Argentea
Beach Estate, have set a record figure for their size, Development Manager
Jeff Kahler said.
Argentea
Palm Cove is the 60 hectares of land which Thakral bought from Daikyo.
Argentea Beach Estate is a small gated section of Argentea Palm Cove
on the south-east corner where it meets the boundary of Clifton Beach
at Upolu Esplanade.
Mr
Kahler said the exclusive estate consisted of seven beachfront allotments
and seven dry land blocks.
"We
expect the remaining blocks to sell quickly once marketing begins about
the end of May," he said.
Mr
Kahler said the figure of $1.4 million was a record for a 600 sq m residential
block in Cairns.
Stingers gone but not forgotten
STINGER
nets were removed from Palm Cove Beach in mid May.
Surf
Lifesaving spokesman Grant Small said several weeks' testing ensured
the jellyfish were no longer present.
"However
beachgoers should swim during the patrol hours and continue to take
protective measures such as wearing stinger suits," he said.
We live in scary times
"Have
a nice fright,"the shop assistant said to Terebra St's Bertil Nillson
when he bought some duty free before boarding the plane for Japan. The
shop assistant was of course Japanese.
Fortunately
Bertil, an ex-professor of English, knew exactly what he meant.
"Japanese
have a hard time pronouncing the letter l" he said.
"But
don't laugh too loud : they have a letter which we can't pronounce without
going into a spasm."
How
we compare with other suburbs
PALM
COVE PEOPLE have fewer than average houses, "an extremely high"
level of flats and units, a lower than average level of home ownership
and, ironically, higher than average incomes, education levels, and
professional people.
So
said council statistics comparing us with other suburbs.
The
council said Palm Cove was "one of the more exclusive residential
areas in the city."
We
must like it here because we also have a lower average rate of travel
to work by car and higher rates of walking.
Our
information came from the City Library with help from a friendly librarian.
No
decision on Foley Rd
The
application to build eleven houses high on the Macalister Range will
not be considered until replies have been received from Main Roads and
other authorities, council officers have advised.
The
agenda of meeting which will deal with this application will appear
on the council's web site about one week before the meeting.
We
will advise you of the result.
Published
by Jerry Dukes
52 Terebra St
Palm Cove 4879 QLD
Ph 4059 1610 Fax 4059 0058
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