INTRODUCTION
Musk Gully, (Lot 1), is a forested residential acreage, tucked away amongst other protected public and private forested conservation reserves in Reedy Marsh (near Deloraine).
If you value your privacy, appreciate and respect the intrinsic wonder and benefits of living with nature and especially if you are looking for qualities such as, pristine air and clean, untreated water, seclusion, and serenity, Musk Gully might be just for you.
It's special, one of a kind with its superb, wild, bushland setting and no neighbours in sight. It's beautiful, safe, secure, peaceful and immensely private.
LOCATION AND ACCESS
Musk Gully, in the Rural Locality of Reedy Marsh in the Central North of Tasmania, is easily accessible to the town of Deloraine.
This rural-residential property, almost at the end of a no-through road, feels remote and wild. Nonetheless it has a long-established, legal, reliable, all-weather road access, served by a 'Public Works Road' since the late 19th century.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY - PLANNING RIGHTS
The property is in Meander Valley Council's, residential planning scheme zone: 'Particular Purpose Zone - Natural Living (Larcombes Road)'.
This Zone allows a Permitted "No Permit Required" residential use and development for "a single dwelling" in a protected natural landscape context. This allows a Planning Permit for a house as a right.
Musk Gully is hence a rare opportunity to build a new off-grid residence of your choosing, within an idyllic, protected, forested landscape.
This Planning Scheme Zone, with some 18 reserved, private titles, clusters around the Reedy Marsh Conservation Area, part of the National Reserve System of Australia.
DOMESTIC ZONED AREA AND WHOLE OF PROPERTY ACREAGE
An ample Domestic Zone of 2.9 acres (1.17 ha), set within this 34.45 acre, covenanted property is mapped in the Conservation Covenant CPR Plan. This is the sunniest, warmest spot on the title - also the optimal, practical site for building a new dwelling and establishing a homestead area. A few ancient trees add special interest. There are two entrances via an all-weather driveway to its forested Domestic Zone. Legal access to this land is long-standing.
CONSERVATION COVENANT AND AMENITY
The Natural Values of Musk Gully are protected with an in-perpetuity State Conservation Covenant under Tasmania's Nature Conservation Act 2002. Thus this private forested reserve is also a part of Australia's National Reserve System. The Conservation Covenant binds the registered owner, future owners and The Crown.
NB: The Reserve remains your private land. It does not give the public any access or visitation rights whatsoever.
The Aeolia and Echidna Creek Conservation Covenants apply, divided into a 'Domestic Zone' and a 'Conservation Zone'. Also shared-use rights to adjoining areas on the two adjacent private titles for water utility infrastructure and access, set out in the conservation covenants and an Easements' document.
Musk Gully is completely surrounded by other reserved, forested land, both public and private.
RESIDENTIAL SITE AND CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS
Located in the foothills, north-east of Stephens Hill, Musk Gully's elevated, flood-free Domestic Area, is situated on a dry, north-facing, lightly forested slope.
This Domestic Zone, a sheltered, protected site on well-drained higher ground, is benefited by less and lighter frosts conferring longer, reliable production intervals for your garden than much of inland Tasmania. Rainfall averages about 900 mm per annum. Wind here is considerably lower than at many other Tasmanian locations.
DOMESTIC WATER SOURCE
Access to water is supported from the adjacent, permanent Echidna Creek by surveyed legal easements on title. The shared gravity-fed domestic water-supply system will provide an ample supply of natural high quality water - carefully designed and mostly installed.
NATURAL VALUES
Nature flourishes here, within a matrix of wet and dry forest. Magnificent old growth trees provide habitat for Threatened fauna and other wildlife.
Gently flowing across the property, Musk Gully Creek courses through an exquisite, temperate rainforest gully, a refugia, populated with Musk trees, magnificent 'Dicksonia antartica' soft tree-ferns and other dry rainforest species. Mosses, lichen, ferns and fungi all thrive in this extraordinary natural gully.
There is an amazing abundance and diversity of wildlife, including the remarkable Masked Owl, the iconic Tasmanian Devil, the Grey Goshawk, Platypus, Tasmanian Bettongs, Spotted-tailed Quolls, Owlet Nightjars, The Giant Freshwater Crayfish, magnificent Wedge-tailed Eagles and a family of raucous Black Cockatoos and of course, those more abundant species such as wallabies, possums and echidnas are also found here. Each December one is beguiled by the heavenly smell of the blossom of the Musk Trees fringing the gully.
NATURE RESERVE AND LAND TAX EXEMPTION
The owner and custodian of Lot 1, does not pay any land tax due to the in-perpetuity Conservation Covenant, regardless of whether a dwelling is built and even if Musk Gully is not your primary residence.
DIGITAL MOBILE AND POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
There is Mobile phone (4G) reception from both Optus and Telstra across Lot 1's Domestic Zone, without resort to external aerials or additional boosters.
Nearby, NBN's standard satellite services have long been used. The Domestic Zone would alternatively also suit the faster Starlink connection.
There is no 'copper wire' phone connection and the nearest infrastructure, either for communication or for power, is deemed unreliable and uneconomic.
Managing your own power is your responsibility. This is an off-grid site, which entails self-sufficient remote power generation.
TRAVEL DISTANCES. - CENTRAL NORTH REGIONAL LOCATION
Wild and remote, Musk Gully, situated within the upland headwaters of the Rubicon catchment, in hilly, lowland, northern Tasmania, is actually centrally located, being:
• 20 minutes' drive from the town of Deloraine (16 kms).
• Only 50 minutes easy drive to the City of Launceston, (the regional centre and Tasmania's 2nd largest city).
• Under 30 minutes to the town of Westbury.
• Roughly an hour to Devonport and The Spirit of Tasmania Ferry.
COMMUNITY
Reedy Marsh is long-established, a diverse community of small holders, with a few small farms. It's mostly bush with a cluster of conservation reserves in the north.
The nearby historic town of Deloraine, to the South, has a strong arts community, a solid tourism focus and serves a traditional farming and rural district. In Deloraine you will find: Ambulance, schools (primary and secondary), supermarket, doctors, dentists and vet, Police, Community Hospital, an array of shops, hotels, cafes, meeting venues, bakeries, butcher, hardware, timber yard, rural suppliers, post office, Service Tasmania, petrol stations, pharmacies, real-estate agents, Library, state Lyons members' offices, and so on.
ORGANIC MANAGEMENT, CONDITION AND BIOSECURITY
Organically managed, this vacant land is a rare opportunity for a safe, simpler, more resilient, potentially more self-sufficient life. There are almost no pernicious weeds or biosecurity diseases and no introduced fish.
CONCLUSION
A beautiful, forested property with a mild, temperate, Mediterranean climate, this perpetually-protected title, with an established existing access, water infrastructure and potential for an ample supply of permanent, unpolluted raw-water, offers an idyllic residential lifestyle opportunity. Musk Gully is unique; a life changing opportunity and an investment in the future.
INSPECTION - APPOINTMENT REQUEST
Please Note: Viewing is by pre-arranged appointment only. This property is safeguarded by way of a licensed, locked, gated Road Access.
VENDOR DISCLOSURE AND COOLING-OFF
A full Vendor Property Disclosure Statement is available to all genuine, interested parties. A seven-day cooling off period will also be offered with any sales' agreement.
PURCHASE SUM
Offers above $469,000 will be considered.
Disclaimer:
Whilst every care has been taken to verify the accuracy of the details in this advertisement, For Sale By Owner (forsalebyowner.com.au) cannot guarantee its correctness. Prospective buyers or tenants need to take such action as is necessary, to satisfy themselves of any pertinent matters.
