If your taste buds are starting to tingle , Gecko Valley Winery is right next door , with an assortment of local wines to experience . Speaking of local brews , Auckland House Gladstone is located at the tail end of East Shores , and offers locally brewed beer , waterfront outlook and open dining .
To make the most of the afternoon , sunset and dusk , take a drive up to Round Hill Lookout to enjoy 360 degree views of Gladstone .
If you have a few hours spare on a Sunday morning and are comfortable on a boat , I would personally recommend the Curtis Ferry Harbour Cruise .
How is the real estate market going there ?
Following the peak of construction activity of three massive LNG processing plants ( worth $ 90 billion ) in 2013 , Gladstone suffered almost a decade of declining and subdued property market conditions . Residential vacancy rates peak at around 12 per cent in 2017 with median house values falling about 50 per cent from their peak . Since then , without the addition of new housing supply , the residential market has absorbed and vacancy rates now mirror the rest of Queensland at under one per cent and house prices have risen rapidly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic . The market is as strong as we have seen it in a decade . The commercial market traditionally lags the residential market by approximately 18 months and we are seeing increased demand across all sectors .
WE WANT YOUR STORIES !
On the last weekend of February , media advisor Shannon Cook headed down to Adelaide to cover their annual sales training day . While she was there she checked in with some of the team ’ s media contacts from the local TV stations and newspaper .
When she asked , “ what can we give you more of ?”, they all responded , “ more buyer and seller stories ”. It ’ s a theme across the country , journalists and reporters are hungry for the story behind the sale .
Achieving media coverage is all about an angle and sometimes it ’ s not about the price but the quirky details behind the scenes . Whether you had a neighbour register and buy at auction at the last minute , a seller with an extraordinary tale or just a listing with a strange story , journalists want to know .
Email the media team at media @ raywhite . com if you think you ’ ve got a story worth telling .
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