1451 Tugalong Rd, Canyonleigh NSW 2577

Situated in Canyonleigh in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Google Maps list it as 1 hour 52 minutes from the Sydney Opera House, and 1 hour 54 minutes from Parliament House, Canberra. It is 34 minutes from Moss Vale Railway station, and 44 minutes from Bowral. Canyonleigh has a very active Community Association and a local store/cafe.

A great little house perfect as a weekender or small permanent home for an individual, couple or small family. Built to achieve passive solar design with lots of energy saving principles, featuring large windows facing true north. Great views from the all rooms and double glazing on all windows in the living area and the southern bedroom, an insulated double brick western wall and a slate floor. It is fitted with solar hot water and a grid connected 1.5 kw solar inverter.

Live the low cost lifestyle. As a conservation property it enjoys a 95% discount on Council Rates, so that Council rates for 2014 were $69.93 ! The solar panels earned $1181.80 credit, while the freely available firewood meant no heating costs.

“Euvale” is a 40.48 hectare (100 acre) block of native bush with a domestic zone for all you need for a conservation lifestyle. A Voluntary Conservation Agreement covers 38 ha of bush. Plenty of other room with 2 ha (5 acres) of cleared area around the house available for use for orchards, vegetable gardens, domestic animals, or any other use (e.g. if you are in the midst of the pony cycle for the kids or some hobby farming).

The 38 ha of bush features a variety of environments: fairly dry ridges of woodland, moist gullies, and a plateau of regenerating forest. 8 Eucalypt species are the dominant trees with a sub-dominate layer of 8 acacia species and allocasuarina. The understorey features a wide variety of shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and orchids.

The wildlife is extensive being the home to 14 native mammal species and 69 native bird species, ranging from the tiny but beautiful Spotted Pardalot to the Emu.

Plenty of water with lots of water tanks, garages aplenty and a lockup workshop.

Resident wombat will complement your family.

Please note that Google maps are incorrect - if you search for 1451 Tugalong Road then it shows it incorrectly at about 1670 Tugalong Road. It also shows Tugalong Road outside the property as unsealed, but in fact the property is on a sealed road