697 Darkwood Road, Bellingen NSW 2454

This rare North facing 20 acres sits high above the Bellinger River with stunning views to the North, West & South.

The property has 160 meter deep water frontage to the Bellinger River and the house consists of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, an open plan kitchen, dining and dining area and a single car garage.

The brick paved deck area is a space you will spend hours on. Then there is a covered outdoor barbeque area with wood fired pizza oven to add to your culinary enjoyment.

The house has solar hot water with electric back up, air-conditioning in 2 bedrooms and 3 water tanks with 70,000 litres in total.

To add to the wonderful views of the Great Dividing Range, you will get total privacy being positioned at the end of a no drive through road.

With Riparian Rights there is a venturi pump system at the river for your self-sustainability growing requirements. The property has been organically farmed with improved soils.

To keep your electricity costs to a minimum, there are 28 solar panels providing 8.3 KW solar to grid with a Smart meter.

There is a 7m x 10m lockable shed, a 10 x 12m machinery shed, a 10m x 30m netted veggie & fruit garden and a 450,000 Litre fishpond with mature Silver Perch.

Large chicken coop with run for your free range chooks and mature non-invasive clumping bamboo for shoots and timber.

You will be 7kms to local shop, post office, café and bottle shop (open 7 days/week) and 20 mins to the towns of Dorrigo and Bellingen.

For any education requirements you are only 1.2km to Chrysalis Rudolph Steiner School and 5.2km to the local public school - Orama Primary and Preschool.

And then should you have a need to commute to the city or on a holiday you are only 56 km to Coffs Harbour airport (55min).

The orchard has 15 avocado trees, mature citrus: navel orange, mandarin, pink grapefruit, limes, lemons, finger limes, pineapples, mature mulberry trees, strawberries, 26 mature blue berry bushes, mature raspberries, grapes, bananas, figs, dragon fruit, jaboticaba, mangosteen and of course guavas.

All in all, a wonderful lifestyle property with so many features that you just need to unpack and dream of what life is all about.

Please ring Peter to arrange a viewing at your earliest convenience.


Rare North facing 20 acres

Sits high above the Bellinger River

160 meter deep water frontage to the Bellinger River

Open plan kitchen, dining and dining area

House consists of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a single car garage.

Brick paved deck area

Covered outdoor barbeque area with wood fired pizza oven

Solar hot water with electric back up

Air-conditioning in 2 bedrooms

3 water tanks with 70,000 Litres in total

Total privacy at end of a no through road

Riparian Rights to pump from the river

Organically farmed with improved soils

28 solar panels providing 8.3 KW solar to grid with Smart meter

7m x 10m lockable shed and a 10 x 12m machinery shed

10m x 30m netted veggie & fruit garden

450,000 Litre fishpond with mature Silver Perch

Large chicken coop with run

Mature non-invasive clumping bamboo for shoots and timber

7kms to local shop, post office, café and bottle shop

20 mins to the towns of Dorrigo and Bellingen

1.2km to Chrysalis Rudolph Steiner School

5.2km to the local public school - Orama Primary and Preschool

Only 56 km to Coffs Harbour airport (55min)

Orchard with 15 avocado trees, mature citrus: navel orange, mandarin, pink grapefruit, limes, lemons, finger limes, pineapples, mature mulberry trees, strawberries, 26 mature blue berry bushes, mature raspberries, grapes, bananas, figs, dragon fruit, jaboticaba, mangosteen and of course guavas.