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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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Former TAFE sells for $1.3m By Boyd Robertson
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Jon Newham and his son Jake from Mossman, standing on the shores of Lake Tinaroo. Jon won the Champion Angler award at the annual Tinaroo Barra Bash, while Jake won the Junior Boys Heaviest Barra trophy. They are holding Jon’s two barramundi catches from the three-day event – one weighs 28.4kg and the other 24.55kg. Jake also landed a 24.50kg barramundi himself. FULL STORY ON PAGE 27.
he former Mareeba TAFE agricultural college site at Tinaroo Creek Road has sold at auction for $1.315 million. The Ebersbachs, a family of German immigrants based at Chewko Road, outbid Mareeba farmer Jose Caamano at the auction, which was held at the Mareeba RSL. The Ebersbachs say they intend to use the 50.7-hectare property for agri-tourism, farming, accommodation and conferencing, and will start developing their purchase “immediately.” Family matriarch Karin Ebersbach said the price had been well within comfortable limits. “We are very satisfied with the final price,” she told The Express. “We were not forced up during the auction, we knew exactly what our limits were. “We will be using the site for tourism and farming, as well as
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making it available for hire for people to use for conferences – and of course we will be renovating the site and making it look nice.” Buying the site also means the Ebersbachs can revive plans for an equestrian agri-tourism project stalled by a Tablelands Regional Council (TRC) in February. The family had tried to set up tourist accommodation near the Steggles chicken farm, which they established in 1993 and sold in 2011, but were denied by the TRC, who were worried over possible complaints about the farm’s odour. Mareeba Property Office principal John Falvo said although the property had sold for a higher than expected price, the Ebersbachs had still picked up a good deal, pointing to the ‘ripple effect’ predicted from the construction of the Aquis megaresort in Yorkeys Knob. “The Tablelands are a wellknown location in Far North Queensland, we have an ideal cont. P3
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