PRICE REDUCTION! Resort Management Rights Near Bargara Golf Club

Bargara Blue is a well-located double high-rise resort, a stone’s throw from Kelleys Beach, Bargara Golf Club and a short walk to local cafes and eateries. A great salary for a simple complex that is a highly desirable holiday destination.

The Manager can have a cat or dog, or both. This complex is ideal for a rst-timers who love the beach and a round of golf. The surroundings are beautiful including a golf club, beach-side walking tracks, children’s play areas and a short drive to Mon Repos Turtle Conservation Park, The Bundaberg Rum Distillery and Bundaberg and its well-connected airport and other infrastructure services.

The Manager’s Residence has 3 bedrooms ensuite and spa plus second bathroom and attached large reception of ce area plus study, all on title. Ground oor overlooking all complex features.

Bargara is a coastal town and suburb in the Bundaberg Region, Central Queensland, Australia. The town lies 384 kilometres north of the state capital Brisbane and just 13 kilometres east of Bundaberg. Bargara is considered to be a satellite suburb of Bundaberg, with only sugar cane elds separating the two centres. Between 1912 and 1948, a railway connected the two centres. At the 2011 census, Bargara had a population of 6,893.

Bundaberg is a city near the south-east coast of Queensland, Australia, situated on the Burnett River. Bundaberg is the business centre for a major sugar cane growing area, and is well known for its namesake export, Bundaberg Rum. The city is an important tourism gateway for inland national parks and the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef and resort islands.

Asking Price: $1,528,000

Pool, Spa, BBQ, Tennis Court, Sauna, Gym, located across the road from the Beach and Golf Club.

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“Places such as Agnes Water were very much undiscovered until COVID came through and forced people to reconsider their holiday options. But the whole Capricorn Coast is achieving records now in both tariff rates and occupancy.

“A few years ago, a lot of those motels and holiday buildings were achieving only 50 to 60 percent occupancy, but it’s certainly increased” Alex advised.

“They’ve benefitted greatly from the drive market from Brisbane and regional Queensland markets as holiday makers searched further for great beachside locations in Queensland. Pre-COVID the drive market usually had a limit of three hours from Brisbane that has now extended to locations such as Agnes Water with longer stays now apparent. Destinations beyond Agnes Water for Brisbane visitors generally incur a plane ride.”

Alison and Alex observed:

“Whilst places like the Sunshine Coast have greatly benefitted from the easy drive from Brisbane, tariffs have increased significantly. This can have a knock-on effect with holiday makers looking for alternate options and therefore, beautiful destinations within the Capricorn Coast and Wide Bay such as, Agnes Water and the Town of 1770, Bargara and Hervey Bay have benefitted.”

The Wide Bay Burnett Region has superb stretches of idyllic, rustic country landscapes and timeless towns, each with its own unique history. It is the only area where you can access Fraser Island, another of Wide Bay’s superb attractions. The area is well serviced by large airports in Hervey Bay, Kingaroy, Maryborough and Bundaberg, and by the comfortable Queensland Rail tilt train facility.

Tony Rossiter, a director at Holmans Accounting, has clients in Wide Bay regions such as Bargara, Rainbow Beach, Hervey Bay and beyond.

“These areas benefited from COVID lockdowns in a way that was quite unexpected,” Mr Rossiter said.

“Queensland’s border closures resulted in a substantial number of Queensland residents who would normally travel interstate or overseas for holidays deciding to holiday at home in places where they hadn’t been before.

“One of the outcomes of COVID was that people generally tried to avoid builtup areas, so destinations with sparser populations where holidaymakers were not shoulder-to-shoulder became more appealing. Wide Bay and the Capricorn Coast definitely benefited from that outcome. Those areas would be achieving record numbers in terms of occupancy which in turn influences the rates.

“They are performing really well in stark contrast to an area such as the Gold Coast. In my experience the Sunshine Coast would be in between those two.”

Mr Rossiter said Sunshine Coast accommodation business did not fair too badly during COVID, but did not enjoy the success of regions further north. “The difference between pre- and post-COVID for the Sunshine Coast was not as dramatic as it was for Wide Bay and the Capricorn Coast,” he said.

“The Gold Coast struggled through COVID because it relied heavily on international and interstate visitors which evaporated through the worst of COVID. Definitely by this last Christmas they are well and truly back in business and it’s pretty much business as usual, albeit there’s still a bit of a lag on international arrivals. They will build up over time.”

Mr Rossiter said it might not be appropriate to use the word “boom” for the dramatic increase in visitor numbers to Wide Bay and the Capricorn Coast because that implied there would eventually be a “bust”.

“I don’t know that there ever will be,” Mr Rossiter said. “I’d like to think that there has been a fundamental shift in appeal when it comes to those areas. Maybe they’ll come off the record levels that they were achieving last year but certainly I don’t think they’ll go back to pre-COVID levels.

“I think a lot of people having taken their holidays in places such as Bargara or Agnes Waters will be wanting to go back. They are great locations.”

Trent Pevy, from Pevy Lawyers, agreed Wide Bay and the Capricorn Coast had done well from the invigorated drive market over the COVID period.

“We act for a lot of moteliers and management rights operators in the Bundaberg and Bargara areas in particular,” he said.

“I think those areas became much more popular through COVID because they off ered the option of not having to jump on a plane.

“So many places along those coastlines off er great family holiday options.

“I think the visitor numbers may come back a litt le now that international travel is opening up and people have more choice for holidays, including overseas.”

However, the recent take-off of flights from aff ordable airline Bonza, has made regional Queensland connections from Australian cities much easier and drastically reduced travel times. Just last month Rockhampton Airport welcomed its first-ever commercial Bonza flight from Townsville. About the historic flight, Mayor Tony Williams said: “We are so thrilled to finally welcome Bonza to sunny Central Queensland, and to be able to directly connect more travellers to the Rockhampton region is a massive win.

“Residents and visitors have been calling out for more flight options. We are very excited to now make it possible for people to travel on a budget to previously un-serviced routes.”

In addition to the direct Townsville to Rockhampton route (three times per week) Rocky is set to welcome direct flights from Cairns, Sunshine Coast and Melbourne.

Recent data from a leading Australian travel management provider for SMEs revealed Australia’s regional tourism industry recovered to 96 percent of its pre-pandemic levels at the end of 2022.

Furthermore, business visitors to the Capricorn and Discovery Coast have increased and there has been rise a in regional business travel. Mackay tops the list of top 10 regional routes in Australia booked by businesses in 2022. Rockhampton and Emerald also made the top 10. The population in regional Australia has increased rapidly post COVID and is predicted to continue growing. Tom Walley, the Australian-based Global Managing Director at

Corporate Traveller revealed that “of all the states and territories, Queensland had the highest population growth rate in the year to June 2022, at two percent”. This is higher than Australia’s average growth of 1.1 percent and interstate migration was the major contributor. The growth has created strong house prices, rents, and business activity. Business owners and remote employees have relocated and some even opened ‘satellite’ offices in regional areas.

Mackay (which topped the Corporate Traveller list of top regional business flight routes) is among Queensland’s highest growing locations in the state’s property market. Prices increased by 7.4 percent in the year to January 31, 2023. Mr Walley said regions are also home to several industry hubs. “In Mackay, its Resources Centre of Excellence, which off ers regular training programs and spaces for businesses to hire for events, workshops, and meetings, will see $5.7 million injected into its training and business incubation services over the next three years.”