157 Moran Group Road Kin Kin




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Michelle and I found our dream property. It is 140 acres (56.56 Ha) near Kin Kin. That's about 163km north of Brisbane, 30 minutes from Noosa, 20 from Pomona and less than an hour from Fraser Island. The property is vacant land roughly 1/3 each for cleared land, regrowth and mature forest. It contains an entire valley and a creek that starts on the property, passes through 2 dams and winds down through the valley. It is approximately 1km deep and 500m wide and runs East-West. The whole "left" side of the property faces North. There is only 4 km of excellent dirt road to get there. There's mains power connected to the fully certified shed!


The pen mark in the centre above Kin Kin shows the property location.
Map showing how to get to Farm (follow the pink line!)
Aerial photo (very old)
Aerial photo October 2002
Vegetation Map overlay
Real Property Plan
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How to get there
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1. Go to Cooroy (Public Loos, Big IGA, Bakery, Chemist, Bottleshop, ATM, Service Stations)
Go north from Brisbane along the Bruce highway for 1 hour once you cross the Pine River. You will pass Nambour and Eumundi. At the top of a huge hill you turn left for Cooroy. Take it easy as you do a tight circle under the highway. Don't speed through Cooroy as it's well patrolled! Follow the highway signs to Pomona. When you get to a give way you will go right and over the railway line on a bridge rather than left into town proper.
2. Go to Pomona (Public Loos, Little IGA, Chemist, Bottleshop, Service Stations)
Follow the signs to Pomona [about 10 mins]. Careful making the right turn accross the main road. When you get to Pomona watch the tight left turn into town as the houses start. Stay on the right hand side of the railway line rather than going over it into town proper.
3. Go to Kin Kin (Pub,Shop that's often closed and stocks very little)
Follow the signs to Kin Kin [about 20 mins]. It's windy so expect to manage 60km/h for the next 20 mins. Enjoy the scenery.
4. Go to Wahpunga Park [about 5 mins] (Loo, picnic tables, no water)
Follow the signs to Tin Can Bay by staying on the road past town and over a bridge rather than going into town proper. About 6km from town you cross another bridge and see a park on your right. Take the next left which is Wahpunga Lane. It changes to the best dirt road in Qld after about 200m.
5. Go to Moran Group Road [about 4 mins]
Follow Wahpunga Lane about 4km. Moran Group Road is sign posted to the right just after you pass a few houses.
6. Go to 157 [about 2 mins]
Follow Moran Group Road. You cross a bridge then follow the road. We're #157 with big wooden gate rails and a steel gate. It has 157 numbers on it and is the only property with big clumps of bamboo. If you go too far Moran Group Road only goes another 500m or so.
7. Come in!
Please latch the gate closed again. If you have a low slung car, park under the bamboo. If it's average, go over the creek and follow the gravel road which swings left up the hill about 300m. Welcome "Hidden Valley".

Access is all-weather 2WD (i.e. any car other than a Ferrari can get there) though the last 3km is dirt the surface is excellent. Phone and power are available. It is 6.5 km to Kin Kin which has a great Pub, general store, post officer and servo (and not a lot else). It's very close to both Lake Cootharaba (Boreen Point) and the Noosa River (Harry's Hut).

The property has been mainly used for beans, bananas and grazing. The soil is excellent and the rainfall high and well spread throughout the year. The block hosts many species of birds and is near a large State Forest. There are mature rainforest trees in the gully and huge Gympie Messmates, Spotted Gum, Tallowood, Brush Box and other hardwoods on the hills. There are Quandong and other softwoods along the creek.

Our plans were to start our agro-forestry business immediately. We will develop a sustainable forest plan so we can keep and use the mature forest for timber, seeds and a nature reserve. The regrowth areas (feral pine, Camphor Laurel, lantana and wild tobacco) will make way for a hardwood plantation. The lower, flatter, wetter areas will be our cabinet timber stands. Vegetation specialists from Landcare Noosa will help develop the plan and start some of the work.

We started with a tent, gumboots and handtools at first. We now have a completed shed, 2 chainsaws and a well used monster brush cutter. Weed eradiciation remains a priority with more timber planting close behind.