Former Cats champion Tom Hawkins sells Barrabool farm near $4.5m guide
realestate.com.au reports Tom and Emma Hawkins have sold their 60.08 ha Strathmile farm at Barrabool, outside Geelong, close to its $4.5 million guide.
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realestate.com.au News reported on 13 November that former Geelong Cats champion Tom Hawkins and his wife Emma have found a buyer for Strathmile, their 60.08 hectare farm at 204 Andersons Road, Barrabool, outside Geelong, Victoria.
Why it matters
The sale is a rural lifestyle deal rather than a development, but it gives a data point on buyer appetite for large Geelong-area holdings. Elders Geelong listing agent Peter Lindeman told the outlet three potential buyers made offers, which he said was probably the first time in about 18 months he had seen that. He said he hoped the result signals improving sentiment in rural property, and called it “a pretty good result in the current market.”
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That is one agent’s view of his own listing, and the article does not cite wider rural sales data.
The numbers
According to the outlet, contracts have been signed and the property sold close to its $4.5 million guide, a figure Lindeman gave. The report does not state a final price and does not name the buyer, describing only a Melbourne-based purchaser. Lindeman ran the campaign with Marshall White agent Simon O’Donnell.
The property has a four-bedroom house with views from almost every room, a 10 metre solar-heated infinity-edge pool and two guesthouse studios, the outlet says. Farm features include a machinery shed, sheep pens, a shearing board, a hay shed, cattle yards, 13 paddocks, six dams and a 270,000-litre tank.
The land was once part of a significant Barrabool grazing property, Strathlachlan Estate, the report says.
Lindeman helped sell the property to the Hawkinses in 2016, according to the outlet. The report adds that the family relocated to Melbourne at the start of this year, and that Tom has worked as a Fox Footy analyst since late 2024.
What’s next
Lindeman said the buyer has a country background and has always wanted to return to the country, which is his description rather than anything the buyer has said publicly.
For another Victorian property story from the past few days, see our report on Metricon taking 8,200 sqm at Ferntree Business Park.
The Australian Developer is reporting the sale as published by realestate.com.au News and has not independently confirmed the price or the buyer.
Quick answers
What are the key numbers in this story?
land area: 60.08 ha; guide price: $4.5m; offers: 3.
Where does this information come from?
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