It has hosted publicity-shy celebrities and was used as a set for the Godzilla vs Kong sequel. Now award-winning Alkira Resort Home in Cape Tribulation has hit the market, and my household acquired to spend a complete weekend on the “spaceship home”.
Designed by visionary architect Charles Wright, Alkira is a cantilevered masterpiece positioned over a man-made lake stuffed with turtles, fish and unique water lilies from South America.
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An aerial view of Alkira Resort Home, Cape Tribulation
Once we arrived on the utterly off-grid property through its rainforest tree-lined driveway, the entire automotive went silent – a uncommon feat in a 4WD with three boisterous youngsters.
Miss 6 proclaimed “it appears like a UFO”, and he or she was proper.
Alkira appears prefer it might be on Mars, such is its futuristic facade.
Alkira Resort Home at evening
It took the unique proprietor, stamp collector and property developer Rob Perry, 5 years to design and construct 1059sq m Alkira, which was accomplished in 2013.
It sits on an nearly 30-hectare block of pure paradise with 600m of personal Coral Sea beachfront.
“The plan was to construct one thing that was a part of the land, though we didn’t envisage one thing that might develop into world well-known,” Mr Perry mentioned when it offered in 2016.
It was arduous to place your finger on what was so particular about Alkira, with its daring design no imply feat in a location the place every part must be trucked in.
However the location, Cape Tribulation, must be on each individuals bucket record, and in the event you can afford the $3000-plus an evening price ticket, it doesn’t get a lot better than Alkira.
We arrived on a Friday afternoon and each sq. inch of the place was investigated by the youngsters, with Grasp 12 overjoyed to have his personal house away from his youthful siblings.
Exploring our UFO for the weekend
There are six timber-clad bedrooms, every with their very own cantilevered wing jutting out over the lake.
Each additionally has its personal marble ensuite and a balcony to soak up the views, whereas the main bedroom has the added bonus of an outside spa.
The view from the spa on the main bedroom deck
The utterly open residing areas encompass a pool that was primarily based on the silhouette of the top on the “One Pound Jimmy” postage stamp issued in Australia within the Nineteen Fifties.
The assertion pool is surrounded by landscaped gardens and is open to the sky above.
The children spent loads of hours floating round on the large pink flamingo, and enjoying Marco Polo as we sat again and watched on with a glass of bubbly.
The pool was a winner with the youngsters
The stylish industrial kitchen has a walk-in fridge and freezer, high quality home equipment and island bench seating.
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There are 4 lounge areas, every with their very own huge display screen TVs, together with one which I yelled at because the Matilda’s misplaced to England.
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Me in a swinging egg chair yelling on the TV
Different options embrace two eating areas, an government workplace, 2400-bottle temperature-controlled wine cellar, a fitness center, and a boardwalk to the personal seashore.
The separate fitness center and storage complicated
Totally furnished and geared up to comfortably accommodate 12 friends, Alkira will also be accessed by helicopter.
And we discovered the helipad after we set out of the ATVs to discover the property, recognizing loads of blue flashes as Ulysses butterflies danced within the rainforest cover.
On the seashore, the youngsters discovered shells, pumice and coconuts.
Simply Miss 6 and a pile of coconuts
It’s arduous to know why anybody would wish to be in every other a part of the world.
When the present house owners, who’re primarily based in Victoria, should not in residence, Alkira is operated as a boutique resort with on-site administration.
One in every of 4 lounges within the two-level Alkira Resort Home, which has one other one downstairs
It’s listed with Queensland Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty brokers Lynn Malone and Barbara Wolveridge.
Every bed room suite has its personal deck
Ms Malone mentioned there had been “a variety of celebrities and rich-listers” who had stayed at Alkira, an Aboriginal phrase for vivid and sunny.
She mentioned the distributors have been promoting as they hadn’t been in a position to go to the residence in about 5 years.
It’s arduous to imagine, given the sheer fantastic thing about the place.
All over the place you look appears like you’re in Jumanji
Upon returning residence, Grasp 3, face crumpled and with tears in his eyes, set free a wail and mentioned: “Mummy, why can’t we return to the spaceship home?”
Simply one of many marble loos
Attempting to elucidate to a 3-year-old that we don’t personal the multimillion-dollar showstopper that we had simply loved for the weekend fell on deaf ears.
“However I’ve cash. Can I give them that?” he mentioned.
Sadly, the whole thing of Grasp 3’s piggy-bank simply wouldn’t minimize it.
Alkira will go to public sale on October 12 as a part of Queensland Sotheby’s ‘The Assortment’ occasion that can be held at its Breakfast Level Mercedes Benz showroom and places of work.
