Have your cake and eat it too. Prime commercial position. Self sufficient rural retreat. Rainforested creek.Retire- invest- run your own commercial business.This high profile 16.3 ha/40 acre property, on a sweeping visual bend from both directions, is only 17 km from the township of Agnes Water. It boasts 800m main road frontage, all zoned white down to the creek zone. All traffic to this popular holiday destination and the Town of 1770 must pass this point on Round Hill Rd. It is also the main corner of the rural community of Captain Creek, with 200m road frontage partially zoned white, the remainder green. The owners are presently applying to upgrade the green zone to white. The owners have hosted just one billboard, which has paid for their rates and given them complimentary boat trips to the Great Barrier Reef. No matter what coastal development occurs, you can be part of it if you so choose, yet retreat back safely a short distance to your rural hideaway.The property is on a corner with dual bitumen road frontage. Next door is the rural fire station and the Community Sport and Recreation Club is a 1.1km walk away. If you wish to run a business, the corner is a prime commercial position and is very visible. There is a wide, fenced road easement along the 800m boundary, which is yours to use. The three/four-bedroom house is set well back from both roads and neighbours plus screened with vegetation for privacy and peace. It was built in the early 1920s in Biggenden and relocated here and high-set in one piece in 1990. Her owners have worked tirelessly over the last six years renovating her and building the ground floor. She now boasts 157m2 of living space and now looks very natural. Stage one (the top floor) has been Council approved, and very little remains uncompleted for approval of stage two (the ground floor). Upstairs, the internal 1 inch thick hoop pine walls to the 2.6 m ceilings are being freshly painted. Ceiling fans cool the home and insect screening is installed for added comfort.Externally, she has been clad in beautiful kiln dried cypress pine (white ant proof). Nor will the little critters be inclined to munch on the 80 year old hardwood frame and floorboards, which given a sand and a finish will be superb. The owners realise that there is no point in doing this until the final coat of paint is applied to the internal walls, and have allowed for this in the price.A delightful 2.1m veranda the full 7.5 m width of the front of the home has been added using timber poles and flooring milled from on the property. The stair case is beautifully finished, complete with bench and frogs tastefully carved into the banisters by a well known local craftsman. There has been provision in planning and council approvals to extend 4m verandas halfway down the adjacent two sides of the home. At the back of the house is a quiet private porch.Downstairs is all completely new and yet to be used except for the modern bathroom and toilet. Slate flooring, large open living area or entertainment area, two rooms (one very cool quiet room would be ideal for a small bedroom, office or cellar) and another kitchen with blue gum slab bench tops and gas connection. The upstairs kitchen also has beautiful hardwood slab bench tops yet retains its period character. The Everhot Delux Combustion stove is a fortunate acquisition. They have a new water jacket and with a little bit of plumbing it will boost the 300 litre solar hot water system on the roof in winter. The hot water is a low pressure system automatically topped up by the new house pump. It can also be boosted electrically. There is also a new gas stove for the summer months upstairs. No blackouts, no power surges or drop-outs, and no electricity bills here. Power is supplied by 14 x 80w and 2 x 60 w solar panels stored in a 24v 1000 amp/hr battery bank. It has a 2200w inverter and a PL60 inverter ….. which is a clever device in that you can even dial up remotely via a modem and control your entire system. It can automatically run the garden irrigation if you so choose. However, if you prefer the disadvantages of mains power, it is available for connection for approx. $4250. The fully RAPS approved and installed system is all housed on and in a small portion of a 8m x 4m council approved shed with a 3.9m high roof hip so that it can be extended. The 3-bay shed parks two cars plus lockup. Perimeter fencing on this well timbered property is almost complete, except for 100m which the owners have left as a wildlife corridor along the creek. It has a good covering of clay loam alluvial topsoil. It is internally fenced into six paddocks. It has three dams, a pump, which is included in the sale, and the irrigation is run underground. Large veggie gardens and an orchard with olives, mangos, ice cream bean, citrus, and passionfruit vines. One dam holds approx 3 mega litres and with a bit of work could easily be doubled in capacity, giving an excellent lake view from the house. The other large dam holds approx 4 mega litres, and could also be easily expanded. Rain water is stored in a 6000 gallon concrete tank and there is 1000 gallon header tank for water to the toilet. A grey water pump out system is being installed and will water the landscaped house gardens.If you have read this far, we are now at the special bit. Captain Creek actually runs through the property. It is not often that a creek of this nature is included in title. Permits to extract water from the creek are a bonus. There are numerous billabongs, some massive, that are also in title, some of them spanning into other property boundaries. Over the creek and billabongs is a cool 7 acres of shaded regenerating rainforest (over the last 14 years so its future is yours) with figs, mosses, vines, stags and palms. There are magnificent old growth Blue Gums (three people with out stretched arms can just circle them) and giant brush box. Lots of wildlife graces this forest including tortoises and feather-tailed gliders. If you inspect, make sure you ask to see the giant shillelagh.The property is exactly midway between Bundaberg and Gladstone, either being 105 km in opposing directions. Beaches and shopping centres are a ten minute drive. The boat ramp at 1770, 5 minutes further on, gives you the choice of being in calm waters of Bustard Bay and Pancake Creek, or heading to the offshore islands of the Great Barrier Reef. School buses stop at the front gate and the post is delivered 3 days a week.Annual Rates on the property are $640 payable to the Miriam Vale Shire.The current owners are negotiable on price and how much work you would like them perform to have the property to your liking.Price: $389,000Bedrooms: 3-4Bathrooms: 1Parking: 2 car