This beautiful open plan home has four large bedrooms with air conditioning and fans throughout. Full length verandas front and back provide a cool shady home surrounded by lush tropical and native gardens. The 3m wide front verandah leads onto an in-ground pebblecrete pool with spa and waterfall that has its own entertainment area, established tropical garden for shade and the foundations for a shade sail already in place if needed during summer. The back verandah is 4m wide and provides an ideal entertainment area that catches cool breezes all year round. The yard is a fully fenced private and secluded 4455m2 that features a small orchard, large raised bed vegetable garden and a childrens playground including slippery slide, sandpit, see-saw, cubbyhouse and a fort. The yard is a breeze to maintain with fully automatic irrigation to the lawns, orchard, vegie garden and chook pen as well as a bore that has beautiful fresh water. The established native gardens are self-sustaining as they are self-mulching and drought tolerant. Inside, the kitchen has an enormous amount of cupboard space and is a delight to cook in with the large windows bringing the outside in. The extra large windows on all of the rooms provide good cross ventilation and also make keeping an eye on kids outside effortless. The bathroom will surprise with its size. There is a bus stop for primary and high schools right out front of the house. This home is worth coming to have a look at, being only 30 minutes from the Strand, Townsville city center and Thruingowa central it provides a great escape from the hectic pace of life in an area set to expand even more rapidly with the opening of the Ring Road. 32 Salamander Street, Bluewater Price: $429,000 neg Agent: Terry Reed – 0401 219 596 or Alan Parnell – 0418 777 295