PHOTO: Aerial view of Trinity Beach, on the northern beaches of Cairns. Cairns Tourism
According to realestate.com.au a graffiti-covered concrete bunker has been listed for rent – but you can’t live in it.
The Trinity Beach structure is also on the market for $1.6 million, and sits on a 2.2ha block.
“Suit photo shoot or movie location,” the listing says.
“Not a residence.”
The “bond” is listed at $1200.
Research has revealed that the unusual structure has been known locally as “The Bunker” and “the German’s house”, and there is a “keep out” sign on its big iron gates.
A Google Maps search has it listed as the Ruins of Habsburg.
Back in 2020, the Cairns Post revealed that the ruins were owned by Robert Zmeskal, who bought the site in 1980 for $14,000.
Zmeskal revealed that the ruins were the remains of what was meant to be a Beverly Hill-style mansion.
“The pilot strike happened and I was relying on Cairns going forward. For a long time it didn’t, then I had to wait for a time for my finances,” he told the publication in 2020.
“And by that time, I had lost interest.”
The building has sat idle for more than 40 years, and has become the target of vandals and reclaimed by nature.
It has been on the market since March 2020, but has been listed off and on since 2010.
In 2020, it was listed for rent for $300 a week.
The Trinity Beach median house price is $650,000, while the median weekly rent is $560.
At $300 a week, that’s cheap in the current rental market.
But you might need to pitch a tent.
The vacancy rate in Cairns is a tight 0.5 per cent.
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