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Mrs Heijden said at the time the block consisted of a shed big enough to garage the boat and a small home with a veranda, which was originally an office block.
“The first improvement we made was to put in a kitchen,” she said.
The property, which now has three laundries and two kitchens, is the ideal place for family gatherings and events, Mrs Heijden said.
“Before we built, we had family come and stay with us - they took up all the room,” she said.
“So that’s when we decided to make it bigger!
“We had my 70th birthday here and it was full. We had two caravans, three campervans and a motorhome parked here.”
Mrs Heijden said her husband, who was known as Bluey within the community, split his time between Dundee Beach and the farm in Victoria.
“He had two weeks of fun and two weeks of work,” she said.
“That worked well until Covid kept him in the Northern Territory while I was still working down south.
“That was the catalyst to sell the farm, for me to retire and for both of us to move up here permanently.”
Mrs Heijden said their original idea was to build a small house, but when friends and family came to visit it became obvious “the more room the better”.
“Sometimes the place looked like a B&B, with a caravan park attached!” she said.
“We enjoyed entertaining and sharing our good fortune with others”.
Mrs Heijden, who enjoys working within the community, said she enjoyed meeting new people from different places.
She said selling the property, on a 4950sqm block, was a “hard decision” however she could no longer maintain it on her own.
“I think this property would make a fantastic premier accommodation venue,” she said.
“It could also be used as a studio for workshops with accommodation, or maybe even the sheds could be utilised for charters and accommodation.
“On the other hand, an extended family may just fit the bill.”
