Watch the whales from your new home in Slade Point
Question: How many houses in Mackay have ocean views that enable you to watch whales migrating past?
Answer: Not many and here is your opportunity to buy or rent two properties in Slade Point that overlook the ocean and the whales swimming past.
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For sale
This gently sloping 736m2 elevated block with uninterrupted views of the Coral Sea is the perfect blank canvas for your dream waterfront property.
Located within walking distance of Lamberts Beach lookout, the sandy beaches of Slade Point and the Seabreeze Hotel.
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For rent
Just a stone’s throw from the beach, this charming Queenslander has ocean views everywhere you look.
Imagine watching whales from your bedroom or basking in the cool south easterly breezes on the large balcony.
Fully-furnished, this house is ready and waiting to become your home.
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Slade Point
A suburb of Mackay, Slade Point is a coastal town on the peninsular 8km north of Mackay’s CBD.
With five parks, kilometres of pristine coastline and sandy white beaches, about 3,400 lucky people call Slade Point home.
Currently, the median sales price in Slade Point is $348,000, a 22.1 per cent jump from $285,000 last year and the highest annual growth of all Mackay suburbs, according to the REIQ’s Quarterly Monthly Monitor report for June.
Slade Point is home to a popular pub, Seabreeze Hotel; Slade Point Reserve, a 73 hectare conservation with one the last remaining paperbark wetlands and coastal dunes areas in the region and a water tower painted with a whale theme because Lamberts Lookout is an ideal vantage point to watch passing whales during migration season.
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Whale migration season
From June to November, whales migrating north swim past Mackay, delighting locals and visitors alike as they frolic in the clear turquoise waters of the Coral Sea.
There are several places you can watch the whales cruising past, from Lamberts Lookout to Hay Point Lookout, Eimeo Pacific Hotel and Campwin Beach Lookout.
Each year, eyes are peeled for one very special whale, Migaloo, the white whale.
Affectionately known as our humpback sweetheart, Migaloo is an icon, his migration the reason for many people coming to Queensland in a hope to catch sight of this rare white whale.
According to Queensland Tourism, here’s three quick Migaloo facts you might not have known.
1. He is a 30-something-year-old bachelor
It is estimated Miagloo was born in 1986, making him a 30-something-year-old adult male humpback. He was first spotted migrating north in 1991 and since then has become somewhat of a celebrity, his journey north from the freezing waters of Antartica attracting many to Australia’s coastline in the hope of catching a glimpse of him.
2. His is only one of a handful
Scientists are unsure if Migaloo is a true albino or if he is leucistic because of his hypo-pigmentation and brown eyes.
But what they do know is Migaloo’s colouring is rare. Not only was he the first white whale ever sighted but there have only been three or four other white whales spotted since.
3. He is a protected whale
Under Queensland and Commonwealth Government legislation, no vessel is allowed to get within 500m of Migaloo.
Migaloo is currently swimming past Macky’s coastline, so now is the perfect time to drive up to Slade Point and check out the block for sale and house for rent and see if you can spot him from Lamberts Lookout.
