27 Barbarra St, Picnic Bay is a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom House with 1 parking spaces and was built in 2011. The property has a land size of 386m2 and floor size of 92m2. While the property is not currently for sale or for rent, it was last sold in November 2020.
This characterful home offers very generous living space, with bi-fold doors completely opening up the light airy interior to the L-shaped covered deck - a great house for entertaining!
Just 220m approx to the beach, the water is visible from the end of the driveway. The house is neatly set on the easy-care 386m2 block with a carport and yet there's still ample room for a pool and/or a third bedroom or office extension.
The house is built to capture the sea breeze beautifully so it is cool all year round, with screened louvres throughout. The curved roof and picture windows create a unique feel, quite different to the modern boxes usually built today. Wildlife flocks to the garden, with sunbirds, kookaburras, Ulysses butterflies all regular visitors thanks to the carefully selected natives.
The two bedrooms are both very generous in size and wonderfully light and cool with banks of louvres and high open ceilings for air flow and views of the gardens.
A fantastic holiday home, weekender, first home or retirement home, this easy-care low maintenance property will suit a lot of lifestyles.
A furniture package is available by negotiation for those looking for a furnished property.
Picnic Bay is known for its tranquil laidback atmosphere, sandy swimming beach, the old jetty which is great for fishing or a gentle stroll, 'Little Italy' restaurants, pub, golf club (complete with resident koala population) and a couple of spectacular lookouts just a short 15 minute walk in each direction. It's approx 5 minutes' drive to Nelly Bay ferry terminal, supermarkets, school and medical facilities and then a 25 minute ferry ride to the city of Townsville.
Contact Alex today to arrange a private inspection by appointment anytime.
Property Code: 1133
The size of Picnic Bay is approximately 4.1 square kilometres. It has 5 parks covering nearly 77.8% of total area. The population of Picnic Bay in 2016 was 291 people. By 2021 the population was 367 showing a population growth of 26.1% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Picnic Bay is 60-69 years. Households in Picnic Bay are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1400 - $1799 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Picnic Bay work in a professional occupation.In 2021, 60.10% of the homes in Picnic Bay were owner-occupied compared with 50.30% in 2016.
Picnic Bay has 383 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Picnic Bay have seen a 102.10% increase in median value, while Units have seen a 77.35% increase. As at 30 November 2025:
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