Prominent pastoral family’s $5.5m Balinese-inspired Magnetic Island retreat hits market

Lotus House at 20-21 Pacific Drive, Horseshoe Bay A Balinese-inspired holiday house on Magnetic Island that is owned by a prominent pastoral family and boasts 5-star reviews is on the market for $5.5 million. 20-21 Pacific Drive, Horseshoe Bay, is listed for $5.5m Set across two beachfront titles, publicly available property records show the oceanfront retreat – a world away from the dust of the outback – is owned by Richard and Robyn Simmons of the Simmons Cattle Company. It is absolute beachfront The Clermont-based operation owns various vast multimillion-dollar grazing properties across Mount Coolon, Mount Wyatt, Lilyvale, Pentland and Pasha, as well as a holiday unit in Cooee Bay. But they have listed their stunning absolute beachfront holiday house at 20-21 Pacific Drive, Horseshoe Bay, with various short-term accommodation sites putting a single night at anywhere from over $1300 to over $4000. The outdoor entertaining areas overlook the Coral Sea Described as an “exclusive romantic getaway in the tropics”, the property is called Lotus House and is listed with Harcourts Kingsberry Townsville agent Margaret Hill. The pool “Set directly on the sands of Horseshoe Bay, Lotus House...