Fact File
Size
167.8 hectare site (plus a 3.42 hectare park reserve already created)
Location
Adjacent to Bundaberg Regional Airport on the western outskirts of town, approximately 4 kilometres from central Bundaberg
Local Government
Bundaberg City Council
Commencement of sales
Kensington Lakes is being developed in stages
- Commercial Industry lots in the Johanna Boulevard area are now selling (contact John Fidden at John Fidden Real Estate ph 07 4153-6444, mob 0418 798 618 johnfidden@jfre.com.au, or Tom Ahmet ph 07 4152-1122, tom.a@mccolms.com.au or http://www.mccolms.com.au/)
- Commercial Industry airside access lots available for sale by about mid 2007
- Residential (including those with airside access), retail, and business lots available in 2008
Development period
Over at least than 10 years
Total residential allotments
Approximately 600 residential lots in total, including approximately 100 airpark lots (average size of 1038 m2) with direct air access via a communal taxiway to the main runway of Bundaberg Airport; remainder of lots for conventional dwellings, townhouses, low rise, and apartment units.
Business uses
- Integral village shopping and community centre (total approx 3,000 m2)
- Business airpark (approx 5.8 hectares - lots average about 3,500 m2)
- To the north a range of showroom, commercial industry, and light industry uses (35 hectares)
Estimated population
Approximately 1,500 people will live at Kensington Lakes; approximately 90,000 people live in Bundaberg regional area.
Employment
Bundaberg is the service centre for a regional population of approximately 90,000 people. This is forecast to grow to 120,000 in the next 15 years. A full cross section of economic activity, commerce and industry exist including a significant recreational aircraft industry
Open Space
Approximately 20% of the site will be set aside for open space, parks, lakes and canals, and sporting facilities. There will be a major focus on landscaping, water, pathways, and green spaces
Education
There are currently 23 private and public schools in Bundaberg including Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and Seventh Day Adventist campuses.
The Bundaberg campus of the Central Queensland University is situated 2 kilometres from Kensington. The Wide Bay TAFE campus is 3 kilometres away.
Community facilities
Theatres, cinemas, churches, sporting and special interest clubs abound in Bundaberg and region
City centre
Kensington Lakes is very conveniently located to the region's premier shopping and business centres
- Sugarland regional shopping centre is 1 kilometre to the north
- Bourbong Street and Bundaberg’s CBD (incorporating most national and regional chains) about 4 kilometres to the north-east
Tourism
The region offers a wide range of tourism and leisure options, including:
- 15 kilometres to Coral Coast beaches
- Mon Repos - a conservation park with the largest concentration of nesting sea turtles on the eastern Australian coastline - is about 20 min drive from Kensington
- Lady Elliott Island, one of only three island resorts on the Great Barrier Reef with direct flight access to the island airstrip (52 nautical miles north-east by air) - swim, snorkel or dive
- daily reef cruises to Lady Musgrave Island at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef - swim, snorkel, scuba dive, camp
- world heritage-listed Fraser Island a short drive, cruise or flight away (50 nautical miles south-east)
