Set at the base of Mount Victoria in East Warburton, with the Yarra River forming its eastern boundary, Iona is an exceptional 11-acre rural holding offering privacy, security, beauty and genuine self-sufficiency — all within approximately one hour and twenty minutes of Melbourne’s CBD in off-peak conditions.
Approached via a sealed country road and private gravel drive, the property opens onto broad, uninterrupted views of forest and mountain. With no neighbour encroachment, mature trees, flowing pasture and open sky, Iona feels both expansive and protected, offering a sense of calm that is immediate and enduring.
The land is well balanced. The eastern section is largely flat and fertile, while the western portion rises gently to provide uninterrupted views to Mount Victoria and the surrounding national park forest. Rich Devonian red soils support established vegetable gardens, an enclosed orchard, and ornamental plantings, making the property ideal for productive, organic growing.
Water security is a defining feature. Infrastructure includes a 20,000-litre rainwater reserve tank, a 500,000-litre uphill spring-fed dam with registered easement access, gravity-fed supply to a secondary continuously replenished 20,000-litre storage tank, filtered pump-fed delivery to the house, and extensive reticulation and sprinkler systems. High-pressure gravity-fed roof sprinklers and perimeter fire hoses provide reassurance and practical fire preparedness.
The substantial timber residence, originally built in the 1960s and comprehensively extended and renovated in 2017, offers six bedrooms and four bathrooms with generous living areas suited to both everyday life and entertaining. Heating and cooling are layered and comprehensive, including wood-fired heating, gas-fired under-floor ducted heating and reverse-cycle air conditioning. The home is fully insulated, largely double glazed, supported by solar electricity generation and an emergency petrol generator.
Iona is exceptionally well equipped for storage, creation and independence. A large concrete-floored shed houses a cooled wine cellar (2,000+ bottle capacity), cooled winery space, workshop facilities and extensive storage. Additional infrastructure includes multiple sheds, machinery storage, enclosed garages, a double garage adjacent to the house and a substantial woodshed. Comfortable guest accommodation makes the property a natural place for gatherings of family and friends. Just five kilometres from shops, schools and medical services, yet feeling far removed from urban pressure, Iona offers a rare balance of privacy without isolation, productivity without burden, and proximity without compromise.
Iona is not simply a rural property. It is an opportunity to live more quietly, more fully, and more deliberately — in a place of enduring beauty, resilience and peace.
