Tassie cabin promises pure bliss at the edge of the earth for $1.5m+

True bliss can often feel like a concept best reserved for a vision board, but the real thing can be experienced up close at The Headland, an eight-hectare property with an off-grid cabin nestled in a lush Tasmanian forest.

Located in Nubeena, a 90-minute drive south-east of Hobart, the self-sufficient property is on the market with a price guide of $1.5 million-plus.

Offers Over $1,500,000

863 Roaring Beach Road, Nubeena TAS 7184

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The cabin has been restored by the vendors, who have cultivated a reputation for creating a series of short-stay rentals in unlikely places – the type where visitors instantly drop their shoulders and exhale on arrival.

These destination escapes include The Little Black Shack in Great Mackerel Beach, Sydney, and The Little Onsen Cabins in the mountains of Japan’s Hokkaido island.

However, The Headland offers something the other two don’t: it has been used exclusively by the vendors, and this is the first time its magic is on offer to the public.

Listing agent Marnie Canvin of Wolf Property Tasmania says she has never experienced anything quite like The Headland, adding that the property’s remote location and the cabin’s charm are a winning combination.

Driving through the forest along the private 1.5 kilometre driveway is surreal, Canvin says.

“’Enchanting’ is really a lovely word to describe the feeling you get when you’re there,” she says.

Hop out of the car and a private sanctuary awaits, inviting visitors to soak up everything the eight-hectare property and its surrounds have to offer, from the views of Roaring Beach, Bruny Island and beyond.

“You feel renewed and refreshed,” Canvin says. “You really feel connected to nature, the fact that the property is off-grid means you can really disconnect.”

The self-sufficient day cabin sits among the trees and has been lovingly brought back to life using recycled materials by the vendors.

“The property has solar-power and back-up generator, a 2000 litre rainwater storage tank and a eco toilet,” Canvin says.

“The original cabin has been there for a long time, over the years the owners Jamie & Ingrid have enriched it, refitted it using reclaimed materials and relined it using local reclaimed timber.”

The result is a property that is at one with its surroundings, she adds. “The owners haven’t interfered with the landscape at all. [The property] connects with the environment and landscape so beautifully.”

Nestled within the lush forest above Roaring Beach on the Tasman Peninsula, the cabin is flanked by coastal reserves on its own private headland.

“You can hear the waves crashing, there are all different sorts of walks that you can do from the cabin,” Canvin says.

The headland is almost a secret and feels completely removed from the humdrum of city life, with only occasional wildlife spotted in the distance.

“The owners have never actually seen anyone on the coastal reserve,” Canvin says.

As for access to the beach? Just follow the secret track down to the water’s edge.

“There are little tracks that wind all the way down to the lagoon, you can continue to walk down and over the top of the sand dunes to the beach,” Canvin says.