'You don't have to worry about crocs': The Darwin house with a boomerang-shaped dam

Most verandahs extend out onto the garden, but at 330 Wright Road, Marrakai, it is enveloped by a boomerang-shaped dam, where fishing and kayaking are seconds from your living room.

Located on a sprawling 68-hectare natural bush block about a hour’s drive from south-east of Darwin, the four-bedroom property is drawing interest from buyers for its unique water feature.

$1,200,000

330 Wright Road, Marrakai NT 0822

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“The idea was to have a big entertaining deck looking out over the dam that’s quite a large … boomerang shape,” says agent Troy Sheehan from Call2View Real Estate. “They’ve got paddle boards and everything; you can go swimming in it. 

“It’s about four metres-plus deep from the verandah side, so you could jump right in there straight off the verandah if you wanted to.”

Besides the lifestyle and leisure the dam offers, it’s also been engineered to be relatively low maintenance.

“They designed the water flow so that, in the wet season, as water collects in the surrounding blocks, it’ll actually flow into the dam,” Sheehan says. “It flows out of the property as well, so it doesn’t overflow.”. 

The Marrakai region, which encompasses the Adelaide River and Mary River wetlands, is a known habitat for saltwater crocodiles, so the surrounding fences will come in handy.

The location gives the owner freedom without isolation, with shopping and other amenities also nearby at Humpty Doo and Palmerston. 

Beyond the property boundary, all the perks of living in northern Australia are close at hand. 

Sheehan says the property, which has a granny flat, a shed and a demountable as well as the house, will appeal to FIFO workers, as well as those looking for space to make the most of the Territory lifestyle.

“It’s pretty massive in the fishing space,” he says. “Just cruise around, find a little watering hole, or a bit of a creek that’s pretty shallow … and throw the rod in.

“We get plenty of barramundi, which everyone likes, but there are lots of other fish as well. 

“And there are only two seasons, so you don’t need any cold-weather gear.”