The lighthouse property made famous by the classic ’90s children’s TV series Round the Twist could be yours, with the home recently listed for sale.
The impressive dwelling is located atop a picturesque cliff in Aireys Inlet, Victoria. A stone’s throw from Split Point Lighthouse, which was a centre point of Round the Twist, it has an asking price of $3.2 – $3.5 million.
WATCH NOW: Round the Twist theme song. Article continues after video.
This is the first time the property has been put on the market in 85 years.
New Idea has learned that one potential buyer has special ties to the home – its original cast member Frankie J.Holden!
RELATED || Round the Twist Richard Moir’s secret battle with Parkinsons Disease
Frankie played real-estate agent Harold Gribble in the first season of the show back in 1990. He tells us that he could be persuaded to put in an offer for the property.
“Now if I sold everything that I owned I might be able to muster that money up,” Frankie, 70, quips, “I’d have to sell everything…but I’m tempted to have a crack!”
Frankie speaks fondly of his time in Aireys Inlet. He remembers taking in the breathtaking ocean views during early mornings filming the beloved show.
“I do have very good memories of the lighthouse, it’s a beautiful part of the world and it’s a fantastic lighthouse,” Frankie tells New Idea.
“When I went back there, maybe five years ago, on a drive down the Great Ocean Road and we pulled up at the lighthouse, the memories came flooding back – particularly how beautiful it is.
While Frankie says Mr Gribble, who was later played by Mark Mitchell, was a “nasty, greedy, Scrooge-type man” on the surface, he does think he needs to be given credit.
“He obviously had a vision,” Frankie says with a laugh.
“And he could envision the day when a house in fictional Port Niranda would be worth millions!”
Sure to have no shortage of interested buyers, Great Ocean Properties Aireys Inlet director Marty Maher told realestate.com.au the home is in a “ripper spot”.
The three-bedroom house, located at 16 Federal Street, has been owned by the vendor’s family since 1937 when they also purchased the main lightkeeper’s cottage and another property and another property across the road.
“There’s a huge fascination with Round the Twist,” Marty said.
“And [the property] has such an iconic view, the photos don’t do it justice.”
The sale of the lighthouse-adjacent property comes soon after Round the Twist creator Paul Jennings’ former home at Warrnambool, Victoria, hit the market with a $1.1 – $1.2 million asking price.
The author lived at the 236 Merri Street property from 1992 to 2001. It was there he penned a number of his popular children’s books.
