Hook a house, a business and a giant barra

HERE is your chance to hook quite possibly the world’s biggest barra — and own a North Queensland icon.

Just about every visitor to Daintree Village has posed for a photograph in front of the giant barramundi sculpture at The Big Barramundi Gardens.

Now you can own it.

The property, which is located at 12 Stewart St, is on the market for $499,000 negotiable, after the price was dropped by $70,000.

For the price of an average Brisbane home, you get a three-bedroom house, a restaurant with seating for 80 people, a workshop, a gallery and a tourist shop.

And all of that is situated on a 789sq m block.

“The Big Barramundi Gardens, located in the funky little Daintree Village, was originally a settlement built by timber cutters in the 1870s,” the listing says.

“Today low-impact tourism alongside sustainable cattle and tropical fruit-farming in the beautiful valleys beyond, form the lifeblood of this laid-back little township with all it’s charm of yesteryear.”

The house consists of three large bedrooms with built-in wardrobes but is need of some “creative DIY and a lick of paint”.

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he restaurant has stone and wood tables and offers alfresco dining. It serves ridgy-didge Aussie dishes using crocodile, kangaroo and barramundi.

Ray White Port Douglas agent Jenna Chamberlain said the big barra was a popular attraction for visitors to the region.

“People travel to North Queenland to hook a barra so here is your chance,” she said.