Great Ocean Road Real Estate Marathon 2011 Course Record Smashed.

Kenyan James Kipkelwon smashed the course record in winning the seventh Great Ocean Road Real Estate International Marathon from Lorne to Apollo Bay last Sunday.

Kipkelwon, 32, clocked 2hours 27mins 42secs on the 45.2km twisting, hilly trek to break Mark Tucker’s 2010 milestone by more than two minutes.

Kenyans snared the first three placings after setting a cracking early pace in overcast, near-perfect marathon-running conditions.

Best-placed Australian in the Great Ocean Road Real Estate-sponsored event was Melbourne’s Magnus Michelsson who battled into fourth place in 2:40:06 after suffering a hamstring strain at the half-way mark.

Geelong’s Natalie Mensch, wife of former Geelong footballer David Mensch, won the women’s section in 3:20:17.

The event attracted more than 3,500 contestants from 15 countries.

Event winner James Kipkelwon centre.

60% SOLD

With a strong marketing campaign and excellent exposure through our key marketing strategies, Dolphin Cove in Cawood Street, Apollo Bay has now sold 12 out of the 20 allotments. This has been achieved in 4 weeks. The quick and strong market response comes from some feature marketing in The Age, combined with our strong web presence and distribution of our glossy property guide – which is distributed throughout the Geelong Region, Bellarine, Surf Coast and Otway’s with over 42,000 copies distributed free every week – the market impact speaks for itself.

Our lift outs and high resolution prints, stands our vendor out over and above all our competitors. Both the Surf Coast Times and the glossy property guide positions our vendors’ properties as second to none and at a consistent cost competitors will not match. Pick up your free Surf Coast Times, carrying our property guide lift outs in a range of locations, and all our offices along the coast.

AUCTION THIS WEEKEND
1 Price Street TORQUAY Saturday 13th of Nov @ 2:00 pm

Open houses this weekend

AIREYS INLET
Saturday 13th November
11:00am – 11:45am 6 Narani Way, Fairhaven
12:00pm – 12:30pm 1/41 Hartley Street, Aireys Inlet
1:00pm – 1:30pm 12 Ridge Road, Fairhaven
2:00pm – 2:30pm 1 Anderson Street, Aireys Inlet
3:00pm – 3:30pm 56 Boyd Avenue Moggs Creek
Sunday 14th November
11:00am – 11:45am 6 Narani Way, Fairhaven
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1 Berthon Street, Aireys Inlet
2:00pm – 2:30pm 1 Anderson Street, Aireys Inlet

APOLLO BAY
Saturday 13th November
11:00am – 12:00pm 3/273 Great Ocean Road, Apollo Bay
1:00pm – 2:00pm 615 Hordern Vale Road Adams & Marriners Track
Sunday 14th November
1:00pm – 2:00pm 615 Hordern Vale Road Adams & Marriners Track

LORNE
Saturday 13th November
11:30am – 12:00pm 23 Pennyroyal Valley Road, Deans Marsh

TORQUAY
Saturday 13th November
11:00am – 11:30am 20 Lahinch Mews, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 2 Ocean Outlook, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 1 Price Street, Torquay
Sunday 13th November
11:00am – 11:30am 2/45 Boston Road, Torquay
12:00pm – 12:30pm 2 Gleneagles Close, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street, Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street, Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14 Rosedale Drive, Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 2/153 The Esplanade, Torquay

Forthcoming Auctions
615 Hordern Vale Road (Cape Otway) APOLLO BAY Sun 28th of Nov @ 1:00 pm
2/615 Hordern Vale Road (Cape Otway) APOLLO BAY Sun 28th of Nov @ 1:00 pm
4/615 Hordern Vale Road (Cape Otway) APOLLO BAY Sun 28th of Nov @ 1:00 pm
6/615 Hordern Vale Road (Cape Otway) APOLLO BAY Sun 28th of Nov @ 1:00 pm
3/273 Great Ocean Road APOLLO BAY Saturday 4th of Dec @ 1:00 pm
109A/35 Mountjoy Parade LORNE Sat 11th of Dec @ 1:00 pm
105/35 Mountjoy Parade LORNE Sat 11th of Dec @ 1:30 am
11 Seaward Way TORQUAY Saturday 20th of Nov @ 11:00 am
2 Ocean Outlook TORQUAY Saturday 4th of Dec @ 1:00 pm

See you in Our Backyard.

The Real Estate Institute of Victoria has released figures showing median prices in regional Victoria over the past year increasing by 29% in some areas and plunging by almost 8% in others.

The year’s biggest winner was the Surf Coast Shire, which had a median price increase of 29% to $600,000. According to this month’s Herron Todd White Westpac property report, prices for vacant land in regional Victoria remain strong, due to a lack of supply and increase in demand.

Open Houses this weekend

LORNE
Saturday 14th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 5B Richardson Boulevard Lorne
1:00pm – 1:30pm 14A Charles Street Lorne

TORQUAY
Saturday 14th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 14 Rosedale Drive Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1540 Anglesea Road Bellbrae
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3 Nestor Court Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 3A Nestor Court Torquay

Sunday 15th August
12:00pm – 12:30pm 7 Loch Lomond Crescent Torquay
1:00pm – 1:30pm 1 Longshore Street Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 25 Longshore Street Torquay
1:00pm – 5:00pm 27 Longshore Street Torquay
2:00pm – 2:30pm 8 Watersun Road Jan Juc

Keep in touch.