“A colourful beach shack perched on top of a hill, looking out to uninterrupted ocean views… A mystical meeting of beach and bush."
The Australian surfer Ozzie Wright, and musician wife Mylee, have listed for rent the holiday spread they bought for $1.5 million in 2019, a dreamy beach shack on a quarter-acre of pristine national park dirt in Broadwater, seven hours north of Sydney, one hour south of Byron.
The sale came with a DA to bulldozer the old joint (“Build your dream beach house”) but Oz and Mylee have dressed it up in Classic Ozzie style, art on the walls, painted curtain dividers ‘tween bedrooms, couches covered in wild upholstery, a guitar in a corner.
You wouldn’t have heard of Broadwater; it’s one of those towns you burn through along the Pacific Highway on the way from Sydney to Byron. Ain’t much there, you got the Richmond river, there’s a 150-year-old sugar mil that’s closed to the public, a pretty cafe operating out of an old Catholic church, ’bout it.
The national park is the town’s jewel, ten-thousand acres of coastal heath and wetlands and eight clicks of mostly empty beach.
And, here you’ll find Oz and Mylee’s Happy Sun House, which is, as per the listing, “a colourful beach shack perched on top of a hill, looking out to uninterrupted ocean views… A mystical meeting of beach and bush. A cosy and rustic shack not without things we love like, luxury linen sheets and a fully equipped kitchen… A truly blissful beach shack experience. A place where the sun hits the walls in a most beautiful way. An intentional space to disconnect from the modern world and reconnect to your creativity, gently allowing nature to ground down a busy mind.”
Five hundred bucks a night, if you want in, with a fifteen percent discount if you book for a week. A cleaning cost and service fee on top of that. Think four gees or thereabouts for a week in a little slice of Australian heaven.
Mediocrity pays… Quote Lost co-founder Mike Reola ” It’s a little bothersome that we have friends with more musical talent with more artistic abilities, friends with better surfing skills, friends with better aerial skills, all of whom were broke. It just didn’t seem right. No one wants to see someone holding onto their sponsorship or making it based on three mediocre talents. It’s like bumping Le Bron from the cover of Sports Illustrated and instead showing a model from a boy-band dunking a ball.”
You’d think for the price you’d get an open-air shitter with a prime view of the beach and a pair of binoculars to spot the noahs with.
Prob sharkiest spot in NSW too
the real tragedy is how Voltcom paid ozzy so much money he could afford this house without ever having to work..
I appreciate the wright family has suffered some shithouse finical advice ( sorted in court).
But a penthouse? Over the Broadwater close out shark central for $500 a night?
A fool and his money…hey
This guy was Beach Grit Property Listings before there was a Beach Grit Property Listings. https://youtu.be/0YM9Ereg2Zo
Kind of like modern day San Clemente that tried to pass a law banning rentals to undocumented immigrants. “They can work in our restaurants, take care of our spoiled brats and clean our homes. They just can’t live here.”
A mate of mine whose been living in the Byron Bay hinterland for a million years had Liam Hemsworth (AKA “Discount Hemsworth”) move in next door to him – his place is now worth twice as much!
Potential GWS nursery out the front actually. Was kinda bummed to see another northern rivers gem go to Sydney crew. Nothing is sacred anymore. I think you’re calling is at Domain Dez
spending a lot of time in suffolk lately….gotta charge the high price to be in coolsville.
He’s FUCKING TRIPPING if he’s pricing it as such. Oh wait…he’s literally tripping. It’d be cool and funny and trippy and all, but…watch what follows with this exorbitant ask-of-a-price. Or don’t watch, cuz you already know and have seen first-hand: VALcroachment ensues
ozzy is just a smart nick carroll. sells out , but for real, actual currency. nick’s volcom contract would be one t-shirt and a pair of socks
Are all Aussie surfers married to Aussie musicians I’ve never heard of?
$500 a night to stay in a house decorated like a daycare centre. Fark, if you paid that you’d probably deserve the chomping you’d receive from the areas locals.
Fuck. Think of all the dollars I wasted on not charging all those girls I took on surf trips camping in the back of my HR wagon. Instead of feeding them and being nice for those moments when I wasn’t chasing waves, I could have been making coin while selling the ‘authentic getting back to nature, creativity channeling trip to th inner sanctum of Australia’s east coast’.
All I got was ear bashing and a million hours looking through weird country op-shops…
4 grand will get me a month in Oaxaca. This includes: airfare, car rental, a house with pool and ac, all the arrechera, huachinango and ceviche we could eat. Beer and mezcal. Warm water and no sharks. I don’t even care that the rental property is used to launder cartel money. In Nicaragua we could get an even longer stay but the food is not as good and the internet is crappier.
And Nica’ is always unstable.
Nica is the best
Sure you don’t want to find 12 likeminded friends and rent out the goat ranch for a day? Tachi palace probably has decent accommodations and I imagine the meth is world class
Is the tub 4 grand a day? I might go 400 or 500 for the experience….and at least 15-20 waves. I could stay at my moms house in Fresno for free!
That’s why you need the 12 friends I think it’s around 50,000 a day.
$4K in Oaxaca and only a month?!?!?!?!?!?!?! My brother you’ve WAY overspent.
Creature comforts. In my early 20s I could deal with fans and mosquito nets. Now I like AC, huge pool and the zapotec couple that makes us amazing breakfasts. They are also the source for all the latest gossip local gossip.
Nice work! Support the locals, right. tell everyone because it’s no secret so why would i not talk about it. We need more ppl like you spreading the word about surfing !
Off the grid? Fine as long as there’s decent wifi.
Is the .5 million for the close up view of pointers as you surf every day?
DR -honest Q: Sharks in the water there…? Bc looks perfect
You would think Ozzy would be campaigning for a cull cos his house would probably triple in value.
I think, over the last two years, Byron-mania etc, close to two-and-a-half now. Maneaters or no.
Very Sharky. North to Ballina and it’s record of bites, south to Evans head where Craig Ison was bitten.
Oz and Mylee even wrote sharky song! https://vimeo.com/79157484
her voice is as good as ozzy’s brushstrokes….
Yeah, there’s Whites around.
Does the listing include the nearest hospital for if/when you get attacked by a shark out front?
Was wondering. That bad there?
Worse. It’s got a heavy vibe.
Nearest proper hospital is probably Lismore. But you would get shuttled between a few clinics on the way.
No leg still smiling kit recommended. https://beachgrit.com/2019/…
500?
Does that include his missus?
You get a discount for her.
Sings like an angel. https://vimeo.com/79157484
I really like Ozzy. He is a nice guy. But his wife is not a good singer and this song is pretty crap in general.
Idk did you Oscar?