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Cawarra at 192 Main Creek Rd, Arthurs Seat, is for sale via expressions of interest.
Horse racing identity Rod Lyons and wife Marie are selling their Arthurs Seat acreage where 2004 Melbourne Cup third-placer Zazzman retired.
Lyons was a managing part-owner in now-retired thoroughbred Nature Strip, who was twice named Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and won the world’s richest turf race — The Everest – offering a $6.2m first prize in 2021.
Lyons’ other horses have included 2004 Goodwood Handicap and Doomben 10,000 winner Super Elegant, 2016 Stradbroke Handicap victor Under The Louvre and 2020 Grand Annual winner Ablaze.
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The Lyons have lived at the 3.29ha property named Cawarra, meaning “paradise found”, for two decades.
Located at 192 Main Creek Rd, the home includes a five-bedroom country-style house featuring a replica English pub with beer on tap, inspired the time Lyons and Marie have spent in UK and Irish taverns while visiting relatives overseas.
Racing memorabilia decorates the space.
“It is a great place to celebrate and also drown your sorrows,” Lyons said.
The gardens include a fountain and sculpture.
Trainer Tony Vasil with thoroughbred Oceanographer’s part-owner Rod Lyons and jockey Ray Douglas after winning the 2014 Balnarring Cup.
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The replica English pub has racing memorabilia and trophies on display.
Prominent visitors have included Australian Racing Hall of Famer Chris Waller and Ascot Racecourse’s director of racing and public affairs Nick Smith.
Extended family and friends have enjoyed many events at Cawarra which boasts a spa, sauna and solar-heated pool close to an “indoor/outdoor room” with automated blinds.
“My favourite place is sitting on the deck overlooking the pool and watching sunsets with Marie,” Lyons said.
The property, which also hosted the wedding of Marie’s niece, has a built-in barbecue and wood-fired pizza oven outdoors.
The kitchen is equipped with a freestanding Falcon gas and electric oven, integrated fridge and an adjoining butler’s kitchen.
The Lyons’ grandchildren enjoy camping on the sprawling property.
Views of the pool and garden.
A temperature-controlled wine tasting room and cellar, barn, vegetable garden and orchard are among the other highlights while a separate cottage and self-contained studio provide space for guests.
Lyons said Marie’s father had the idea of planting a vineyard which is named “Arthur’s Vineyard” in his honour.
Next to a picnic gazebo is the trout-stocked dam where the Lyons’ grandchildren enjoy fishing competitions with their 11-year-old granddaughter the current champion.
All kinds of animals are welcome at Cawarra, which also has a chook house and fenced paddocks.
The “indoor/outdoor” entertaining area features automatic blinds.
There’s sunshine and green hills aplenty.
Following his retirement, Zazzman lived on-site for a time before going to a new owner.
“He had a little friend, a pony named Hippo, he wouldn’t go anywhere without that pony,” Lyons recalled.
A long driveway leads to the a sculpture and fountain outside the main residence.
Inside, the kitchen has a freestanding Falcon gas and electric oven and an adjoining butler’s kitchen containing a second stove and sink.
Lyons added that he and Marie had “loved every minute” of living at Cawarra but were downsizing.
“It will be a very, very sad day when we drive out the gate,” he said.
A freestanding clawfooted bathtub in one of the five bathrooms.
A separate cottage and self-contained studio are among the many features.
Marshall White Flinders director Stephen Baster described the property as “like a Camberwell or Malvern home will beautiful views”.
Cawarra is for sale with a $6.3m-$6.8m asking range.
Expressions of interest close March 12.
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