First published 13 Nov 2026, 5:00am
The 60ha farming property at 204 Andersons Rd, Barrabool, has sold to a Melbourne buyer.
Former Geelong Cats champion Tom Hawkins and wife Emma have found a buyer for their Barrabool farm.
Contracts were signed for the Hawkins’ 60.08ha Andersons Rd property , outside Geelong, with Elders Geelong listing agent Peter Lindeman revealing it had sold close to its $4.5m guide.
Mr Lindeman said three potential buyers had made offers for the property, Strathmile, in the conjunctional campaign with Marshall White agent Simon O’Donnell.
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He said a Melbourne-based buyer had purchased the lifestyle property.
“They’ve got a country background and they’ve always wanted to get back into the country,” Mr Lindeman said.
In 2016, Mr Lindeman helped sell the property to the triple premiership Cat and his wife, who co-founded Homegrown Kids clothing label.
Emma and business partners Penny Brown, and Al Foster, announced last week they’d hit pause on the brand indefinitely.
The home’s custom infinity-edge pool is set on the side of the house with a view toward Mount Moriac.
The family moved to Melbourne at the start of the year with their daughters Arabella, 9, and Primrose, 7, and son Henry, 4.
Tom joined Fox Footy as an analyst and commentator at the end of 2024.
Mr Lindeman described Strathmile as an elite, turn-key rural holding that seamlessly blends modern living with 60ha of prime, heavy-carrying Barrabool Hills country.
“I think that property ticks a lot of boxes – It’s only five minutes to the ring road, and the access into Highton and Geelong and then further up the highway to Melbourne. It’s a pretty convenient location,” Mr Lindeman said.
The kitchen, dining and living area combined contemporary design with picture windows looking out the rural landscape.
“It’s probably a bit of a model farm for its size. It’s got a central laneway, and it’s very easy to handle livestock,” he added.
Mr Lindeman said he hoped the sale was a growing sign of positivity for the rural market.
“Three people put offers in, which is probably the first time in about 18 months that I’ve had three people offering them at the one time,” he said.
“It was a pretty good result in the current market,” he added.
Once part of a significant Barrabool grazing property, Strathlachlan Estate, the farm blends rural life and modern living in a four-bedroom house with panoramic views from almost every room.
The property has substantial farming infrastructure to run cattle.
The heart of the home is a kitchen and living hub where big picture windows look out over a 10m solar-heated, salt-chlorinated infinity edge pool to a patchwork of rolling green hills.
The kitchen has polished concrete benches, soft-close cabinetry, a large walk-in pantry, and a 900mm Falcon pyrolytic oven and gas cooktop.
Two guesthouse studios complement the home, while the property has significant farm infrastructure including a large machinery shed with concrete flooring, raised sheep pens and a shearing board; a hay shed and substantial cattle yards, 13 paddocks with shelter belts and a laneway system, along with six dams and a 270,000-litre tank supporting the house and pool.
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