A 7.8ha Logan Village acreage property is being marketed for its space, dual access and future potential, with a legal address tied to one of the area’s biggest Second World War stories.
The property is listed as 119 Rose Farm Lane, Logan Village, but its legal address is 656-660 Camp Cable Road — linked to the former Camp Cable military camp between Logan Village and Tamborine.
The listing, through Place Purpose Group, describes the property as a three bedroom, one bathroom, two car house on about 7.8ha of cleared, usable land.
It says the existing house has been renovated, with fresh interiors, open living spaces and a functional layout.
In the listing, selling agent Zoe Anderson says the property features “a newly renovated original residence alongside expansive cleared land with dual access to Camp Cable Road”.
“Acreage opportunities with dual access, usable land, and future potential of this calibre are exceptionally rare within Logan Village and surrounding areas,” she said.
“This property provides the perfect foundation to bring your vision to life.”
But the Camp Cable Road address also gives the acreage a historical connection beyond the usual.
Camp Cable was built during the Second World War as a training base for the United States 32nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Division.
The road’s name traces back to Sergeant Gerald Cable, an American serviceman killed when his ship was torpedoed before reaching the camp that would later carry his name.
The camp stretched south from Logan Village towards Tamborine, with its main area and divisional headquarters located near Waterford-Tamborine Road, just west of its intersection with Camp Cable Road.
Camp Cable Road was built by American forces as part of wartime infrastructure, linking the camp area with Jimboomba while also sealing the road between Tamborine and Logan Village and upgrading local culverts and bridges.
Camp Cable was a major wartime site, with 35,000 soldiers stationed there, a railway siding built at Logan Village and large igloo-style buildings used to store and handle supplies.
The camp was also visited by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1943.
Corporal Clarence Jungwirth, of Company H, 127th Infantry, later recalled soldiers were given days to clean the camp before the visit.
“With much grumbling we tried to fix the camp up like new to the point of putting tents up over the garbage cans,” he recalled.
“On the day of Eleanor’s visit, the camp was spic and span as she roared thru the camp in a black limousine.
“Very few of us caught a glimpse of her. We often wondered if she ever noticed the tents over the garbage cans.”
The camp also left a cultural trace.
The Library of Congress records a song called Once upon a midnite as having been written at Camp Cable in March 1943 for the show Here we go again, later produced at Brisbane’s Theatre Royal in July and August 1944.
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