From the top of Wickham Reserve, Jeremy and Stacy could sit on horseback in the bush and look across to Brisbane’s skyscrapers.
The nearest horse gate was about half a kilometre from their five-acre property at 101–107 Condamine Drive, allowing them to saddle up at home and ride directly into the trails.
“We had the luxury of just being able to ride from home,” Stacy said.
That freedom came to define the life they built in Logan Village: part horse property, part family gathering place and, above all, a retreat from the working week.
“It was just peaceful. It was tranquil. It just felt relaxing,” Stacy said.
“It just felt like a little oasis.”
Jeremy and Stacy recalled seeing deer, koalas and wallabies pass through, while magpies, butcherbirds and kookaburras became familiar visitors.
“We do get a lot of birds. There are a lot of native animals actually in the area as well,” Stacy said.
The oasis was as much made as found.
The house began with three bedrooms.
Jeremy, a former builder, and Stacy opened the wall beside the carport to enlarge the lounge, dining and kitchen areas.
They added two bedrooms, an office, a garage and workshop and a 15-by-nine-metre covered entertaining area.
Beyond its walls, they divided the land into four paddocks, built two stables with day yards and threaded riding paths and obstacles through the trees.
“We could just unwind from our week of work,” Stacy said.
“We had little paths all through the trees and obstacles to go over, go under and that sort of thing. We loved doing that.”
The nearby Wickham and Plunkett bushland offered longer adventures.
One route climbed to a little-known lookout over Brisbane’s skyline.
“You just sit there and you’re looking at the city, and you’re in the middle of this bush sitting on top of a hill looking at Brisbane City,” Jeremy said.
“It’s a magnificent ride.”
Occasionally, the adventure came from missing a turn.
“You take a wrong turn and then you have an experience, because we’ve done that as well,” Jeremy said.
Back at Condamine Drive, the outdoor area hosted family Christmases and their daughter’s 21st, when friends camped around a bonfire.
Even the journey home brought a sense of release.
“Once you get out past the river and onto Logan–Waterford Road, you can start to unwind from there,” Jeremy said.
“Everything’s kind of just flowing. There are no traffic lights.
“In that aspect, it’s lovely as well.”
Weekends opened towards the mountains.
“We used to like going up to Tamborine Mountain just for a lunch trip, or Canungra. Those areas are really nice to go for a day visit,” Stacy said.
Jeremy said the surrounding back roads made the journey part of the escape and a way to skip the traffic.
“You just disappear through the hills and away you go,” he said.
“You pop out through the mountain and go home. It’s lovely.”
Yet their most enduring rituals were quieter.
“We just like to be able to just sit out the back, have a fire and just relax of an evening, have a few drinks,” Stacy said.
Stacy said they would miss sitting outside on Fridays, looking across the land and listening to the birds.
“It was lovely,” she said.
“It was our happy place.”
Stacy and Jeremy’s “little oasis” is now listed for sale through Brad Johnston and Renée White of Harcourts Property Centre.
