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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Eyewear moguls Linda and Allen Hammond have put their contemporary home in Coopers Shoot in the Byron Shire on the market with a price guide of $13.5 million to $14.5 million.<\/p>\n Linda is the founder, designer and chief executive officer of sunglasses business Otra Eyewear, and before that co-founded another sunglasses company, Quay Australia, with her husband Allen. They sold Quay Australia to a US private equity firm for an undisclosed sum in 2016.<\/p>\n Quay Australia has collaborated with numerous A-listers including Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton and Chrissy Teigen. It launched in 2004 at the Falls Festival in Melbourne, Victoria.<\/p>\n Linda and Allen\u2019s son Zak later joined the brand, and by 2009 it had entered the global market.<\/p>\n Linda said they have decided to sell the home as they have another property on the Gold Coast. \u201cIt\u2019s a lock and leave as we spend most of our year travelling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Related Article Records show the Hammonds purchased the existing dwelling on the site for $2,085,000 in 2016, which they then knocked down, enlisting Zaher Architects to design a stunning four-bedroom, two-bathroom build over two levels.<\/p>\n Approved DA plans lodged with council in 2019 reveal works with an estimated cost of $2,677,860. The existing pool was retained, and three sculptural feature staircases were included in the design, along with timber-lined ceilings and Italian porcelain tiles.<\/p>\n Leisure zones include a gym, pool, Japanese-style bath, fire pit and balconies with hinterland and coastal views extending to Lennox Head.<\/p>\n The NSW North Coast\u2019s house price record was broken in 2023 when the Coopers Shoot hinterland home of Tom and Emma Lane, of the Oroton fashion empire family, sold for $33.65 million. The buyer was a company in which tech entrepreneur Ben Bray, co-founder of Nakatomi, and architect Grace de Rome are listed as directors.<\/p>\n The luxury farmhouse on 48 hectares with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms is complete with a mineral-based infinity pool and spa, an infrared sauna, gym, fire pit, macadamia grove and stable area.<\/p>\n Will Phillips and Denzil Lloyd of Byron Bay Sotheby\u2019s International Realty are accepting expressions of interest for the Hammonds\u2019 residence.<\/p>\n Author lists Centennial Park home Award-winning author Libby Hathorn has listed her Centennial Park home in Sydney with a buyer\u2019s guide of $11.5 million as she looks to downsize locally.<\/p>\n Hathorn has written more than 80 books for children, young adults and adult readers, and her young adult novel Thunderwith was made into a movie called The Echo of Thunder, starring Judy Davis.<\/p>\n Hathorn\u2019s accomplishments include The Lady Cutler Award in 2020 for distinguished services to Australian children\u2019s literature and a Centenary Medal in 2003 for work in children\u2019s literature.<\/p>\n The circa 1924 property, purchased by Hathorn and her late husband John Hathorn, has been offered to the market for the first time in 45 years. There is a main residence, a one-bed cottage and loft studio, with a total of seven bedrooms and four bathrooms.<\/p>\n Approved DA plans lodged with council over the years reveal $99,000 worth of alterations and additions and a replaced tile roof for $40,000.<\/p>\n The main residence has high ornate ceilings, parquetry floors, timber architraves, bold feature walls and leadlight windows. There is a grand formal dining and living zone, a marble kitchen, sunroom and landscaped gardens.<\/p>\n Maclay Longhurst and Robert Le of Sydney Sotheby\u2019s International Realty are selling the home and an auction has been scheduled for October.<\/p>\n Former advertising bigwig to offload residence <\/p>\n Retired ad executive Peter Hamilton and his wife Christine have put their grand Southern Highlands home on the market with a price guide of $12 million.<\/p>\n Peter was an esteemed ad executive, with roles including worldwide executive vice president and regional director for Asia-Pacific at McCann Erickson, which is now called McCann.<\/p>\n Records show the couple purchased the address in Fitzroy Falls for $460,000 in 2001, and Peter\u2019s time working abroad in New York\u2019s Manhattan inspired the design for the five-bedroom, five-bathroom house which they built from scratch.<\/p>\n Across 100 acres of countryside, the rural estate features American Georgian architecture, a style known for its symmetry and classical entryways. There are wraparound verandahs, a pool, and a gym that could be made into an office.<\/p>\n Related Article Christine was an avid horse rider and so ample equestrian areas were included, such as stabling, tack and feed facilities, and a sand arena.<\/p>\n The couple also own another property on the same street in Fitzroy Falls, a slightly smaller one on 75 acres with a three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence, which is on the market with a price guide of $3.2 million through the same listing agent.<\/p>\n Their other properties outside the Southern Highlands are a property in Sydney\u2019s Mosman and one in Queensland\u2019s Noosa.<\/p>\n The Southern Highlands residences are being sold by Elizabeth O\u2019Brien of Atlas Southern Highlands.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ec6cc0415879b2dbce06da3f7d03a8de1a1a88f4.jpeg\")
The co-founders of Quay Australia have put their architecturally designed home in the Byron Shire on the market. <\/p>\n![\"Linda](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ca6155a08255dd5c5a3a7fbd472c22cdd8dd250b.jpeg\")
Linda Hammond, who sold Quay Australia with her husband Allen Hammond and is also the founder of Otra Eyewear, said they spend most of their year travelling. <\/p>\n![\"Philanthropist\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789861698_402_ba52fe067ab24327db080b0366262bde9ee46d94.jpeg\")
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Author Libby Hathorn renovated her Centennial Park residence in Sydney over the years, and has now decided to sell. <\/p>\n![\"Libby](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/21aa7942e097830815d1c32ed975329095c796b1.jpeg\")
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The buyer\u2019s guide for the abode is $11.5 million. <\/p>\n![\"Vendors](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8be713cf23a9ed55023673d050763941923e1738.jpeg\")
Vendors Peter and Christine Hamilton have put their grand Fitzroy Falls home in the Southern Highlands on the market. <\/p>\n![\"Peter,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/30c1f3108e5b3b12383780fa9ffcea247e5ed2b1.jpeg\")
Peter, a retired ad executive, and Christine, who was an avid horse rider, built the home from scratch. The price guide is $12 million. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789861703_185_30088cc83e6827aae555c48010d3793f68b74956.jpeg\")
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