Acres of loveliness at Stokers Siding

By Jo Kennett

STOKERS SIDING often flies under the radar despite possessing some lovely historic buildings in an idyllic rural setting and having a thriving arts community.

It is also home to some of the most exclusive rural real estate in the shire.

The village has 692 residents and if you are looking for love, there are 372 males and only 319 females, although many of them are probably still at preschool as a good portion of residents are families with kids.

The median weekly rent in 2021 was only $300; those were the days because you can bet your bottom dollar it’s way more expensive now.

According to the Stokers Siding & District Community Association website, Stokers Siding is named after Joseph Stoker who bought 600 acres at a place then marked as Dunbible Creek in 1882.

Stoker started cane farming but after ten years sold up to Arthur Byrnes.

It wasn’t until the train line was built through the property, meeting with the road, that the village was born.

Dairy and banana farming and timber gathering flourished as did the village which eventually had a school, a hall, a church, a store and a post office.

The completion of the new Pacific Highway in 1954 saw traffic bypass Stokers Siding and then in 1974, the NSW Government, as part of budget cuts, closed the railway station, with trains going straight to Murwillumbah without stopping.

It could have been the death of the village but cars meant that new migrants from the cities could easily get around.

The hall was a popular spot for Saturday night dances which attracted locals from the surrounding areas.

It is still the heart of the community and you can check out the Stokers Siding Dunbible Memorial Hall Facebook page to find out what entertainment they have on and it’s always a cheap and fun night out.

The village is also home to the Stokers Siding Art Gallery, a thriving hub for the many local creative talents, which is open from 11am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday.

There are currently five unique homes for sale at Stokers, with no data available on what has been going on over the last year or so, or median house prices, as it is too small for the usual data gathering.

Prices have gone way up since the start of the pandemic and the mad migration from the cities to charming villages like this.

You can’t buy anything for under a million dollars at the moment. It’s up there with Nunderi as one of the more expensive villages but the homes are pretty special.

98 Nolans Road (both pictured below) is one example and is open for expressions of interest with Craig Dudgeon at Elders Tweed Valley. It is absolutely beautiful.

With a couple of bucks extra in my kitty I’d move in tomorrow given half a chance.

The property is set on 15 manicured acres with its own creek and fruit trees.

The main home is built from rammed earth with timber floors with a separate guest suite and a two bedroom rammed earth studio located on its own private area of the estate.

There are other lovely homes for sale, mostly on acreage and several featuring crystal clear creeks, dams and views over the surrounding district.

If you are looking for a haven from the chaos of the world, you would be hard pressed to find anywhere more peaceful and lovely than Stokers Siding.

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