Offering three bedrooms and a distinctive architectural vibe, the timber-clad home spread over four levels is yet to be completed inside offering plenty of chance to add your own flair.

With bay glimpses from the upper level, cooling summer breezes and a cosy woodheater for the winter months, there is huge scope to capitalise on this fantastic location.

Alternatively, start again and build a magnificent new home with room for a pool and a sensational outdoor entertaining area featuring the hum of the waves in the distance.

Just a short drive to shops and services at Flinders and Balnarring, even closer to a huge selection of wineries and restaurants and barely an hour from the city, seize the chance to discover why Shoreham is such a sought-after holiday spot on the Mornington Peninsula’s quiet side.

Sandpiper will be available for inspection after February 3.

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The Dolphin Research Institute (DRI) was formed in 1991 by people who were concerned about our dolphins and bays. Since then it has provided solutions to all of the above and continues its great work out of their research and education  centre in Hastings.  Their award-winning ‘i sea, i care’ School Ambassador Program – a key part of working for the future – has helped over 4,000 marine ambassadors have learnt about the impacts we all have on our bays including how population growth combined with climate change are becoming the major threat to our marine life in our two precious bays. Dolphin Research Institute is a non-government organisation and a registered charity. DRI relies on community support.   We can help by donating to the Adopt-A-Dolphin campaign or by asking our schools to enquire about the ‘i sea, i care’ Ambassador Program.

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St Andrews Beach is not home to shopping strips or restaurants, boasting little more than a corner shop, but it is within easy reach of all these facilities. What is does offer the 1200 plus permanent residents and summer holiday makers, is seclusion and seaside serenity, a golf course and some of the area’s most revered architectural homes. Admittedly St Andrews Beach Golf Course has struggled and has a chequered history, however this Tom Doak designed course has been created using the natural undulating landscape of the area and is rated in the top 10 public courses in Australia.

Closer to the ocean, architects have come to play at St Andrews Beach. Architect Robin Williams had owned an old fibro cement shack on the site of his incredible ‘Villa Marittima’ home for 26 years prior to creating this award winning home. In tune with the St Andrews Beach climate, seasonal changes and local headspace, Williams was inspired by the simplicity and subtlety of Japanese architecture which resulted in a minimalist house with beautiful spaces that frame the ocean view.

This inspiring seaside village is also home to Sean Godsell’s property which was built in 2006. Winning a number of awards, this St Andrews Beach property is elevated off the ground by four large steel beams, cantilevered 11 metres at each end. The sides of the house are made of steel louvers that open to let in the breeze, and the house has a protective outer skin made from perforated oxidized steel panels which hinge open to form brise soleil shutters. The building is elevated on columns with parking and storage underneath and each space is accessed from outside via a promenade deck.

Other properties of note include Nonda Katsalidis’s Shipping Container House, a local nickname for the beach house that is a fusion of natural materials and the abstract traditions of modernism. Situated on the foreshore overlooking the surf, it was one of the first inspirational houses constructed at St Andrews Beach.

The ideal spot for a seaside and sand dune explore, St Andrews Beach is a hidden gem far from the crowds the line the bay beaches when the sunshine hits the Mornington Peninsula shores. Turn right onto Sandy Road off Truemans Road, and you can access an isolated beach car park at the end of Paradise Drive or a beach track off Ocean Drive and at the end of Miami Drive.

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DRI began in the late 80’s by people who were concerned about our local dolphins and what we were doing to our marine environment. We have grown in to a well-managed and sustainable, not-for-profit conservation organisation.  DRI works in three key strategic areas, Research – for Conservation, Education – for the next generation and Environmental Leadership – for the community.

The Institute is a registered charity and is self-funded from the community, foundations, the corporate sector and government grants. Today, we are able to employ biologists and educators to work with our volunteers and students on strategic and outcome-driven projects.  Our original concerns and passions remain, as do our community roots.

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