Build your scenario
Adjust the inputs and the model updates live. Switch between holiday cabins, Borumba Hydro worker stays, or a wedding/events venue.
10-year cumulative cash position
Revenue & capital breakdown
Site profile — what this land actually is
Capture the overlays, services, access and land form that change what's buildable and how each opportunity scores. The engine reads this to make every ranking specific to this site — saved to the property so it persists.
Your advisor — the read on this property
Reasoned for the active property in your context (GBA import test-bed, 2032 legacy), through a profit-and-speed lens: the stack to run, the biggest blocker, and one clear next move.
Opportunities for this land
Every profitable / in-demand use achievable on the property — fast-cash and strategic — ranked for this site. Click any card to drill into the reasoning, linked grants and the GBA build path.
Grants & funding
Funding programs matched to rural land uses. Click a grant to see what it funds and which opportunities it supports.
Concept builder
Assemble a property into a shareable vision for partners and investors — use mix, capital, funding, GBA build and the ask.
The read — what these numbers actually mean
A verdict on viability, what's driving the result, a reality-check of your inputs against the researched Mary Valley market, the live risks, and one clear next move.
Horizon — what's coming
Forward-looking intelligence: pipeline projects, emerging signals, draft planning schemes and upcoming grant rounds that aren't fully confirmed yet but will shape what this land can become. The engine watches the future, not just today.
Your context
The engine reasons through your priorities, finances, risk posture and goals — so every recommendation is about you, not a generic investor. Edit this anytime and the whole engine re-reasons with it.
Updates & intelligence log
A living timeline of how this engine changes — what was updated, why, and the source. Automatic intelligence refreshes and manual changes are both logged here so you can always see what moved and when.
Saved scenarios
Save the current run, group scenarios by property, reload or compare them, and apply the same logic across other properties — all in one place.
Cost breakdown — see & change every line
Every figure is an editable benchmark with its reasoning shown. Type your own numbers — supplier quotes, freight, an imported cabin shell — and the whole ROI model updates live. Pick a starting tier or the Imported preset for a China-sourced modular shell.
2-cabin vs 5-cabin — at a glance
Both scales use your current build tier, rate, occupancy and cost inputs from the calculator tab. A 5-cabin site spreads fixed approval/access costs across more revenue, improving return on cost — but stays within the ≤8 code-assessable threshold.
Infrastructure & compliance checklist
Short-stay operations in the Gympie Regional Council area. Tick items as you complete them — each category tracks its own progress. Flags indicate priority: critical high info good practice
Structures & regulations by type
What each structure is classed as, the approvals it needs, and the standards that apply — from imported capsule pods to event pavilions — plus how to stack multiple uses, the smart-cabin tech stack, and whether to import or hire earthworks machinery.
Imbil market & ways to commercialise the land
A read of Imbil — its setting, community, events and what's missing — then ranked, demand-tested uses. The strongest play is a stacked model: eco-glamping as the core, weddings and worker-overflow on top.
Demand drivers
Ranked opportunities
Greater Bay Area import & test-bed
Source the latest Guangdong technology, land it at realistic cost, clear the compliance gate, and use the site to prove each product line into the Australian market — cabins first.
Assumptions, method & sources
This tool is a decision-support model, not financial or planning advice. Every figure is an indicative benchmark in AUD and should be verified with licensed builders, a town planner and Gympie Regional Council before committing capital.
How the numbers are calculated
| All-in cabin capex | Budget ~$245k · Mid ~$394k · Premium ~$661k per cabin (structure + civils + power + AWTS + fit-out + contingency). |
| Worker beds | ~$75k per bed all-in (modular units + amenities + civils, regional QLD). |
| Shared costs | Access road, DA, planning consultants, flood study, bushfire assessment — fixed per project, spread across all units. |
| Revenue (accommodation) | units × (365 × occupancy) × nightly rate. |
| Revenue (venue) | events × hire rate + per-event add-ons (accommodation, coordination, bar). |
| NOI | Gross revenue − operating costs − management/platform fees. |
| Return on cost | NOI ÷ capex. Payback = capex ÷ NOI. Chart assumes a 3-year ramp to full utilisation. |
Key sources
Costs: Outhaus modular cabin pricing · EcoPrestige modular construction 2026 · Biocycle AWTS pricing QLD · Mary Valley land sales
Planning & compliance: GRC Tourist Parks Fact Sheet (Jan 2025) · GRC Flood Information for New Building Work · QLD on-site sewage setbacks (Newsflash 635) · QLD Budget Accommodation Buildings fire safety
Demand drivers & uses: Queensland Hydro Borumba SAMP (Dec 2025) · Brisbane 2032 hotel shortfall · Sunshine Coast Olympic MTB Centre · 2024 Australian Wedding Industry Report · Mary Valley Country
Model compiled June 2026 from publicly available benchmarks. Planning thresholds reflect the Gympie Regional Council Planning Scheme 2013 v4.0; a new scheme is anticipated 2026–27. Always confirm zone, overlays and lot details via a GRC property search and a pre-lodgement meeting. Contact: planning@gympie.qld.gov.au · (07) 5481 0454.