Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Beach
26 McAnally Drive
$6 million+
There are views of the ocean everywhere you look from this luxurious beachside residence by Sunshine Coast building designer Chris Clout. With four bedrooms and three bathrooms, Azure has Carrara marble floors throughout, a gourmet kitchen with cantilevered stone island bench and European appliances. Cocktail hour could start early by the infinity edge pool before an afternoon nap in the master suite, which takes up the entire top floor. "This property is attracting a lot of interest from interstate," Century 21 agent Rachel Sellman says. 
Canberra
Kingston
24/7 Eastlake Parade
$2.6 million+
The name of this apartment block says it all - Waterfront - and each room of this three-bedroom penthouse has spectacular views across Lake Burley Griffin to the city. The open-plan living areas flow to a large, private terrace and, you'll appreciate the gas fire and underfloor heating in the wet areas during Canberra's chilly winters. The National Gallery, High Court and foreshore restaurants are close by. There's a concierge and double garage. "Interest is mainly coming from downsizers but also the interstate corporate world," McGrath Dickson's Nigel Wilson says.
Sydney
Newport
21 Calvert Parade
$6.5 million
Join the exclusive few who own an oceanfront in Newport with this luxurious home on a huge 1170 square metre block. Just three years old and with a sunny north-easterly aspect. There's a lift and staircase between the three luxurious levels but the highlight for me is that you can wake up with an ocean view from four of the five bedrooms. Oh, and the 13-metre mosaic tiled lap pool along with the outdoor kitchen. Raine and Horne's Glenn Lee has the listing.
Melbourne
Toorak
5 Torresdale Court
$10 million+
The late Stuart Rattle was behind the restoration of Torresdale Manor, a stunning five-bedroom mansion built in 1887 that is private since it's located down an original pebbled driveway at the end of a cul de sac. Mansions of this age are often a tad dark, but not this one: its huge windows fill the large rooms with plenty of light. "It's been renovated and extended while creating an abundance of natural light, however keeping within its era," Ross Savas of Kay & Burton South Yarra says. The home is owned by retired finance and banking guru Marc Mengler and his wife Marimar, who are downsizing.