Silverchair singer Daniel Johns offloads plot of land after demolishing his $1.4 million Newcastle home
No price guide has been offered for the vacant lot in Merewether, a prestige beach suburb a mere 3km from the CBD of Newcastle.
Johns created the opportunity after knocking down his old five-bedroom home on the site two years ago, which he bought back in 2000 for $1.4 million.
The block has been split into two, with one for sale.
According to the listing the elevated lot, only 1km from the famous beach nearby, offers ocean views and easy access to the suburb's upscale hospitality offerings, including cafes and 'beach bars'.
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Johns demolished his old home to 'unlock the site's full potential'.
He said in a statement, 'This place has been a huge part of my life and creativity, but it's time for something new that reflects where I'm at now and what's next.'
The new sale comes after Johns sold another nearby investment property last year for a hefty $2.75 million - after listing it for $3 million.
Still, the price was right since Johns had purchased the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home at age 17 for just $360,000 in May 1996.
On Tuesday, Realestate.com reported that Johns also owns two other investment properties in Newcastle.
Earlier this year, Daniel announced that he is taking a hiatus from social media, as he celebrated his 46th birthday.
He posted to Instagram to mark the occasion, but added a cryptic message that implied he was in need of solitude, perhaps to work on a new art project.
'The beautiful thing about time, is that it is always in the eye of the beholder. Art is exactly the same,' the Australian rocker wrote.
'As an artist you never know what time it is. It's an ongoing quest to interpret happiness and sadness with a sprinkling of absurdity. It's drama. It's comedy. It's poetry. It's a song. It's cinema,' he continued.
'Everything is beautiful if you let it be.'
Johns concluded the post: 'I have to go back in time to finalise something and as a result I won't be on socials, my team will keep an eye on things. I will have my phone. All is love'.
The rock star has stayed largely out of the spotlight the past few years, after highly publicised legal and substance abuse issues.
Johns and his former Silverchair bandmates rose to fame as as 15-year-olds and took the world by storm with their debut album Frogstomp in 1995, before splitting in 2011.
The musicians have said they had 'drifted apart' from Johns since Silverchair disbanded.
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