Area:
Approx 61,918ha?153,315 acres (4 titles)
Location:
120km north of Ivanhoe, 120km south west of Cobar adjacent to Cobar-Ivanhoe road (55km sealed “wool track”).
Country:
Slightly undulating red loam, large area of semi-open rosewood curran bush belah and pine country. Dispersing box swamps, natural grey soil lakes running out to malley areas to the north east of the property. Soft quick responding soil growing large body of trefoil, crowfoot, tarvine, copper burr and spear grass and salines. All backed up with a large variety of edible mulga , rosewood and wild orange.
Water:
Watered by 24 earth dams?10 being all securely fenced with 7-90-30 hinge joint. 1 bore
connected to mains power with 30,000L storage and turkey nest. Two natural lake systems
replenished from local runoff.
Fencing:
Approximately 44km of Boundary fencing new 6&7-90-30 hinge joint, balance is plain wire & bard?portion of wooden construction. A further 36km of hinge joint securing 5 paddocks plus a further 6 grazing plain wire paddocks.
Improvements:
Comfortable (1980 era) transportable home, 3 bedrooms?open plan kitchen and dining area, separate lounge, reverse cycle and evaporative A/C, veranda on 2 sides, brick paved, house yard all securely fenced.
6m x 8m machinery shed, storage shed remnants of 1900 old barn saddle room, shearing shed being 10-stand equipped with 4 electric, lyco wool press, steel sheep yards and cooler yards handling 5,000. 12 room quarters in need of minor repair, kitchen and dining room, open fire, wood stove, power and water connected. All steel bugal cattle yards, crows nest draft crush, ramp handling 500 head. Second set of all steel sheep yards handling 3,000 head plus mesh cattle/goat yards at Paddington homestead.
Services & Rainfall:
Rural power, mail twice weekly, mobile car kit phone coverage, station airstrip approx. 800m, 70 minutes to local service centre of Cobar (population approx. 6,000) or south to Ivanhoe (70 mins). Rainfall average 350mm per annum.
Carrying Capacity:
Historically rated to carry 12,000 DSE. Past history has carried 8,000 mixed sheep and 800 mixed cattle seasonal harvesting of bush goats of approx. 3,000 pa. The property is lightly stocked with 2,000 Dorper ewes and progeny.
Paddington Station is adjoining Keewong Station (also for sale) giving a combined carrying
capacity of 23,000 DSE.