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“Yalda Downs”

- Aggregation consists of Yalda Downs, Yancannia, Mulga Valley & Questa Park. All Western Lands leased in Perpetuity all adjoining.
- Situated 50 km north of White Cliffs, with the homestead being 80 km north of White Cliffs and 335 km north east of Broken Hill.
- Total area of 121067ha (299122acres).
- Mixture of open pebbly mitchell grass plains, mitchell grass/herbage/saltbush (240,000 acres) with approx 60,000 acres flood-out country along Yancannia Creek, Yooltoo Creek and local runoff. Grasses consist of mitchell grass, never fail, Copper Burr, Blue Grass, Flinders Grass, Crow Foot, Annual Salt Bush, Blue Bush and Trefoil Clover and a large variety of salines as well as good strands of Buffel grass.
- 18 main paddocks, holding paddocks, 2 ring-locked goat holding paddock.
- Spacious 55 square homestead built in 1964. Complete with mains power, a/c, 11 metre x 4 metre in ground pool (2009), established garden, Blackwood timber kitchen (2009) open plan to dining room, dishwasher, cool room, wood fire and polished floors (2009), enclosed verandahs on 4 sides, 5 bedroom, 2 x offices, living room, second shower and toilet and laundry.
- Main complex at Yalda Downs also has a 3 bedroom cottage, 2 x atco buildings to be used for either school rooms or accommodation. 13m x 13m Helicopter hanger all concreted with 13m x13m Helipad with overhead lighting, 5,000 Litre Avgas bowser and electric pump, adjacent 700m x 700m air strip and wind sock, as well as a separate Rfds approved strip on property, 6 bay open front machinery shed, 17m x 10m all concreted workshop and store room, 17m x 10m machinery shed, 10m x 21m machinery shed, 28m x 10m hay shed, shipping container- 12m x 3m approx. With large skillion for truck parking, 6m x 4m fuel shed with 5,000 litre diesel, 5,000 litre Ulp and electric bowsers, back up 35KVA gen set in shed.
- Services include: rural power, weekly aerial mail service, 3G phone service, facsimile, 3G mobile phone service over most of property, internet service,
and digital television, approx. 60 minutes to White Cliffs township, sealed road White Cliffs to Wilcannia, Sydney Broken Hill and beyond.
- 2 equipped shearing sheds with large steel yards and mains power – Yalda Downs (6 stand) & Questa Park (5 stand). Yalda Downs’s yards are equipped with a sprinkler system, fully adjustable loading ramp, classing race, large holding yards, Questa Park yards have a poly tank and Honda fire fighting pump.
- 35kva generator at Yalda Downs shed for back up power.
- 2 equipped shearers quarters (Questa Park house doubles as quarters).
- 3 bedroom house at Mulga Valley – cement rendered- with car shed and workshop.
- 17 sets sheep/goat steel paddock yards. Most with loading ramps. 13 new sets since 2008.
- Steel cattle yards at Yalda Downs with flood lights, overhead draft, CIA crush, calf race, water with large cooler holding yard and lane way.
- 16 poly tanks and troughs. All newly done since 2008.
- 47 ground dams all well maintained.
- 2 fully equipped working bores – 1 new 2009, connected to power and pipe line approx. 40km.
- In excess of 100km of fencing upgrades since 2007 (1500 new steel strainer post and new barb).
- Rainfall in 2010 was 588mm (23.5″) and 2011 it was 584mm (23.3″).
- Average carrying capacity 25 000 dse. Presently could carry 50 000 dse.
- Harvest approx 7000 feral goats annually.
- Existing staff available.

The Yalda Downs aggregation has quality, well maintained structural improvements throughout. Excellent water shed basin catchment area, superb balance of quick responding Mitchell Grass, Copper Burr and Saltbush along with an ever increasing body of established Buffel grass. An opportunity exists to acquire this vast sheep and cattle breeding and fattening aggregation. Purchasers will be granted permission, from exchange of contracts, grazing rights to depasture up to 25,000 DSE on the holding (Conditions apply).

For further information and inspection contact:-
David Russell Mobile 0418 636 050 – Office 02 68362234 – Email david@landmarkrussell.com.au