271 ha with 125 ha flood irrigation and 1,170MgL irrigation entitlement.

Location
Kabinga is located on the Sturt Highway 34km west of regional centre Wagga Wagga and is serviced by the village of Collingullie which is 10km east of the holding.

Land Area
This holding comprises 271 ha or 670 acres in the Wagga Wagga City Council area.

Country
Kabinga comprises an excellent mixture of highly productive flood irrigation country and open farming and grazing country, with fertile red and brown loam soils. The property features 125 ha of borderless check flood irrigation which has established Lucerne pastures and a phalaris seed paddock that is harvested annually for use throughout the Berryjerry holding.

The western end of Kabinga is utilised for cropping and grazing with the country featuring generally brown loams and lightly scattered river red gums, yellow and Ggey box timber on the flats.

Water
Irrigation – Kabinga has a 1170MgL lower Murrumbidgee ground water licence for the 125 ha (308 ac) that has been developed as borderless check irrigation. The land is developed into 10 irrigation bays with an efficient recycle system and laser levelled to a 1 in 800 gradient.

Irrigation water is supplied from a bore which is equipped with an undercover Cummings diesel engine (with overflow gearbox and pump and above ground 4,500 litre diesel bowser), Murphy shutdown and a heat exchanger are fitted

The bore is a 300mm ID PVC bore case 88m deep (bed rock) with 26m of stainless slotted screens delivering 15 MgL per day limited only by the pump. (Has pumped up to 18 MgL per day when pump increased to full capacity). Screens are located below 60m depth. The pump is a multistage Everflow 250mm cased oil lube pump sitting at about 56m. Standing water level is about 9-10m.

Kabinga is also equipped with a newly drilled 60 m bore pumping into a new steel tank (20,000 gallon) and supplies the manager’s house and all livestock troughs in grazing paddocks via a pressurised 2 inch line. This bore also supplies the quick fill chemical station.

Improvements
Kabinga has a comfortable three bedroom home with separate sleep out and carport. The building is comfortable with reverse cycle air conditioning and wood heating.

The holding has a three stand raised board shearing shed of steel and timber construction that is well ventilated and incorporates a workshop with a concrete floor. Adjacent to the shearing shed is a set of modern steel sheep yards with a bugle feed concreted three way draft. The yards are fitted with a sprinkler system for dust management and there is a loading ramp.

There are two haysheds, one being a high quality hayshed 29.5m x 17.5m x 6m high of steel construction with one side enclosed, plus there is an older hayshed located next to the yards.

Fencing
Kabinga features generally excellent fencing with a mixture of well maintained older and newly erected fencing. Fencing comprises either 7 9 line hinge joint or 5 7 line electrified plain wires on steel posts.

Online Auction Sale process

Kabinga will be offered for sale via Online Auction from 11am Monday 4 December, closing 3pm, Wednesday, 6 December 2013.

Sale Details:
Kabinga will be offered for sale by simultaneous online auction as part of Berryjerry Station whole (6032 ac) and as three separate arcels including Berryjerry Station 3,291 ac, Berryjerry West 2,070 ac and Kabinga 670 ac.

Sales for all holdings to commence Monday 4 December, at 11am EDST, with bidding to close Wednesday 6 December, at 3pm EDST.

All bidders will need to register with the marketing agents prior to sales.

Inspections by appointment with marketing agents.

Landmark Harcourts – 02 6933 5426
Sally Douglas 0428 826 645

Meares & Associates – 02 9362 8111
Sam Triggs 0410 683 891
Hugh Brownhill 0438 643 274
Chris Meares 4014 770 703