SITUATION
20km from Dubbo City, 23km from Geurie Village, 40km from Wellington.
Dubbo City enjoys 10 daily air services to and from Sydney each weekday as well as weekend flights.
26km from Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets offering cattle, lamb and sheep sales each week.

AREA
569.3 Ha (1406 acres) Freehold unrestricted title.

COUNTRY
"Benalong" enjoys a wonderful mixture of country with in excess of 500 acres of beautiful Macquarie River flats rising from the river to gently undulating low hills.
The higher country is all top class heavy black and deep red soil, while the choice Macquarie River flats are made up of deep alluvial deposits.
The property is cleared except for generous shade and shelter trees.
Extensive areas are sown to Lucerne.

CARRYING CAPACITY
Conservatively estimated at 4 DSE, besides farming.

FENCING
All in absolutely top order, boundary netting or hinge-joint construction.
Twenty major paddocks have been subdivided with electric fencing to create some 54 areas all with a water supply to allow for cell grazing.

WATER
3km Macquarie River frontage, electrically equipped irrigation bore tested at 50 000 gallons per hour.
Two other bores, equipped with submersible pumps, pump to two 20 000 gallon concrete tanks, supplying the homestead and paddock troughs.
18 000 gallons of homestead rain water storage.
All paddocks have a water supply. Annual average rainfall is 23".

IRRIGATION
The licensed bore has an allocation of 240 Meg.
The present owners currently water two blocks of 20 Ha each with 8" mains.
Excellent potential to expand the area.

STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS
Very attractive Colonial double brick homestead (circa 1903) with bull-nosed verandahs, featuring high metal Wunderlich ceilings, modern kitchen and bathrooms, as well as a large formal reception hall, formal dining and living rooms, four bedrooms with ensuite and dressing room attached to master room.

Double carport and storage room plus outside shower and toilet room, Monier meat room.

Mature garden of lawns and established trees.
The homestead enjoys a wonderful position nestled into the landscape commanding panoramic views of the Macquarie Valley countryside.

Steel three-stand woolshed (R&N) electric with attached steel sheep yards, machinery shed, fully enclosed workshop with electricity and concrete floor, three-roomed workman’s cottage, large partially enclosed hayshed 65′ x 70′ – 8 000 bale capacity , three silos – 2 x 40 tonne & 1 x 100 tonne.
Extensive cattle yards with covered working race, crush, electronic scales and veterinary shed.
All structural improvements are in good order.
DA approval for third dwelling.

REMARKS
The property enjoys the finest reputation and is considered to have no peer for almost any type of rural production.
Fat lambs and fat cattle, have, over the years continually topped the Dubbo livestock markets while wool returns have been among the highest district averages.
"Benalong" is a magnificent holding offering for genuine sale