KARINGA – WALGETT

Situation:

85kms north west of Walgett via Cumborah and Wilby Wilby Road, 80kms west of Lightning Ridge.

Area:

6,217ha (15,363 acres) Western Lands Lease

Country:

Karinga comprises mostly grey self-mulching lakebed country with some softer red ridges on the eastern side. The Narran River forms the boundary on the south western side of the property and provides periodical beneficial flooding to much of the property. Approx 1,537 ha (3,805 acres) area at present being cultivated. Timber on the flood country is mostly coolibah with box, wilga, buddah and dogwood on the ridges.

Water:

Cap and piped scheme plus two flowing bores, 5 dams, 22km frontage to the Narran River.

Rainfall:

400mm annual average.

Fencing:

Good condition with 5 plain and 1 barbed wire. Sub-divided into 14 main paddocks.

Improvements:

Well presented 5 bedroom brick veneer home (605 sqm), built-ins and bathroooms, office, separate lounge and dining, family room, rumpus room, ducted evaporative airconditioning, inground pool, flood lit Synpave tennis court, all set in a large established garden with semi-automatic watering system. Detached meat house and cool room complex.

Sheds: 50′ x 60′ lockable steel shed with concrete floor, overhead gantry, 3 bay steel, lockable shed and 14 bay lockup car sheds, 2 x 4 bay lockable sheds 40′x30′

Cattle/sheep yards: steel set with race, crush and loading ramp.

Price – Karinga: $2,950,000 ($192 per acre)

WANDO – WALGETT

Situation:

85kms north west of Walgett via Cumborah and Wilby Wilby Road, 80kms west of Lightning Ridge.

Area:

4,012ha (9,915 acres) Western Lands Lease

Country:

Varies from approx 35% black to grey Coolabah flood plain country long the Narran River which forms the western boundary to a further 35% lighter black to chocolate country growing a wide variety of herbages and grasses such as Mitchell, Queensland Blue grass and Coolah grass in summer with Trevail Clover and Soft Burr in the winter. The remainder of the country comprises mainly lighter red ridge type and is timbered with box, budda, wilga, mulga and some pine. Approx 465ha is being cultivated on the flood plain country.

Water:

Cap and piped scheme from Bangate No 2 Trust to 5 tanks and troughs, several dams and frontage to the Narran River.

Rainfall:

400mm annual average.

Fencing:

Good to stock proof condition with 5 plain and 1 barbed wire. Sub-divided into 7 main paddocks.

Improvements:

3 bedroom pre-fabricated cottage with verandahs and ducted evaporative air conditioning in good condition.

Price – Wando: $1,487,250 ($150 per acre)

To be offered individually or as part of an aggregation of properties.