Manjar is set in the picturesque Maragle Valley/Tooma area, above the China Walls range. It is located about 20kms from Tooma, 45kms from Tumbarumba and 160km and 180km to the regional cities of Wagga Wagga and Albury/Wodonga respectively.
Manjar offers accessible yet secluded productive grazing country and gives you the opportunity to purchase a piece of Australia’s iconic high country.
The land area of Manjar is 1528 Hectares or 3775 acres. It is made up of four separate freehold titles and is situated in the Tumbarumba Shire Council.
There is a three bedroom home of Hardiplank construction. The power to the house is provided by a 5KVA generator and the house is fitted out with 240 volt, 12 volt and gas lights. There is LPG hot water, refrigeration and cooking. Heating for the home is a slow combustion wood heater and the house has excellent insulation. There is a telephone landline connected and mobile reception at the house and on various parts of the property. The house is situated at around 770 metres above sea level and has spectacular views across the east to Black Jack, Jugumba and Manjar Mountains. Water is provided by two 5000 gallon gravity fed tanks.
There is a set of cattle yards of steel construction with a new head bale. The yards have B Double access and three holding yards. The fencing on Manjar can only be described as excellent with over $200,000 being spent in the last five years.
Approximately 930 acres of country which comprises of pasture improved country and strategic shelter belts is fenced with 6′ high 17 wire griplock of all steel construction. This 930 acres is subdivided into 8 paddocks and the pastures consist of clover, cocksfoot, phalaris, fescue and ryegrass. The property has a good recent history of fertiliser with the most recent application of superphosphate being April 2012.
Rainfall is a healthy 42″ plus inches a year and the vendor estimates the carrying capacity of Manjar to be 250 to 300 grown cattle.
Manjar offers the astute purchaser an opportunity at a once only property. As well as productive heavy carrying high country grazing Manjar also offers an exceptional getaway. Recreational pursuits on Manjar include hunting, fishing, hiking, horse and trail bike riding. The property boasts a frontage and boundary to the Tooma River of around 8kms.
The southern & eastern boundary is joined on a large part by the Kosciuszko National Park, the king of National Parks in South Eastern Australia. The northern boundary of Manjar is the Maragle State Forest. It is not very often when driving around the property that you do not see numerous deer grazing the improved country. Manjar faces a predominately easterly aspect with picture postcard views to the east of the Snowy Mountains and south down to the Upper Murray region. The property also looks out towards the crash site of the Southern Cloud, Australia’s first major airline disaster, that occured in 1931.
Manjar is for genuine sale as the current owners are looking to downsize their operation. For any enquiries and to arrange an inspection do not hesitate to contact us.