Boomerang has one of the best records for crop competitions in the Bellata district. This must speak for itself with regard to the quality of the soil. The grazing country on either end of the property does not interfere with the farming programme, all making this an outstanding property.

SITUATION:

28kms east of Bellata via Terry Hie Hie Road. 68kms south-east of Moree, 78kms north-east of Narrabri.

AREA:

1,333 Hectares (3,294 acres) Freehold. Plus 2 special leases 414.4 Ha (1,024 acres) attached to the property.

COUNTRY:

Generally flat to gently sloping topography situated between the 2 special lease hills at either and of the property. Soils consist of mostly soft black self-mulching type typical of belah/wilga country with areas of lighter chocolate loam on the southern side of Plains Creek which subdivides the country. Other timber consists of myall. boonery, cooba wattle, broad-leaf ironbark and gum. Approximately 1,012ha are at present being cultivated of which approximately 725 ha is sown to sorghum with some of this country to be cropped back into winter rotation.

WATER:

1 Bore at H/S (280 ft deep) equipped with pump and electric motor to H/S and 6 tanks gravity feeding to 11 troughs. 2nd bore unused, 1 large dam at the H/S, 3 other dams all desilted, 1 permanent spring.

RAINFALL:

700mm annual average.

FENCING:

All new to very good condition, steel and barbed wire.

IMPROVEMENTS:

4 bedroom weatherboard home in good condition, ensuite main bedroom, large kitchen, lounge, dining room, family room, office, walk-in pantry, gauzed front verandah, gauzed rear entrance, patio, 3 toilets, detached meat-house, 2 car garage.

MACHINERY SHED:

40 x 60 steel and galvanised iron shed with concrete floor, 40 x 30 steel and galvanised iron shed.

GRAIN HANDLING:

60 x 80 steel and galvanised iron bulk grain shed, 2x 500 tonne silos, 3×100 tonne silos all with fully automated aerators capable of drying grain down by 4%, operated by 40KVA generator.

CATTLE-YARDS:

Good set of steel yards, race, crush, covered branding race and cradle, loading ramp.

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:

3 phase power, stable and tack room complex and old wool-shed.