Araluen, Finschaffen & Kiaora East is an aggregation of properties being offered for sale by one family. This aggregation provides a great opportunity for breeding and fattening progeny on a larger scale or just as a backgrounding and fattening operation. The owners at present carry approximately 600 breeders and fatten progeny plus fatten approximately 600 trade cattle.

Situation

25kms west of Bingara via Narrabri Road

Area

Araluen 813.0 hectares (2,009 acres)
Finschaffen 813.8 hectares (2,011 acres)
Kiaora East 718.7 hectares (1,776 acres)

Total Area 2,345.5 hectares (5,796 acres)

Country

The land rises away from flats along Pallal Creek which bisects the property. It then becomes gently sloping to undulating with two low grazing hills on the northern end. Soils vary from grey to black alluvial type to black and chocolate basalt with some trap country on the hills. Timber is mostly whitebox, broadleaf ironbark with gum and apple along the creek and wilga and rosewood on the higher areas.

Land Use

Present Cultivation 290 hectares (715 acres)

Barley 73 hectares (180 acres)
Oats 190 hectares (470 acres)
Fallow 26 hectares (65 acres)

Pasture 606 hectares (1,497 acres)

Lucerne 67 hectares (165 acres)
Old lucerne 53 hectares (131 acres)
Tropical blend 53 hectares (131 acres)

Cultivation returned to native grass 433 hectares (1,070 acres)

Water

1 bore with electric DAB pump to 108,000 litre tank, 2 solar systems, pump to 202,500 litre, 3 phase mono pump on well to 67,500 litre tank – all reticulating to troughs throughout the properties. 23 dams and holes along Pallal Creek.

Fencing

Mostly plain and barbed wire in good to stock-proof condition.

Improvements

Araluen 5 bedroom weatherboard home, office, kitchen/dining room, living area, 2 toilets, 25′ x 45′ car shed, detached meat house.

Sheds: 100′ x 60′ x 16′ steel machinery shed, 500 tonne steel grain shed, 60′ x 25′ skillion, 2 stand electric wool shed and sheep yards. Good set of steel cattle yard with race, vet crush and loading ramp.

Finschaffen

Well-presented 5 bedroom weatherboard home, 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets, dining/lounge room, open verandah and closed verandah, 2 bay car shed, detached meat house, above ground pool.

Sheds:

500 tonne steel grain shed, 2 stand wool shed, 45′x60′ machinery shed.

Kiaora East

Sheds: 50′x25′ steel hay shed. Yards: Excellent set of M&M steel cattle yards with race, crush and loading ramp.