A large body of feed with excellent water supply. The perfect breeder block.
Area: 2056ha (5080ac) Freehold. Inverell Shire Council Rates: $4,012.00 p.a.
Northern New England Local Land Services Rates: $1,002.26 p.a.
Situation: 29km from Inverell, Shire population of 18 000+
Services: Single Phase Power, Phone, School Bus at front gate, primary and secondary schools at Inverell. Mail three times per week. Saleyards at Inverell, being the 6th largest selling centre in the state, weekly fat cattle sales, fortnightly sheep sales, and monthly store cattle sales. Export abattoir at Inverell. Inverell is one of the major shopping and service centres of Northern NSW.
Country: Gently undulating to low hills, valleys following three permanent creeks.
Principally soft loamy trap type soils with portions of red, chocolate and black basalt soils.
Altitude: 500m to 686m ASL.
Arable
Area: Approx. 81ha (200ac) currently cultivated on an annual basis to either oats or Lucerne.
An additional 40.5ha (100ac) of contoured heavy basalt soils available for development.
Timber: Gum, Iron Bark, Box and Pine.
Water: 9kms of three permanent creeks being Frazer, Weean and Black Bess Gully. Exceptional Murray Cod fishing for the weekends off.
13 Dams/7 spring fed
All of this means permanent water throughout the toughest of seasons.
House yard and holding paddocks have a poly and trough network that is linked to an electric pressure pump off a small house dam. Extensions have been made to incorporate an overhead tank on top of a nearby hill (50m of head above house). This is linked to a second very large dam using a firefighter pump. The intention is to further develop this with a solar pump and subsequently distribute water to additional paddocks should the property be subdivided even further.
Rainfall: 725mm (29 inches)
Fencing: Boundary: Combinations of Netting, 6 plain and 1 barb and hingejoint. A good portion of boundary is new fencing and the balance is in good order.
Internals: Majority of plain wire fencing with some netting and hingejoint. The bulk of new fencing has incorporated 2+ electrics into plain wire fences. Electricity supplied from centre of property via Speedrite 63000 R energiser – largest on the market. Multiple hand held remotes enable the producer to control the energiser from anywhere on the property, and easily find faults if/when they occur.
Subdivided: 26 paddocks with further projects currently in progress.
Improvements: Main Homestead: 1986 40sq. W/B 4 B/R’s all built ins, master B/R with ensuite. All electric kitchen, large formal dining/living room, separate lounge room, large separate office. Tiled bathroom, laundry, third toilet and shower. Amazing underfloor heating, ducted throughout the entire homestead. Heating unit is fuelled via a very large combustion heater located in the garage. Perfect for an ash free household experience. Large front and back verandahs. Double garage. 36,000ltr rain water tanks linked to a further 58,500ltr of tanks across other nearby buildings. Large established gardens with a separately fenced vegetable garden including 5 large raised garden beds for all of your vegetable growing needs.
Manager’s Residence: W/B 3 B/R all electric kitchen, combined lounge/dining room, reverse cycle air conditioning, bathroom, laundry, 49,500ltr rain water tank, established gardens.
Shearer’s Quarters: W/B 1 B/R all electric kitchen, lounge/dining room. Bathroom & toilet.
Machinery Shed: 17m x 7.6m 5 bay shed, 1 bay lock up.
Main Woolshed: 10.7m x 30.5m 5 stand electric overhead gear. 1,000 dry sheep capacity, excellent condition. 27,000 ltr rain water tank.
Main Sheepyards: Bugle design sheep yards including dip with the capacity to work 4,000 sheep. Covered drenching race with capacity for 100 shorn merino ewes. Nearby lockable chemical storage shed. Modifications available to accommodate Peakhill Immobiliser with pneumatic 3 way draft. All heavy duty timber and steel construction.
Second Woolshed: 2 stand electric (1 stand equipped) with combination of new and old yards. New yards built from galvanised steel and mesh. Old yards made of timber and mesh. Modifications also available at these yards to accommodate Peakhill immobiliser and pneumatic draft.
Carrying
Capacity: Owner estimates 6,000 DSE.