Colomie is a great example of a highly productive mixed farming or backgrounding and fattening enterprise with reliable rainfall, excellent soil & good climate. Improvements are all of high standard with the house & sheds being approximately 20 years old.

SITUATION: 75kms north west. of Inverell via Graman Rd. and 26kms west of Ashford (approx).

AREA:

1, 593ha (3,943 acres)

COUNTRY:

Generally gently sloping to undulating country with deep rich black basalt soils. However there are several small areas of lighter red loam on some of the higher country. Timber consists of white box, broad leaf iron bark, myall, applegum & some pine. Approximately 720 ha (1,780 ac) are at present being farmed plus a further 65 ha (160 acres) that have been cleared, raked & contoured in readiness for cultivating. Cropping; 97 ha wheat, 90 ha barley, 285 ha forage barley, 200 ha fallow.

WATER: 19meg bore licence. 2 bores equipped with electric submersible pumps to 10 tanks and troughs, 1 bore equipped with mill, 1 well equipped with submersible pump & 7 dams including one with 65meg capacity.

FENCING:

Boundary is netting, plain & barb wire sub divided into numerous paddocks with all fencing in good to new condition.

RAINFALL:

680mm annual average

IMPROVEMENTS:

Well presented 4 bedroom brick veneer homestead with open plan living area of kitchen, dining & living area, study, rear decking and patio, ducted air conditioning set in large established gardens with tennis court.

MACHINERY SHEDS:

15m x 19m steel open sided machinery shed with high clearance, 15m x 19m lock up workshop with skillion and 18m x 9m lock-up shed

GRAIN STORAGE:

2 x 40 tonne silos, 3 x 10 tonne silos & bunker pad.

WOOLSHED:

2 stand shed with petrol motor, good set of steel yards & undercover race.

CATTLE YARDS:

Steel yards with undercover crush, calf cradle & loading ramp.