KURRAJONG HILLS
WARIALDA
SITUATION:
41kms North West of Warialda via North Star Road, 80kms East of Moree, 45km south of North Star.
AREA:
1,677.78 HA (4,145 AC)
COUNTRY:
Generally flat to undulating topography with soils ranging from generally very rich black basalt to some lighter red loam types. The property has been mostly cleared and developed for both grazing and cultivation. Original timber comprises a mix of broad-leaf iron-bark, box, kurrajong and some cypress. Approx 690 hectares have been cultivated with approx. 300 Ha prepared for sowing to grazing oats and the remaining cultivated area established to improved pasture. This cultivated country has also been contoured where necessary.
WATER:
4 equipped bores, all with submersible pumps, 1 is powered by mains electricity and 3 by generators and motors. Water is pumped to tanks via polly pipe and reticulated to troughs through-out the property. 8 dams.
FENCING:
Fencing is in generally very good condition and varies from hinge-joint to plain and barbed. Paddocks are generally subdivided with a good system of recently installed 2 wire electric, assisting in effective rotational grazing.
RAINFALL:
650mm annual average.
IMPROVEMENTS:
Substantial 4 bedroom brick veneer home, office, 2 bathrooms, 2 lounge rooms, dining room, kitchen/ breakfast, laundry and patio set in established garden with double garage and concrete meat-house.
GRAIN STORAGE:
125sqm shed, 1x timber and galvanised iron. 2x flat bottom silos, 2x seed silos cone base 85t with aerators.
MACHINERY SHEDS:
135sqm steel shed; 110sqm timber and galvanised iron shed; 70sqm steel work-shop with concrete floor.
OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS: Fuel tanks and cattle-yards.
PRICE: $3,300,000
REMARKS: Kurrajong Hills is a prime example of a quality cattle breeding and fattening or mixed farming property utilising the rich basalt soils to either establish improved pasture or a cropping programme for fodder or cash crops.