Area:
1501.66 hectares or 3710.75 acres on multiple titles.

Location:
Brooklyn is situated 40 kilometres from Wagga Wagga in the blue ribbon district of the Kyeamba Valley. Being south east of Wagga Wagga this location has an enviable reputation of reliable rainfall, long growing seasons that are still warm through the winter generating good pasture and crop growth. Brooklyn is 20 minutes by car from the Wagga Wagga airport and 75 kilometres north of Holbrook, while the nearby Hume Highway links the property to Sydney and Melbourne both being equidistant at 460 kilometres.
Housing:
The spacious four bedroom homestead is set in a well established and bird friendly garden, on a rise giving panoramic views over the property to the east and south. The large open plan kitchen and living area is fresh and modern with large bench area, ample cupboards, casual dining and living space; in addition there is a large walk in pantry with preparation benches. french doors lead to the verandah and large windows provide views over the property and three acre environmental dam. Entertaining is a breeze with formal dining and living rooms as well as the gauzed casual dining room and covered deck with eastern aspect, the southern and western facing verandahs are very pleasant in the evenings. Main bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and bay window with splendid views to the south. The homestead includes an office and living is made comfortable with wood heating and evaporative and reverse cycle air conditioning. Main bathroom is easily accessed by the three bedrooms and a third toilet is accessible via the laundry for guests in the living area.

The manager’s residence, originally built for the owner and his family, is of three bedrooms with large open plan living area that leads to a large deck with an easterly outlook and comfortable year round with air conditioning and wood heating.

A comfortable modernised cottage comprising two bedrooms is in good repair, ideal as a teenage retreat or accommodation for additonal staff, the cottage has air conditioning, wood heating and french doors leading from the living room to an eastern verandah.

Livestock handling:
The shearing shed and sheep yards are integrated with a large skillion that covers the main working area of the yards as well as creating a large covered area for sheep handling at shearing. The yards feature a bugle design with three way draft, a separate working race leads from the main bugle.

The raised shearing shed is equipped with five stands, at ground level there is a grinding area, lunch room and a toilet.

The cattle yards are of solid steel construction and feature a crush, calf cradle, race and all weather loading ramp.

Shedding:
The two bay work shop has concrete floor, power, lighting and is lockable, there is a machinery shed which include a bay that has been converted for chemical storage including concrete floor and locking. Four machinery sheds including two with clearance for higher equipment and a second purpose built secure lockable chemical store is located by the sheep yards.

Fodder & grain:
There are three self emptying silos at the main working area, while the large hayshed is strategically located centrally to whole property.

Soils:
Brooklyn’s soils vary from decomposed granite to grey loams and alluvial soils adjacent to the local creek.

Rainfall & water:
The long term rainfall average for the district is 630mm (bom private site at Wollumbi, 5km to the east, 1893 – 1919 & 1939 – current). The three bom sites surrounding the property show long term averages of 566 to 677mm.

Brooklyn is primarily supplied for stock water by many large dams as well as the local Sandy Creek. In addition to dams there is an equipped bore which pumps to a network of troughs to the south of the shearing shed as well as the houses, gardens and sheds and the houses are also connected to rainwater collected from various shed roofs into 60,000 gallons of storage, this water is reticulated to the houses by a system of pressure pumps.

Paddocks & fencing:
The fencing is generally in good to very good condition throughout, there are two laneways for easy stock & traffic movement, the fencing is predominately hingejoint on steel posts and there are 40 main paddocks.

Crops & pastures:
Broadacre cropping has been undertaken in recent years with approximately 400 hectares sown to wheat, triticale, oats and canola. Dual purpose crops are ideal for maximising gross margins in this district with its longer growing season. Dominant pastures are clovers and ryegrass, lucerne and phalaris pastures, currently there is an abundance of feed over the property with significant stands of new season clover and ryegrass already established.

The summer rains have created a full profile of moisture to carry the pastures into the winter, this moisture also provides a wonderful start to the cropping program.

Timber:
Native timber includes wonde