14,120 Hectares ( 34876.4 acres) freehold title with 12 kims of Stuart Highway Frontage..
Rare opportunity to buy a freehold grazing property of this size in the TOP END.
Situated just 260km South of Darwin within easy proximity to Darwin Port for live export. 45km North of Katherine township. The property has 12klm of frontage to Stuart Highway.
Darwin’s new Abattoirs are only 2 hours or 210 km North on Stuart Highway.
Two Rivers features 46km of river frontage to the Edith and Fergusson Rivers forming the boundaries of the property.
The property lends itself to develop as a handy location for a “cattle depot” holding facility and can easily handle some large scale horticulture as well.
Tourism is another likely possible major development for the property.
The homestead area has a total 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with two separate living areas, polished Jarrah flooring, two demountables, total of approx 400SQM under roof for accomododation, situated with the shed and cattle yards nearby approx 15km from the Stuart Highway.
There is a 24 x 12m lockable machinery shed.
The boundaries for the property are Ferguson River to the North and Edith River to the South, with the remaining boundary being the Stuart Highway to the East, the property is triangular in shape..
Two Rivers Station currently has nine fenced paddocks.
Ideal location fro export cattle yard holding facility.
Power is supplied via 24 hour power solar system comprised of a 10kVa inverter, 40 solar panels installed in 2012 with expected 15 year life span and an 11kVa Kubota diesel back-up generator.
Several permanent water holes are used for six pump-outs into several basic dams
and billabongs.
Approx 82% of the property is within 3klm of water points.
There are several large permanent
waterholes along the rivers & two springs.
Rainfall is usually between 1000mm & 1200mm per annum.
The current owner has submitted an application for a 1,575 megalitre surface water extraction license from the Fergusson River and is awaiting approval .
Approx 1000 acres would be suitable for clearing and growing hay or a large Horticulture project.
Property consists mostly granite based, yellow-red, sandy earth soils with a small proportion of better quality red earth alluviums soils near the junction of the two rivers in the west.
Vegetation mostly consists of Gum Trees Northern Woolybutt) and Bloodwood based Eucalypt forest & other.
There is a range of native grasses throughout the property.
11ha of cleared country includes Stylo (Seca and Verano grasses)
Seca and Verano Stylo grasses were aerial seeded across the whole property in 2007.
The property is mostly moderately undulating with areas of hilly
country cut by many seasonal creek systems that are all a water shed and drain into the Edith and Ferguson Rivers.
The property has been used mainly for breeding and selling live export and is being sold destocked with no livestock.
The main cattle yard is conveniently located less than 1km from the homestead. Undercover vet crush with scales, head bail, loading ramp, 5way draft, calf cradle.
The yards have a 1000 head working capacity and has ample shade.
Stock Carrying Capacity year-round, sustainable long term carrying capacity for grazing is considered to be approx 815 Adult Equivalents (AE) |or carry 2225 weaners year round.
These type properties are generally stocked at double this rate over the wet season and then spelled for the dry season, the owners likes to carry weaners thru the wet season and turn them out, they usually put on 100KG during wet season.
The best potential and use for the property and is as a cattle trading block for the live export market (as apposed to just breeding and growing).
Most fencing is less than nine years old and is constructed of steel pickets with 3 or 4 barb between 100 m and 200 m off the known flood path of the two rivers.
Live Export Cattle market for Asia in booming and with the taste for Australian beef being in high demand, this is set to be ongoing for many decades to come.
Opportunity here for well located property ready for cattle stocking now.