‘WESTCOURT’ Goovigen
296 hectares – 733 acres freehold.
Location: 19 kilometres from the township of Goovigen, 60 kilometres north of Biloela and 110 kilometres from Rockhampton.
Services: Primary school at Goovigen and high school at Biloela.
Markets: Abattoirs at Biloela and Rockhampton. Saleyards at Biloela and Moura, with Gracemere livestock selling complex 95 kilometres.
Area & tenure: 296.61 hectares – (732 acres) freehold being Lot 56 on FN663, Parish of Woolein, County of Ferguson.
Country: Originally timbered with brigalow, wilga, bauhinia with coolibah along Harris Creek. Westcourt has been well developed with ample shade areas left. A permit for mechanical thinning of 72 acres along Harris Creek is in place.
Cultivation: 80 acres of heavy scrub soils cultivated for summer or winter forage crops. Ideal for the establishment of leucaena.
Water: 2 open dams, a pipeline from the front dam to an elevated 5,000 gallon tank supplies 3 troughs. Seasonal water in Harris Creek.
Fencing: Subdivided into 5 paddocks, the fencing is in very good condition.
Carrying capacity: Comfortably carrying 115 breeders at present, the country is ideal for steers and bullocks and the vendors estimated 150 steers from weaners to bullocks.