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“Beau Foy” Moura, Central Queensland
Real Property Description
Lot 11 on Crown Plan FN200; Parish of Moura; County of Ferguson; Local Government Banana; Tenure is Freehold; Title Reference 30512156; Area 1,349.222 hectares
Lot 1 on RL207787; Parish of Moura; County of Ferguson; Local Government Banana; Tenure is Lands Lease; Area 8.6 hectares
Total area 1,357.822 hectares
Services
Bitumen road frontage,close proximity to meat works with export abattoirs at Biloela and Rockhampton; saleyards and Grain Corp at Moura and Biloela. School Bus to front gate Primary and Secondary schools. Mail delivery twice a week, Power, phone and internet Mobile phone service across the entire property.
Country
A very good balance of bottle tree softwood country running into brigalow soils then alluvial creek and river flats along the Dawson River. All the property has buffel grass, green panic, bambatsi panic, blue grass and other native grasses. There is also 80* hectares of leucaena.
Water
Well watered with a stock bore equipped with by an electric submersible pump supplying the house dam and then distributed throughout the property. 5 Stock dams. Permament water in the Dawson River and seasonal water in Back Creek.
Cattle Yards
Solid set of cattle yards- timber/railway iron. Main working area is undercover including head bale and weighing facility. Holds 400* head.
Irrigation & Farming Country
The soils comprising heavier clays and sandy loams are suited for a variety of ceral, fibre, pulse and pasture/hay crops including lucerne. The property is located downstream from the Moura Weir on the Dawson River with a 166* Hectares serviced by 4 centre pivots comprising 3x47ha pivots and 1x25ha pivot. All 4 pivots can be irrigated at the same time.
Irrigation Licences
Volumetric flood harvesting licence from the Dawson river plus a water harvesting license to pump out of Back Creek for a 410mm mix flow pump. 2 Irrigation bores are rated at 7000* gallons/hour each.
Irrigation Infrastructure
Ringtanks: Total storage 850* megalitre in 2 ring tanks comprising 1×800* megalitres and 1×50* megalitres.
Centre Pivots
3 X 47* ha centre pivots- 7 span, all with Yanmar generators, 1 X 25*ha Reinke centre Pivot 5 span with Yanmar generator.
Pumps
Dawson River Pump: 500*mm China pump equipped with a 220*hp Cummins motor.
Trailer pump: Used for pumping tail water into the small ringtank, or from small ringtank to the centre pivots. It can also be set up in the Dawson River to pump any temporary transfer water to either of the ringtanks or directly to centre pivots.
Yanmar Trailer Pump: 2TNV106-GGE Yanmar motor with Davey ISO spec 150 X 125 X315 pump set up on a trailer.
Big Ringtank Pump: John Deere 6081 motor with Davey ISO 200 X 150 X 400 pump. This pumps to centre pivots.
Ringtank Pump: JCB444N2 motor with Davey ISO spec125 X 100 X 315 pump. All 4 centre pivots can be irrigated at the same time by using the 2 ringtank pumps.
Homestead
Large lowset homestead set in established gardens and lawns with wide open verandahs and breezeway. Comprising 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with ensuite to the main bedroom, office, sewing room, open plan living/dining/kitchen with extra central area with a cold room. Separate 2 car garage. Extensive rain water storage.
Improvements:
Shed: 24*mx24*m enclosed drive through shed with full concreted floor.
Grain storage: 300* ton of storage comprising 2125* ton and 150* ton silos.
Silage: 1000* ton pit.