This farm is including 4 bedroom home, sheds, an estimated 5600t of cane as well as an extensive list of plant and machinery just 15 minutes from Ayr. As well as that the water is some of the cheapest in the Burdekin at $4.80/meg. The owners are very particular about maintenance and repairs on both the farm and machinery and as a result both are always neat and in working order. For complete details visit www.rhq.com.au/premier/4140 Location 18km South East of Ayr and 100km South of Townsville. Area 80.9ha or 200 acres of which 158 acres are cultivated. Tenure Lot 6 on RP818204, freehold. Burdekin Shire rates are $4357.77/year. Services Bitumen road frontage, 3-phase power and weekly garbage collection from the farm. Primary school at Jarvisfield 12km toward Ayr. Ayr has a population in excess of 8,500 with over 20,000 people in the Burdekin Shire. Several large supermarkets and numerous specialty shops and service businesses are in Ayr. Townsville has over 180,000 people with a large government, defence and industrial presence. Country The majority of the cultivated area has been laser leveled and is all flood irrigated with the remainder either headlands or an area of lagoon which the North Burdekin Water Board maintain and use for a water storage facility. The soils are generally well drained, sandy loams suited to a variety of crops including sugar cane, sorghum, corn, horticulture, pasture and small crops. Water There are 2 bores and a fresh water pump that draw from the lagoon. This lagoon is monitored and replenished by the North Burdekin Water Board. The open water pump in the lagoon is a 150mm x 150mm 3-phase electric pump. One bore is 150mm x 150mm 3-phase and draws from 3 spears while the other is a 100mm diesel pump supplying water to1 acre. Another 150mm tractor driven pump distributes water further into the farm. All the water is delivered via 250mm plastic lay flat fluming and takes approximately 10 days to water the farm completely. The fresh water pump has an allocation of 400ML and is charged at $4.80/mega litre with an excess charge of $13.00/mega litre. There is no license charge for the bores. Improvements A 4 bedroom lowset block home including carport has been rented long term for $110/week. Recent renovations include the bathroom throughout and the lounge having new tiles as well as walls and ceiling painted. Also there is a 15m x 18m x 5m high steel machinery shed with 3-phase power, quartz halogen lights, concrete floor and a 24,000 litre poly rainwater tank. Another smaller machinery shed is nearby. Crop and Machinery A full list of plant and machinery as well as the 2007 cane crop are included. The sugar cane production figures are as follows: 2002- 5,962t with 14.5 CCS from 57ha, 2003- 6,003t with 13.5 CCS from 58ha, 2004- 5,430t with 14.01 CCS from 52ha, 2005- 6,572t with 14.5 CCS from 56ha, 2006- 5,752.2t with 13.96 CCS from 55ha. Machinery includes: 1066 International tractor, 175 Massey Ferguson tractor, 550 Fiat high clearance tractor, Mazda ute, dbl row HBM fert box, dbl row maxi cultivator, dbl row scarifer, Nuttalls trash incorporator, Nuttalls stubble shaver, 1t bag lifter, fluming roller, mark out bar, 3 row and single row strawberry harrows, dbl row ripper, 7 tyne grubber with 9ft roller, 5 tyne Baggots grubber, 7ft Bonel offset slasher, dbl row Nuttalls hillup boards, dbl row Baggots hillup boards, trash rake, 80and#x201D; Howard rotary hoe, 28 plate Napier discs, landplane, 9ft drag roller, 12ft gooseneck roller, backblade, sgl row McLeod cutaway with fert box, 4 row 600l Hardi sprayer, fluming sprayer, cane push bar, fluming wheels. For complete details visit www.rhq.com.au/premier/4140