7 kilometres from Bowen Post Office, Shops, schools, beaches. After a day’s work go crabbing behind the back paddock in Meatworks Creek. DROUGHT PROOF YOUR ENTERPRISE. Nearly 600 acres of coastal alluvial country with large areas of highly productive river flat, combined with loamy areas suited to irrigated feed cropping and horticulture. This is perfect for use both as a drought refuge and fattening.
For pleasure, you can slip across to Meatworks Creek and drop in a crab pot or two – not everyone can do that in their back yard.
LOCATION:
Bowen is 200 kilometres equidistant from Townsville and Mackay. The land is 7 kilometres approx. from Bowen Post Office with bitumen road almost to the front gate. Bowen’s rich Delta farming area and the Dry Tropics and Horticultural Research Station are in the same neighbourhood.
SERVICES:
3 Phase Power connected. Telephone is available. Reticulated water available for irrigation purposes. Rural supplies/merchandise outlets and shopping just down the road.
TOTAL AREA is 242.6 hectares or 598 acres.
LOT 2 : 94 acres FREEHOLD
LOT 9 : 64 acres FREEHOLD
LOT 11 : 257 acres FREEHOLD
LOT 108 : 184 acres LEASEHOLD.

CULTIVATION:
13 ACRES sorghum – potential for 90 acres; 23 ACRES tomatoes – potential for 60 acres. The tomato patch is leased.
PASTURES:
The property has an excellent, well established mix of Buffel, Green Panic, Rhodes, Para, Verano and native grasses. Effective, on-going weed programme.
FENCING: Boundary fencing is mostly electric over 3 barb. Internal fences of mixed quality and age.
WATER:
3 X 5000 gal. Duracrete tanks. Dam with trickle feed from bore. Bore – equipped with solar powered pump. Bore – equipped with turbine. Troughs – Permanent and semi-permanent water holes on river flat.
IRRIGATION: 21 megalitre irrigation licence. Also available is reticulated Town water from Proserpine Dam.
STRUCTURES:
The property has no sheds or dwelling. There is a good working set of steel/timber stock yards located near the dam.
PRICE: $1,550,000 includes 180 head
COMMENTS:
This property has the very valuable combination of being multiple lots located so close to town facilities, and having good access to natural and reticulated water. The river flat areas are flood prone but with proper management and care this results in high fertility, abundant moisture and greatly enhanced carrying capacity.
Proximity to town makes the possibility of adding a dwelling and other structures quite viable. Intending owners could consider the possibility of either a new home or relocation of regularly available existing dwellings to the site. For owners of properties which are more vulnerable to the effects of drought, this is an opportunity to better manage a herd by smoothing the rate of herd reduction and also allowing herd augmentation during better times.
To arrange inspection, contact Frank or Brian Sellars – Frank Sellars Company, Selling Bowen since 1910.