The vendors are motivated and the property is priced to sell! There is an abundance of water, the soils are suitable for a variety of crops and with the great North Queensland sunshine makes double cropping possible. Be a part of North Queensland’s irrigated Burdekin region, 100kms south of Townsville with 817ml Sunwater channel allocation which allows this property to be flood irrigated in 3-5 days. The 102 hectare farm was designed by the vendors for easy management, with long square paddocks making irrigating, planting, cultivating and harvesting of any crops more efficient. A huge machinery shed, machinery, implements, high-set 4 bedroom air-conditioned home, a share in the farm’s co-op sugar cane harvesting contract and the 2008 sugar cane crop makes this walk-in walk-out deal an opportunity not to be missed!!!
Location: 30km Southwest of Home Hill and 100km South of Townsville on the Burdekin River.
Area: Total – 102 hectares (252acres) Cultivated area 95.29 hectares (235 acres).
Tenure: One freehold title
Services: 3 phase power,& Primary School 8km toward Home Hill with bus run. Home Hill has a population of approximately 2500 with 2 primary schools, a high school, TAFE College, hospital, ambulance, Aged Care facility, 6 churches, 2 banks, 2 supermarkets, Inkerman Sugar Mill, race course, several caravan parks and an Olympic size swimming pool. Townsville has a population of over 160,000 with a domestic and international airport and a large university as well as a large industrial, commercial and military presence.
Country: The entire farm has been laser-leveled. The majority of the farm’s paddocks run in a North/South direction, while the remainder runs in an East/West direction. The soil type on the farm is grey/black self-mulching clay, making it suitable to grow many crops such as sugar cane, corn, cotton and beans.
Water: The property has an abundance of water with a Sunwater allocation of 817megs, which allows the farm to be irrigated in 3-5days. The water is sourced from 3 channel outlets 2 are gravity fed and the other has a 6 inch re-lift pump. There are number of irrigation outlets that are interconnected by 110m of 18 inch cement pipes, 200m of 15 inch cement pipes, 170m of 15 inch of poly pipes, which makes the job of irrigating easy by simply opening and shutting the irrigation outlets. All the runoff water is kept on the farm via 2 recycling pits. The cost of the water from Sunwater is ($44/meg +gst).
Crop & machinery: The 2008 sugar cane crop has been estimated as being 7,100 tonnes. The crop is harvested by a grower co-op, of which a share will be part of this sale.
An extensive list of the machinery and implements can be supplied upon request.
Buildings & Improvements: The farm has a 380sqm steel shed to house all machinery and workshop which has 3 phase power. The home is a high-set timber with 4 bedrooms and is fully air-conditioned.
Price: $1,335,600 Walk In Walk Out
Contact: Raine & Horne Ayr
Peter DelleBaite
Office 4783 7522
Mobile 0419 679 907