Location
Both properties are situated approximately 40km North East of Chinchilla, and approximately 313km North West from Brisbane with bitumen road frontage via Burra Burri Creek Rd.
Facilities
Facilities on the properties include 3 phase power, mail service 3 times weekly, and school bus to high school in Chinchilla. The major cattle selling centre is located in Dalby.
Area and Tenure
The total area and tenure of Bar-K and Pinneena is approximately 713.968Ha (approximately 1,764.21 acres) on three (3) freehold titles. Local authority is Western Downs Regional Council.
Country
The country on Bar-K and Pinneena is predominately flat to gently undulating sandy alluvial plains intersected by Nudley and Charleys Creeks merging into level Brigalow country on the Western side of the property.
Cultivation and Timber Treatment
The majority of the grazing country has been cleared with established Blue Grass, Rhoades grass and natural pasture with 150ha* of cultivation and 538ha* of grazing country..
Irrigation
Water is supplied from:
. 300ML ring tank plus sump and equipped with 16 inch flood harvest pump driven by a three phase electric motor
. Electric irrigation pumps and sand filters supply all water to 150Ha* of irrigation country through 8 inch PVC main lines and 6 inch sub lines
. Stock water is supplied by Charley’s Creek, Nudley Creek and supplemented by 4 earth dams
. 1 freshwater bore equipped with air pump and electric compressor for domestic and stock use pumping to a high tank and then gravity-fed to water troughs in all grazing paddocks
. There are 472ML* in water allocations
. Water Allocation No.113 – Nominal Entitlement of 72ML*/water year with a Volumetric Limit of not greater than 96ML* water/year; and
. Water Allocation No.48 – Nominal entitlement of 185ML*/water year with a Volumetric Limit of not greater than 188ML*/water year. This allocation is managed under a multiyear account. This can effectively allow for the extraction of up to 376ML* in one year, however over any 2-year period maximum extraction must not exceed 376ML*
Fencing
Bar-K and Pinneena are fenced into 25* paddocks including:
10 x 1 acre horse paddocks with sheds and
9 x 3.5 acres horse paddocks without sheds
Yards
Yards on the properties are as follows:
Bar-K Steel yards to handle approximately 300 cattle*
Pinneena Steel cattle yards to handle 200 cattle*
Improvements on each property include:
Bar-K
. 3 bedroom home
. Workshop 18.3m* x 12.1m *
. Hay shed 18m* x 16m *
. Grain barn 7.6m* x 4.1m *
. Machinery shed 24m* x 8m *
. Saddle shed 7.5m* x 4.5m *
. Quarters 10.8m* x 4.8m *
. Fertiliser and bin shed 20m* x 8m *
. Packing shed 1,903m2 *
. 1 x 50T* silo, 1 x 30T* silo, 2 x 15T* silos
Pinneena
. 4 bedroom lowset brick homestead plus office built in 2000 set in landscaped gardens with in-ground pool
. 2 bay steel frame shed 7.2m* x 3m*
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