AREA & TENURE: 2119 Ha or 5236.15 ac L21 BLM112 Freehold, Shire of Balonne. Rates $792 half yearly.

LOCATION: 80 km N/E of St George & 170 km N/W of Goondiwindi.

SERVICES: Telstra landline, limited mobile coverage, solar power at the quarters & workshop & a gravel airstrip.

COUNTRY: Undulating soft red loam soils running into some jump up ridge country. Timbered with brigalow, belah, wilga, mulga, box & ironbark. Good standing timber providing shade and cattle camps. Approx 1400 ac low edible mulga, good stand of buffel and native grasses. Approx 2100 ac recently pulled regrowth with areas available for cultivation once raked & burnt. Estimated 3300 ac category X. Certified PMAV in place. Areas of old cultivation could be readily utilised for forage crops.

RAINFALL: 500mm (20′) annual average

WATER: 4 dams with good catchment, large lagoon behind the cattle yards and 3 x rain water tanks at the sheds & quarters. Good recent rain and the dams are full.

IMPROVEMENTS: Quarters with kitchen, bathroom & laundry, bedroom sleeps up to 3 people, covered outdoor area, fire pit, carport, workshop, small machinery shed, hay shed, portable cattle yards, shearing shed & airstrip.

FENCING: Boundary fences on the southern and eastern side are to be included in a new cluster fence to be erected before April, western and northern boundary fences are good ring lock & barb with steel posts. Internal fences are good stock proof ring lock & barb with steel posts, steel end assemblies and double gates.

PRICE: $280 per acre

REMARKS: “East Surprise” is for genuine sale offering immediate possession on signing of contract. Good secure grazing property with 1400 acres of low edible mulga, good mixture of country with excellent fences and water. 2100 acres recently pulled timber and approx 1100 ac currently raked. This property would be an ideal low cost add on breeder block suitable for either sheep or cattle. Carrying capacity would be greatly increased with forage crops and more buffel seeding. Property is destocked and recent rain has the feed jumping away.

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