10.30am Friday 30th April, 2010
Ray White Auction Rooms, Brisbane
‘Inverclyde’
Large Scale Moonie District Breeding or Backgrounding

Partnership Must Be Dissolved – Reasonable Reserve – Result Required

AREA & TENURE: Total 16,476.99 Acres (6,668Hhectares). Lot 5 CP PG97, Lot 10 CP DY336 Freehold. Lot 4 CP PG97, GHFL. Freehold paid out.
Rates $3700.00 approximately per half year. Goondiwindi Regional Council. Lot 12 CP DY1073 Leasehold (approximately 2,963 Acres). Rates: $573.78 per annum, rent $230.00 per annum. Tara Shire.

SITUATED: Approximately 50km south of Moonie with 27km gravel road, 100km north of Goondiwindi with 30km gravel road. Centrally located only 2 hours to Toowoomba.

SERVICES: Regional Power, TV reception, internet. All weather road to house and cattle yards. Daily mail service to Moonie RTC, twice weekly mail to the property. RTC Moonie Services: Post Office, doctor once a week, library, community craft shop. Moonie Sports Club: Tennis, basketball, cricket, keep fit classes, etc. Moonie Crossroads Hotel: Excellent dining room and caf. Primary school in Moonie. Primary and secondary schools in Tara, Dalby and Toowoomba. Saleyards at Dalby, Goondiwindi & Toowoomba. Gravel airstrip.

RAINFALL: 625mm (25 inch) annual average.

COUNTRY: Excellent mixture of soils with friable softly undulating Brigalow /Belah grey & chocolate soils to soft red loamy Wilga/Belah soils, some melonhole country with productive couch grass and small areas of red gravelly ridges.
Approximately 2,500 acres pasture improved to bambatsi, creeping blue grass & purple pidgeon. Approximately 1,200 acres cultivated in 2008.
Approximately 4,000 acres planted to silk comprising a mixture of old cultivation and new blade ploughing. Approximately 6,777 acres open/pulled country with natural grasses and areas of low regrowth. Approximately 2,000 acres timbered country.

WATER: 2 x 63ml pipe lines in place from 2 dams to tanks and troughs watering 8 paddocks. 10 dams water remainder of the property. 2 bores with submersible pumps supply water to turkeys nests. Large catchment dam near the house supplies water to all the gardens and some troughs. Clear water dam in addition to rain water tanks supplies water to houses.

FENCING: Subdivided into approximately 25 paddocks plus holding paddocks.
Fencing in good condition with approximately half boundary fencing maintained dog netting fence and the balance a mix of 3 plain, 3 barbs and 2 plain 2 barbs. Internal fencing primarily 3 plain, 1 barb with balance 4 barb & 1 plain (new fencing).

CARRYING CAPACITY: Owners estimate to run approx 1,000 breeders through to weaning and 2,000 acres cultivation. This could be greatly increased with further pasture development.

IMPROVEMENTS: Large older style chamferboard home with 5 bedrooms and office. Built-ins throughout and ensuite off the main bedroom. Open plan kitchen, separate lounge/dining, evaporative cooling, 2 car cemented carport, coldroom and large gauzed verandah with views over lagoon.
5 bedroom hardiplank home with views over the lagoon. Modern open plan kitchen, with walk-in pantry, large main bathroom with spa and additional downstairs toilet and shower. Built-ins in all bedrooms and walk-in wardrobe in main bedroom. Large formal dining room, polished floors and double lock up garage converted to rumpus room.
2 bedroom weatherboard cottage with eat-in kitchen and large timber entertaining verandah set in attractive lawns and gardens.
19m x 13m 3 sided steel machinery shed with cemented workshop area and power connected.
4 stand woolshed and good set of shearer’s quarters.
10m x 17m cotton seed/machinery shed.
14m x 14m 2 bay steel grain/machinery shed with cement floor.
3 seed silos. 3 main grain silos with aerators. 2 smaller grain silos.
Silage pit. Gravel quarry.

YARDS: New steel cattle yards on gravel pad with crush, bugle race, 6 way draft, loading ramp and calf cradle with capacity for over 1000 head.
Old set of timber cattle yards with loading ramp and water connected.

REMARKS: Family owned since 1979, ‘Inverclyde’ is one of the larger holdings in the Moonie district. Well located approximately 50km to the Moonie Highway with good access to livestock markets and grain silos. ‘Inverclyde’ has a good mixture of soils and is very well developed to pasture and cultivation. It is currently carrying a strong body of quality feed. A versatile large scale property ideal for backgrounding, grazing or fattening.

For further details contact

RAY WHITE RURAL GOONDIWINDI
Office 0746712077
Mal Gollan 0428132205
Rob Tweedy 0429160657

RAINE & HORNE LEONARD & CO
Goondiwindi 07 4671 4466
Henry Leonard 0407 584 406
Tim Kelly 0419 169 823