SITUATED: Approximately 37km north west of Goondiwindi on the Goodar Road with 22km bitumen and 15km all weather gravel road. Approximately 30km west of Billa Billa.
SERVICES: Regional Power, TV reception, internet. All weather road to house and cattle yards. Twice weekly mail service. Primary & secondary schools in Goondiwindi with school bus at the front gate. All amenities at Goondiwindi including medical, sporting & shopping facilities. Livestock saleyards at Goondiwindi, Dalby & Toowoomba. Bulk grain silos at Goondiwindi. 1000m Airstrip.
AREA & TENURE: 34857.52 acres (14106.359 hectares). Comprising: Lot 1 CVN10, Lot 13 CVN59, Lot 15 CVN 89, Lot 16 CVN89, Lot 17 CVN89. 20655.65 Acres (8359.06 hectares) Freehold. Lot 3 CVN238 SH20/3878. 14201.87 Acres (5747.3 hectares) Lands Lease. Waggamba Shire Council Rates approx $33000.00 per year.
RAINFALL: 600mm (24 inch) annual average
COUNTRY: An excellent mixture of soils with approx 5500 acres black to chocolate fertile Belah Myall Brigalow Billa Billa soils with the balance a mixture of chocolate to grey Brigalow Belah soils running to red sandy Wilga Box Pine loams. The entire property aerially seeded to buffel & Kataborah Rhodes in the 1970s with a large cover of buffel currently established on the grazing country. 4000 hectares pasture improved with Fine Cut Rhodes, Premier Digitaria, Creeping Blue, Bisset, Wynncassia and Caatinca Stylo. A further 3200 hectares has been blade ploughed and seeded with this pasture mix over the last three years. 600 hectares has been raked in the last 6 months. Approximately 2428.12 hectares (6000 acres) cultivation and the balance a mixture of open grazing country including approximately 4000 hectares old cultivation, some areas of regrowth and shade lines and cattle camps. Original timber includes Box, Sandalwood, Coolibah, Belah, Brigalow, Myall, Wilga. Scattered Briah.
WATER: Double frontage to the Weir River with pump delivering water to tanks and troughs. 24 dams including 12 new dams with an average size of 50000 m3 constructed in the last 2 years. Majority of the dams are fenced and equipped with either windmills or solar pumps and troughs to various paddocks. Additionally watered by 5 bores (approximately 40ft) to tanks, troughs and also supplying water to main homestead. Traversed by creeks and watercourses with two permanent lagoons Dugan Lagoon and Boonal Lagoon.
FENCING: Subdivided into approximately 28 main paddocks with numerous holding paddocks. Boundary fencing comprises a mixture of netting in good to fair condition and hingejoint with one barb. Internal fencing comprises four barb, two barb 2 plain and five plain wire fences. Laneway system servicing numerous paddocks. 32km new fencing on Goodar and all fences are stockproof.
IMPROVEMENTS: Comfortable 4 bedroom main home with polished timber floors, builtins in two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 3 toilets, wood heating and air conditioning. Separate lounge, dining and family rooms, large enclosed verandah and fenced yard. 80ft x 40ft steel & timber machinery shed with power connected and lockable section. Old 3 sided 3 bay carport. 3 stables with stallion yard and round yard. 3 bedroom air conditioned cottage with 3 sided carport. Farm managers weatherboard 4 bedroom air conditioned home with timber flows, open plan kitchen, wood heating, large pantry, freshly painted interior and large lounge. Adjoining carport and set in lawns and gardens. 80ft x 40ft 3 sided steel machinery shed with power connected. 2 x 80 tonne silos. 1 x 32 tonne silo. 2 bedroom air conditioned cottage. 40ft x 20ft steel & timber 2 sided machinery shed. Old 3 stand woolshed and adjoining sheep yards.
YARDS: Large set of well shaded timber & steel cattle yards with loading ramp, undercover working area, bugle race and forcing yard, hydraulic Rustler crush, undercover calf cradle & race, drafting pound, coolers and water connected. Adjoining small hayshed and lockable equipment shed. Second set of timber & steel cattle yards with undercover crush, loading ramp and cradle. 2 sets of small timber yards with loading ramp & holding yard.
CARRYING CAPACITY: Consistently run 2500 breeders plus cultivation or steer equivalent.
REMARKS: One of the original and largest holdings in the Goondiwindi district, Goodar Station represents a unique opportunity to acquire a very well located versatile holding. The property has proven its quality productivity as seen year after year in the Munro Shorthorns. Its sound balance of soils, prime cultivation, substantial development, heavy body of improved pastures and soft native grasses make Goodar Station ideally suited to backgrounding, breeding, growing, fattening, grain and fodder crop production..