AUCTION – 11am THURSDAY MARCH 8, 2012
ROYAL HOTEL, GOONDIWINDI

AREA and TENURE: Approximately 2962.6 Hectares (7321 Acres) Freehold. Lot 3 on PG318, County of Pring, Parish of Callingunee, Goondiwindi Regional Council.

SITUATION: Situated 55km north east of Goondiwindi just off the Gore Highway and Mt Carmel Road.

SERVICES: Three phase power. STD telephone and mobile phone service. Primary school at Kindon. Primary and secondary schools at Goondiwindi, with school bus. Livestock selling services at Goondiwindi, Dalby and Toowoomba. Bulk grain handling facilities at Goondiwindi, Moonie and Millmerran.

COUNTRY: Good mixture of soft Brigalow, Belah, Red Belah, some Box country, with protective shadelines, waterways and contour banks.

WATER: There are 3 bores (one artesian), and a magnificent lagoon on 14 Mile Creek which supplies the houses and gardens.
A pressure pump on the bore at the cattle yards supplies manacon tanks and troughs, while Western bore supplies tanks and troughs, and a flowing bore supplies the homestead. Numerous rainwater tanks on buildings with pressure pumps connected.

RAINFALL: 600mm (24 inch) annual average.

CULTIVATION: Approximately 2476 hectares (6118 acres) is in a no-till tramtrack farming operation which has farm-over contour banks and waterways. There is currently approximately 670 hectares planted to sorghum, which will be included in the sale. The majority of the balance of cultivation is ready for winter crops with all fallow country recently sprayed.

IMPROVEMENTS: The main homestead is a very attractive 2 storey house with a north easterly aspect, set in established gardens with a pool and flexi-pave tennis court. It consists of 6 bedrooms (2 with ensuite) and sunroom/tv room upstairs, kitchen, sunroom, lounge and dining room downstairs, with evaporative and reverse cycle split system air-conditioning. The upstairs bedrooms open to a verandah with views looking over the property. There is also a cold room and butchers room, 2 car garage and store room.
There is a substantial manager’s residence, as well as another cottage and air-conditioned quarters.

There are numerous sheds and a cement floor workshop.
3 x 155t conical base silos near the gravel grain pad.
2 x 140t and 1 x 70t silos near the workshop.
5 stand shearing shed and very good sheep yards.
Good set of steel cattle yards with crush and loading ramp.

There are 6 opportunity feed pens holding approximately 100 head each. These are situated near a gravel pit, silage bunkers and 3 silos.

REMARKS: Trevanna Downs is located in the highly regarded and sought after Billa Billa area, with excellent improvements as well as a good mixture of well managed farming country. If you are a serious grain farmer looking for more country you must consider this property. Also would be ideally suited for backgrounding steers, fat lambs or as a stud property.

The Sustainability Declarations for this property can be obtained by contacting the agent.

The above report has been prepared by us on information we have obtained and while we trust it to be correct, it is not guaranteed by us and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries.