MITCHELL
$53 PER ACRE
17,594 Ha or 43,475 Ac
130km NW St George, 150km South of Mitchell, less than 2hrs from Roma sale yards. Mains power, telephone, internet, mail twice weekly.

RATES – Approx $1800/6 months after discount.
RENT – Approx $670/yr 2 lots total area 17,594h or 43,475 acres GHPL (owner states about 80 years to go on lease).

COUNTRY – Slightly undulating predominantly red country – ranging from deep loam with yellow jacket through to Wilga, Kurrajong, Box, Sandalwood, Beefwood to some higher mulga ridges. Buffel well established through treated country plus Neverfail, Mulga Mitchell, Longtail, Kangaroo and Bluegrass plus very useful soft, low self feeding Mulga.

Approx 32,000 acres pulled over a period of years with approx 6,000 acres raked and approx 1200 acres burnt. Generally timber treatment has been maintained in a 10 yr cycle but large areas have regularly been cutter barred to extend this cycle. These areas have been planted to a mix of silk sorghum, sugar drip sorghum with some areas left just for buffel to take over. In total about 2000 acres has been cutter barred with approx 1000-1200 acres planted to Silk and Sugar drip Sorghum.

Basically all country suitable for and available to be pulled has been (approx 70%) with the remainder consisting of watercourses and dam catchments and mulga.

RAINFALL – 18″

WATER – private bore pumping from 160′ at 400gph to 3 troughs plus 16 well maintained dams up to 15,000 yards.

FENCING – Predominantly steel – in excellent condition with most boundary either replaced or upgraded. Internal all sound – fenced into 7 main paddocks and 8 holding squares (1500 acres or less). Approx 7000 acres fenced for goats.

IMPROVEMENTS – 3 bedroom timber homestead – 2 bedrooms with WIR and split system air cons. Separate laundry, meat house, shower block. Dams with solar pump for house plus 8,500 gas rainwater.

Old high set 4 bedroom homestead. Good set steel cattle yards with head bail, Cyclone crush, loading ramp. 3 stand electric shearing shed in fair condition. Good set goat yards consisting of 60 panels and wing to yard. 2 bay all steel machinery shed. 3 bay steel and timber shed with workshop attached. 3 bay closed garage with cement floor. 20′ Storage shipping container.

CARRYING CAPACITY – Owner has over the years consistently carried 400 breeders and 5,000 sheep, so he estimates Loch Lomond will carry 800-900 breeders.

COMMENTS – “Loch Lomond” has been held by the same family for almost 50years. Timber management, water, fencing and pasture improvements means the property offers a very useful balance of country for cattle, sheep or goats even in dry times. “Loch Lomond” is considered good value at this price.