LOCATION : Doondi is located 35km South of St George with full bitumen frontage to the Castlereagh Highway. Approx 220km from Goondiwindi and 540km from Brisbane. The property boasts 7.2km frontage to the Lower Balonne River system and is renowned locally for its scenic natural water holes and supply.
SERVICES : Connected to telephone/internet and rural power.
The local community of St George offers banking, retail, rural supply outlets, schools, sporting and cultural facilities.
Cotton ginning facilities at: St George, Dirranbandi and Mungindi. Handy to feedlots and major cattle selling centres in Dalby and Roma.
AREA AND TENURE : 1 freehold lot of 6,813 hectares or 16,837.637 acres. 2 leasehold lots to total 36.1 hectares or 89.2 acres (river pump site and old stock route).
COUNTRY : The majority of country is level to slightly undulating along the river, with approx 1000Ha flood-out consisting of heavy black self-mulching soils timbered with Coolibah and Belah trees.
Two main water courses traverse through the property back into the odd sand ridge.
Approx 4,025Ha currently grazing country, mainly native plains grasses, Mitchell and Blue Grass, pasture improved to Buffel with herbage in season.
Approx 1,848Ha of dryland farming country is split into 12 blocks situated in the plains country. Please note this country is relatively unscathed from recent flood events. “Doondi’s” first dryland cotton crop has been successful, with the potential to produce up to 3 bales per acre. Most dryland blocks have been sprayed out and present clean of weeds.
Approx 242Ha has been planted to oats recently, all coming up (good strike). Last year’s wheat in dryland went 2 tonne/hectare, 95% prime hard.
IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT : The full irrigation area is 645Ha currently prepared for flood irrigation and is flood protected. Surveyed into 5 main fields with further dryland areas surveyed for lasering for future development. All fields can be gravity fed. Water is pumped into 3 storages via Horseshoe Lagoon storing all river water allocation and is extracted using a lift pump as well as all tailwater.
Cotton Block 1 (101.1Ha), Block 2 (81Ha), Block 3 (103Ha), Block 4 (95.4Ha) and Block 5 approx (264.5Ha). Well planned with scope to develop more dryland farming to irrigation.
IRRIGATION STORAGE : Four main storages with a total capacity of 10,391ML. This is more than, but consistent with, the volumetric limit of 9630ML.
The storages comprise S1, S2, S3 and Horseshoe Lagoon. Current storage capacity is at 85% approx 8,500ML.
The total area of the 3 storages is approx 295Ha.
RAINFALL :19 inch rainfall or 482.6mm.
WATER :
7.2km of Balonne River frontage with water allocations/licences to pump out of this system for irrigation. River water is also used for stock and domestic purposes, piped to improvements/tanks/troughs and dams for stock.
The homes and workshop all have rainwater tanks, the main homestead has 1 bore. The stock dams have been recently desilted.
WATER LICENCES :
470ML nominal allocation from the Beardmore Dam.
The Condamine and Balonne ROP indicates a nominal volume of 4785ML.
Flood harvest Licence 41018Q 83ML/day @ 2000ML/day flow over Jack Taylor Weir.
Highest extraction level 513ML/day @ 26,000ML/day flow over Jack Taylor Weir.
IMPROVEMENTS : The main homestead has a renovated open plan kitchen, living area, office, store room and walk in pantry. There is a verandah on the north and eastern sides, providing excellent entertaining areas overlooking the river. The original part of the home has a massive rumpus room, 4 bedrooms, lounge and dining rooms. The outbuildings include a 3 bedroom house, 2 bedroom quarters, as well as numerous sheds and a garage.
The homestead has an old levy bank around it to provide protection during a flood event. Other improvements as follows: new brick 4 bedroom manager’s residence with carport and garage situated within 1km of the machinery shed and workshop. 1 hay shed, shearing shed, hangar and strip, steel cattleyards x2, silos set on concrete pads, 2×210 tonne, 1×60 tonne and 3×40 tonne.
FENCING : The vast majority of “Doondi” is 4 barb with star posts and wooden strainers, some newly completed on the southern boundary with 1 boundary suitable to sheep 2 barb and 4 plain.
The cattleyards are centrally located with a small lane system into the main yards. On the eastern portion of the highway the grazing paddocks are split into 4 main paddocks.
Adjoining these paddocks is a second set of cattleyards complete with loading ramp.
CARRYING CAPACITY : Vendors believe the carrying capacity on the grazing land alone to be 1000 steers to feedlot weight, however with crop would finish as bullocks.
Sustainability declaration available from the office.

The details above are those supplied by the vendor and prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the accuracy of these details.