COOLAU DOWNS
Broad Acreage irrigated Agricultural, Cane and Cattle production property 588 Ha (1453 Acres) free hold & 3.6 Ha (8.9 Acres) special lease,1600 mega litre water allocation
Quest Realty is very pleased to offer for sale this outstanding well established unique property. Well located at Springmount Road, Arriga, Mareeba, North Queensland. Mid way between Atherton and Mareeba with roughly 20 minutes drive both way and only 88 Km west of Cairns. The property is easily accessible through 2 main roads, Springmount and Borzi roads. Easy and near access to all amenities including schools, hospitals, shopping and recreation. Only 25 minutes drive to Mareeba cattle sale yards.
The property is strategically located immediately adjacent to the Tableland sugar mill and adjoining the mill sugar farm. This is a distinct advantage allowing for efficient and economic cane harvesting and transport operation with minimal time between cane harvesting and crushing, maximising the harvest yield.
Property Land out lay and improvements:
Coolau Downs is 1462 acres property of which currently approximately 650 acres is under irrigated sugar cane production .The balance of the land is partially cleared and suitable for further agricultural and animal breeding enterprises.
This property enjoys abundance of water supply with well drained soil types and 300 days/ year of sunshine with a cool dry season without frost and hot wet season. These qualities make this property ideal for sugar cane and various other agricultural produce management and production, i.e.; various tropical fruits, coffee beans, maize, sorghum, beans, peanuts, pasture and cattle breeding and fattening including feed lot operations.
Since 1986 in addition to the current sugar cane production, this property been involved with cattle breeding, fattening, commercial semen production and intensive production of tropical dairy cattle for overseas breeders live cattle export.