Area and Tenure: 96,906Ha or 238,720ac. Lot 5026 / Pastoral Holding 251
Situation: 75km North East of Georgetown, 104 km North West of Mt Surprise, approximately 5 hours west of Cairns and 550 km from Charters Towers.There are three separate access roads to the property which are suitable for road trains.
Services: 240 Rural Power with backup generator, STD telephone, satellite broadband internet, TV, mail twice weekly, Primary School at Georgetown, Saleyards at Mareeba and Charters Towers, live export at Kurumba, Merilyan, and Townsville. Abbattoirs located at Townsville.
Rainfall: 750mm or 30 inches
Water: Van Lee is well watered by 27 dams, 10 permanent springs, 2 bores with electric submersibles, 2 bores with petrol pumps, 35 km double frontage to the Einasleigh River and Parellel Creek, both with numerous permanent water holes. Cattle Creek and Bullock Creek also provide permanent water holes along numerous other permanent and sami permanent springs and water holes.
Improvements: A comfortable 4 bedroom Queenslander home with established gardens, trees and rainwater tanks. Flying Doctor approved 1000 m airstrip. A one bedroom self contained cottage in very good condition. 40′ X 24′ machinery shed, 2 years old and a 6 bay workshop/garage.
Country: The majority of Van Lee is undulating forest grazing, timbered with Box , Bloodwood, Ironbark and Ironwood with some smaller sandridge areas and Tea tree country. The country along the Einasleigh River provides some better frontage country and the area between the River and Parallel Creek of approx 35 km long and 2 km wide is a basalt strip and fenced separately. The predominant grasses are Blck Spear and Kangaroo with smaller areas of black soil with stands of Forest Mitchell. Numerous other native grasses are present such as Feather Top, Townsville Lucerne and Button grass. Introduced species include Seca and Verano Stylos which are present in areas over the entire property. There is also a good stand of Buffel around the house.
Yards and Fencing: Van Lee is subdivided into 7 main paddocks and several holding paddocks. 90% of the fencing is new in the last six years and is mostly 3 barb with some 4 barb. There are three sets of cattle yards. The Homestead Yards are timber and steel holding 1000head. The other 2 sets are portable panel yards and hold 1000 and 800 head.
Livestock: There is 4000 head of quality Brahman branded cattle included in the sale. These consist of approximately 2500 Breeding Cows(plus calves) , 1000 replacement heifers, 500 weaners and 80 Bulls. 20 work horses are also included in the sale.Currently there are additional agistment cattle on Van Lee providing the prospective buyer with immediate cash flow.
Inclusions: UD truck with stock crate, Blitz 4X4 truck, Fiat tractor, 2 motorbikes, 4 saddles, and related equipment a welder and some workshop equipment.
Carrying Capacity: The owners estimate Van Lee will carry 8,000 breeders plus replacement heifers in its current state. However, with a little more water development and fencing this could be increased to 10-12,000 head.
Agents Comments: Van Lee is a good reliable cattle breeding operation in a safe rainfall area. It has good fencing and waters and the double frontage to the Einasleigh River along the basalt country provides a rare mix of breeding and fattening areas. It has been developed well and provides an opportunity to aquire a sound working cattle property with some cattle , horses, plant and equipment