CHEAPEST breeder country in the southern Hemisphere
BEST watered property in the Cape
Location: 470 k north of Mareeba and 87k west of Musgrave
Area/Tenure: 121,406 ha (300,000ac) pastoral holding, Cook shire
Services: Weekly mail plane, Telstra radio/microwave link, satellite TV & broadband
Country: Alluvial river frontages, open box / bloodwood forest, sand ridges and ti-tree
watercourses. Pasture predominantly black spear grass, giant spear grass
with perennial native sorghum and numerous annuals. Soils are clay loams to
sandy loams.
Infrastructure: 3 bedroom block home, workers quarters, 7.5kva solar power plant,
Main timber cattle yards with loading ramp, crush, cradle, portable steel yards,
machinery shed, work shed and saddle shed.
Water: Coleman River, Edward River and Emily Creek, numerous permanent lagoons
and waterholes, Semi-permanent swamps: a key feature – no pumps /bores to
maintain / check. Rainfall 45′ pa
Fencing: 180k of new fencing over past 5 years; 7 large paddocks, 8 smaller paddocks,
10 mustering /holding paddocks
Strathmay station is in the best value for money rural beef producing land in Australia, positioned 5 hours north of Mareeba on well maintained roads. Currently running approx. 3500 mixed cattle the property has the capacity to introduce further numbers using current infrastructure. The property is very well fenced, with small holding paddocks conveniently located around main paddocks for ease of mustering and being naturally watered is a great time / money saver – negating the need for checking pumps/bores/windmills. Large timbered properties could also be of increased demand from carbon trading in the future.