Mid way between Townsville and Ayr and just off the Bruce Highway at Horseshoe Lagoon is this 3.3ha (8.15 acre) property. The 3 bedroom ground level steel frame home is fully air-conditioned with split systems and has tiles and ceiling fans throughout. The recently replaced solid timber kitchen has a stainless steel oven and cook top. Beside the home is a two bay air-conditioned colourbond steel shed – great for the pool room, the dog house or maybe even the car! The home is surrounded by a large lawn area interspersed with a variety of trees providing privacy.
The property has ample supply of good quality and quantity of underground water with two bores equipped with submersible pumps; one supplying the home and the other to the many varieties of fruit trees. The established plantation includes 63 Lychee trees, 180 R2E2 mango trees, 135 Kensington Pride mango trees and 159 Valencia mango trees. The irrigation system provides unlimited water via 40mm underground poly mains and 20mm poly pipe to the under tree sprays. The cost of the water is approximately $100/yr for the license.
Also included in the sale are a Ford 5000 tractor, slasher, back blade, mister sprayer and picking trampoline.
Horseshoe Lagoon is 10km from Giru, 30km from Ayr and 50km from Townsville along the Bruce Highway. Giru has a Primary School, Post office, hotel, sugar mill and several shops. There is also a bus run to the two Ayr secondary schools. Ayr has a population of over 8500 with nearly 20,000 in the Burdekin shire. It has a busy CBD with a wide variety of services, supermarkets and shops. Townsville is rapidly growing into an economic power house with a strong industrial, government and defense presence.
Contact:
Jack Slaney
Raine and Horne Ayr
Office: 07 4783 7522
Email: ayr@rh.com.au