AREA: This is a beautiful farm just under 200 ks. north of Brisbane, 27 ks. north west from Gympie.

LAND: It contains an area -approx. 167.05 acres of freehold land which has fertile red scrub and brown / black alluvial creek flat soils. The boundaries include over 1 k. to Widgee creek. This boundary is lined with Riverine rain forest for its entire length, shading rock swimming holes. There is about 1 k. of road frontage and it is adjacent to approx. 1132 acres of forest reserve which is subject to a long term lease for the farm. There are 3 small remaining boundary frontages to neighbours. **[additional land is for sale- see end note]

CARRYING CAPACITY: 60 breeders or 90 steers, including use of the forest reserve.

PASTURES: The land is approx. 70% planted to improved pastures including Bisset blue grass, varieties of Rhodes grass, Panics and black spear grass. Legumes include Siratro, Burgundy bean, Winn cassia and Clovers. There are plenty of Blue gum, Cassia brewsteri, Melaleucas and Rain forest trees and the rare native Lime citrus tree.

HOUSE: The home is of modern design, built in 1996 and is approx. 380 sq. metres. It is constructed with sandstone blocks on a slab. The insulated steel roof has 2 automatic electro / thermal air extraction fans for coolness. There are plenty of wide sliding glass windows and doors, giving a view from every room. It contains 4 bedrooms with 1 of them acting as an office. These rooms are large with built-in wardrobes. There are 3 bath and/or shower rooms and 3 toilets.

IRRIGATION: The property has an 8 hectare [ 20 acre ] irrigation licence using an automatic 2.2 kw. Davey submersible pump supplying a 5000 gallon header tank,which supplies by gravity, the house garden area and 8 concrete stock troughs. An underground quick shift system irrigates the creek flats.

SHED/ YARDS: These are situated a distance from the house for noise reduction.The large sheds area has: a besser brick shed on a slab with an iron roof. It contains a kitchen, living area, shower and toilet, tool storage and work area. Fresh water is supplied via a large concrete tank. There are also plenty of hay, machinery, tack and chemical storage sheds. The cattle yards have been rebuilt ,comprising galvanized steel posts, large heavy duty tensioning turnbuckles, 8 steel cable wired sides, heavy duty galvanised steel gates and galvanized steel drafting pound and race flowing to a full vet. crush. There is a loading ramp and pen with plenty of other yards/holding pens for weaning etc.

PADDOCKS / FENCING: 90% of the fences have been renewed in the past 5 years. They are constructed with 4 Iowa barbed heavy duty wires using yellow stringy posts or galvanized star pickets, ezi lock wire holders and grippled at one end for dead easy and time saving retensioning. Most of the creek area is fenced with 3 strands of plain electrified wire. It is tensioned with galvanized turnbuckles for easy removal and retensioning. The system is powered by a 25 kilojoule ,240 volt, Gallagher fencer capable of electrifying the entire farm. The balance of the creek area is fenced with 4 strand Iowa barbed wire. All gateways are fitted with galvanized 5 bar steel gates. There are 4 large paddocks and 5 smaller paddocks automatically watered from the header tank.

FOREST LEASE: Refer to agent for information on the forest lease and the additional land for sale.

SUMMARY: This is a perfect and private “life style” farm with capacity to supplement other income, whilst enjoying areas on the Fraser Coast.

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