Presenting a magnificent rural lifestyle allotment, a highly productive primary production property and potentially two titles all in one.

Mahlburg Farm’s 12.9 hectares (approx. 30 acres) has been in the one family for well over three quarters of a century. Overlooking the township of Lobethal (Aptly named the “Valley of Praise” by its early German settlers), ‘Mahlburg Farm’ today produces beef cattle, alpacas, pasture and meadow hay, sweetcorn and a variety of berries from which jam is made and marketed.

It boasts a ten year history of growing Christmas trees for Lobethal’s season of lights, and has a grove of established olive trees. Potatoes, leeks, garlic, and fruit and summer vegetables have sold well along with sweetcorn via driveway sales. The farm is also well suited to the growing of apples, cherries and cut flower varieties.

Only one minute’s drive from the main street or a five minute stroll to get the morning paper, the block has an approved building envelope that encapsulates four truly amazing views: several local vineyards and the hills beyond them, the picturesque valley along Western Branch Road, the township of Lobethal, and an amazing natural amphitheatre overlooking the town’s oval and three horse polocrosse fields.

Mahlburg Farm’s rustic sheds are set high upon the block. A 1950s brick dairy sits between two large sheds. A heavy timber hay barn with gable roof was used as a location for the film ‘Peaches’, and was also used for photos at a family wedding. Its skillion roof holds an animal manger. Another large shed with loft storage and a loading platform has a skillion section that was originally enclosed to house the family. There is also a 3-sided timber shed with storage platform that was originally used to house draught horses. With their reclaimed timbers showcasing the pioneering age of the original farm and being surrounded by mature pines, the scene has been instantly set to add maturity to any house and garden property development.

Other structures are a corrugated iron hayshed on the western slopes; cattle yards, crush and loading ramps; and a squatters tank. A submersible bore pumps about 2000 gallons/hr, with water quality 850ppm. A 1.9 ha pasture and 0.4 ha vegetable water allocation has been approved and a recently vegetated buffer to the adjoining property has been planted.

With power and mains water already connected within close proximity to the approved building envelope, service connection costs are all but taken care of with cheaper civil work activities being the only remaining requirement when building your new home.

But if waiting to build doesn’t suit then perhaps buying the immediately adjoining neighbours’ solid brick home complete with separate title and 1 acre of land may suit your requirements (offered non-contingently, refer online listing ’32 Adelaide-Lobethal Road Lobethal’).

Only 45 minutes from the CBD, 20 minutes from Mount Barker or 25 minutes from Tea Tree Plaza, Mahlburg Farm is central to numerous amenities and tourist attractions such as quality private and public primary schools, Fairyland Village (opposite the farm), Goldings’ Winery and Functions Centre (just down the road), the Lights of Lobethal, Lobethal Bierhaus, Melba’s Chocolates in Woodside, Balhannah’s Cocolat Factory, the Giant Rocking Horse in Gumeracha, historic Hahndorf, Birdwood’s National Motor Museum and numerous cheese, food and wine restaurants.

Additional Features:

* Long driveway accessed from Lobethal-Adelaide Road.
* Trailer with approx 30 fluming pipes plus fittings.
* 500L diesel bowser on raised platform in shed.
* Bore: pump (47m below surface) on new 50mm poly pipes; electric motor replaced 3 years ago; equipped with meter for when licenses are introduced.
* Eastern boundary is a cleared, fenced, vegetated creek.
* Many fenced paddocks; electric fencing in some.