Tasmania’s Table Cape/Boat Harbour district is regarded as the premier farming land in Tasmania unsurpassed anywhere in Australia. It enjoys a reliable rainfall of +1000mm/A which, from all climate change modeling, is predicted to remain for the foreseeable future. The climate is described as mild Mediterranean.
The dominant soil is Krasnozem and the Wessex farming paddocks are classified Class1 (Class scale being 1:7) cropping land. They are currently producing high value crops of onions, potatoes, carrots, poppies and pyrethrum. Wessex has produced many record winning yields.
The property has a dam/s with good water supply.
The Wessex non-farming land and escarpment are currently utilised for dams and grazing only, but here is the under-utilised gem with a vast potential, having a magnificent building platform providing unsurpassed views of Bass Strait, Boat Harbour beach and village, Rocky Cape, The Nut and beyond. On the lower level, accessed by a four-wheel drive track, is a further platform that is of a size suitable for a helicopter pad and from which the foreshore of Bass Strait can be enjoyed. The only other access to this foreshore is by boat and is therefore essentially exclusive.
This potential was recognized by the current owner when purchased 25 years ago, however it has lain dormant due to them having ownership and developing an equally magnificent property on the foothills of the iconic Table Cape. They are now releasing this property to enable an astute farmer to capatalise on farming land that can only become more prized as it becomes more and more sort after for high value crops – or a visionary who will utilise the potential of both the farming and accommodation – or a romantic who will build his dream home and have a guaranteed income from leasing the Class 1 land for others to farm.
Prime examples of commercial accommodation developments can be viewed at www.thewingedhouse.com.au which has been built on a similar escarpment just 1km East of Wessex or on a larger scale www.azzurebeachhouses.com.au at Boat Harbour and www.killynaught.com.au