Area:
112,534Ha – 278,076Ac
Location:
50km east of Tibooburra, frontage to cut line (Tibooburra-Bourke Road)
Country:
Generally flat open treeless Mitchell grass plains to slight undulating rises. With sandy loam & scattered Mulga red country app. 60,000Ac of Alluvial grey soil flood out country from The Bulloo River System (QLD) Thompson Creek & various tributaries flowing to Salisbury Lake catchment. Highly productive country old man salt bush, lignum & cane grass swamps. Nardo clovers along with herbages, button grass, Never fail, native panic Mitchell grass, bladder salt bush & salines
Water:
Securely watered by 8 artesian & sub artesian bores. Clifton bore 90,000lt per hr 24.5 PSI connected to pipelines. 18 x 5,000 gal poly tanks, concrete troughs, 22 earth dams, Salisbury Lake holds large capacity of water last up to 2 years, filling from local Yancannia Creek & tributaries as well as Bullo River overflow in season.
Fencing:
Subdivided into 18 grazing paddocks, 8 holding paddocks mostly steel fencing and in good repair.
Improvements:
Pindera homestead is the head quarters – 5 bedroom bessa brick
construction, air con, open fireplace, large living & dining area, kitchen with dishwasher & electric oven, semi attached cottage to home, new bathroom, cool room combined freezer (new) 3.6m, workshop 50′x30′ concrete floor 30′x20′ power & lighting & lockup areas, fuel storage 2,200lt & 1,500lt diesel storage, shearing shed 5 stand shaft driven all steel sheep yards all not used for 10years serviceable.
Clifton Downs homestead – 3 bedrooms plus attached 3 room Atco building making it very homely, kitchen, walk in pantry, lounge, open fire evap air & reverse cycle, living area& breezeway, coolroom, 20′x10′ lockup shed, 40′x20′ openfront 60′x20′ openfront, various
storage & lockup sheds, power & lighting connected, 2,000 + 2,000 + 1,800 gal fuel storage, shearing shed 4 stand electric, steel pipe & mesh sheep yards, adjustable loading ramp, all serviceable quartered 5 rooms.
2 x main sets of cattle yards?all steel, Pindera has new CIA crush 5 way drafts, calf race, handling 900 hd & big cooler yards.
Clifton Downs – all steel 5 way draft, crush, calf race, big cooler yard, water connected to both, 2 set of additional cattle yards both in use.
Services:
Serviced by rural power, STD phone, mail twice weekly, maintained RTA road to Tibooburra 50km – hospital, 2 hotels, store, fuel, police station & LPHA office. Sealed RFDS airport, 2 x station air strips, maintained graded track around properties
Rainfall:
250mm PA
Carrying Capacity:
LPHA rated carrying 18,347DSE. There have been no sheep grazed on properties since 1992. Currently carrying 4,300 cattle (2,300 breeding cows). The country is in excellent condition and could handle another 1,000 cows or equivalent.
AGENT REMARKS:
Pindera Downs has been in the Nicholls’s family since 1928 and later adding Clifton Downs. These properties have always been highly regarded in The Corner Country and are proven produces of quality cattle. When season prevails opportunity arises from local flooding to double carrying capacity. Low in put cost & easy management makes this aggregation not to be passed!
Inspection highly recommended through David Russell 0418 636 050