‘KILLARA AGGREGATION’
Killara, Kalawa, Ferndale, Part Cranmore
COONAMBLE
SITUATION: 23kms east of Coonamble via Baradine Road. 59kms west of Baradine. School bus access to Coonamble.
AREA: 4,104.1 Hectares (10,141 acres) Freehold.
COUNTRY: Generally flat to predominately sloping soils vary from heavy grey/ black self-mulching type to heavier chocolate loam and lighter red sandy soils. Timber consists of belah, myall, boonery with wilga, box and buddah on the lighter country. Approx. 2228 Hectares (5505 acres) are at present being cultivated. A further area of approx. 36 hectares has been planted to blue mallee trees as a carbon sink. The grazing country is an excellent mix of open and lightly timbered country carrying a good range of summer grasses and winter herbage plus areas established to buffel grass.
WATER: 3 bores with electric submersible pumps, 1 bore equipped with wind-mill, 1 shared bore with wind-mill all pumping to tanks and troughs, 10 dams.
FENCING: Generally in excellent condition, netting and ring-lock and barbed wire, sub-divided into 32 main paddocks.
IMPROVEMENTS: Killara: 4 bedroom timber home built in 1909/10, excellent condition, kitchen/ dining, lounge room, office, hall, air-conditioning and heating, open verandah all set in a large landscaped garden with in-ground pool, pergolas, carport plus an automatic garden watering system and satellite broadband connection.
OTHER
ACCOMMODATION: Kalawa: 3 bedroom brick veneer home, built 1980 with reverse cycle air-conditioner, satellite broadband connection and automatic watering system. 3 bedroom weatherboard cottage, shearer’s quarters on Killara.
MACHINERY SHEDS: 2 Galvanised iron and timber sheds on Killara, 178m2 steel shed on Kalawa, steel garage/ workshop on Kalawa.
GRAIN STORAGE: 6 x 220 tonne silos (2 x grain driers), 3 x 50 tonne flat bottom silos, 4 x 40 tonne cone bottom silos.
CATTLE-YARDS: 2 sets of heavy steel yards with race, crush and loading ramp both in excellent condition.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS: 3 Storage sheds, 6 stand wool-shed and steel sheep yards, fuel shed.
OPPORTUNITY
FEEDLOT SITE: Timber yards with crush, loading ramp, water, three holding yards each with water and 2 x 40 tonne cone bottom silos.
REMARKS: The aggregation of Killara, Kalawa, Ferndale and Part Cranmore offers the opportunity for both versatility and scale in the agricultural sector. This is enhanced by the excellent use of lupins in conjunction with wheat to increase the productivity of the farming country. The Rich family is committed to a biological approach to crop fertilisation which has been proven by winning 5 wheat and 4 lupin district field crop competitions in recent years. This added to the opportunity for breeding and fattening make the Killara aggregation a very profitable operation.
DISCLAIMER: All care has been taken in compiling these particulars but, as the same are prepared on instructions and with details provided by the vendor, for whom the company act as agents only, we cannot accept responsibility for errors or misdescriptions if any. Intending purchasers should satisfy themselves as to the correctness of these details.