MURILBA & COONOOMOONO
COONAMBLE

Murilba & Coonoomoona adjoin the Killara Aggregation on the northern side to give a combined area of 6,754 hectares (16,690 acres). This area includes 4,587 hectares (11,335 acres) of cultivation plus the ability to run approx 500 breeding cows.

Situation:

32kms north-east of Coonamble via Baradine Road.

Area:

Murilba: 1,783.47 hectares (4,406 acres)
Coonoomoona: 866.54 hectares (2,141 acres)

Total 2,650.01 hectares (6,547 acres)

Country:

Generally very flat landscape with heavy friable grey soil with areas of lighter chocolate to red loam type. Timber consists of belah, myall, boonery, box and wilga. Approx 1,822 hectares (4,500 acres) cultivation, some of which having only been cultivated for 2 to 3 seasons. All of the cultivation is being prepared for a winter cropping programme.

Rainfall:

600 mm annual average.

Water:

Private piped scheme from Gadgerie bore to 5 tanks plus troughs. Bore equipped with windmill to several tanks and troughs, 7 dams.

Fencing:

All in good to stock-proof condition, plain and barbed wire or netting. Sub-divided into 18 main paddocks.

Murilba

Improvements:

Modern 4 bedroom weathertex home, kitchen/dining/lounge, office, air-conditioned, above ground pool and 3 bay garage.

Other
Accommodation:

Older style 2 bedroom timber home, sleepout, office, air-conditioned and 2 bay lock-up garage.

Machinery Shed:

80 x 40 steel machinery shed, concrete bay – built 2008.

Grain Storage:

8 silos – 430 tonne capacity.

Shearing Shed:

Modern, 3 stand electric shed, raised board (holds approx 400 sheep), steel sheep yards.

Cattle Yards:

Very good steel yards, race, crush, calf-marking cradle and race, loading race and ramp at homestead. Second set of steel yards at Cranmore with race, crush and loading ramp and calf-marking cradle.

Other
Improvements:

10KW solar power station feeding into an electricity grid. Several small storage sheds.

Coonoomoona

Improvements:

3 bedroom weatherboard cottage, kitchen/lounge/dining, air-conditioned.

Machinery Shed:

4 bay steel, lock-up shed. 2 bay steel shed.

Grain Storage:

3 x 100 tonne silos.