For Sale by Expression of Interest
Closes 9th August 2013 @ 5pm

AREA: Approximately 14,303 ha

LOCATION: Located between 50 & 75 km west of Hay, on the Sturt Highway

TENURE: Freehold

SOILS AND TOPOGRAPHY:
Comprises open plain land with friable self mulching cracking clay well suited to agriculture. The lake areas and waterways are a heavier deep grey clay soils.

LAND CLASSIFICATION:
Row crop irrigation fields - 6,361 ha
Rice lands - 186 ha
Feedlot and office - 300 ha
Grazing lands & remainder- 7,757 ha
Total Land Area - 14,303 ha

STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS:
Office Complex Buildings, Amenities Block/Canteen, Workshop, Oil Shed/Fuel Storages, Bulk Grain Shed, Silo Complex, Grain Dryer Complex, Machinery Sheds, Aircraft Hangar/Machinery Shed, Chemical Shed, Shearing Shed Complex, Cattle Yards, Caravan Park, Multiple Dwellings & garages, Workers Quarters & donga

IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS:
The “Ravensworth” river water irrigation system is supplied from two main supply channels, from the Murrumbidgee River & “Glen Hope” supply channel. A further source of river water is the Abercrombie Irrigation Scheme supply channel.

“Ravensworth” also has two irrigation bores with a combined allocation of 4,122 ML/annum. These bores have been tested at 24 ML/day and 15 ML/day respectively.

A lateral irrigation system is in place and waters about 180 ha.

Row crop irrigation fields are in a rectangular pattern. Fields are all laser levelled with head ditches and tailwater return channels to existing on-farm storage.

Storage Dams total approximately 14,800 ML.

Licence No Purpose & Share/Volume
WAL 8308 Regulated River (High Security) – 1,600 Units
WAL 8309 Stock and domestic – 619 ML
WAL 8813 Regulated River (General Security) – 26,536 Units
WAL 8814 Supplementary Water – 6,085 Units
WAL 11828 Lower Murrumbidgee & Bore – 3,543 Units
WAL 14207 Bore – supplementary – 599 Units
WAL 10989 Irrigation – 10,692 units – 972 units for irrigation & 46 units stock & domestic
WAL 10990 Supplementary water – 120 ML
WAL 10991 Stock and domestic – 6,419.5 ML- 46 ML attaches to the subject
WAL 14876 Supplementary water – 45ML
WAL 15549 Supplementary water – Allocation of 5,943 ML

FEEDLOT IMPROVEMENTS:
The “Ravensworth” Feedlot is a first class facility and would be regarded as amongst the best feedlots within Australia. The feedlot comprises top of industry standard infrastructure equipped to handle up to 60,000 head. Water is supplied from the river via a high security licence with a capacity of 1,600 ML and stored in two holding ground tanks, each with a capacity of 5 ML.
Feedlot Pens – Comprises six feed runs in three parallel groups of back to back pens, each run having a length of approximately 665 m
Feedlot Buildings – The feedlot installation has two identical cattle processing sheds with handling races, crushes and yards adequate to handle a 60,000 head feedlot
Stables – The stables contain six individual horse stables with adjoining horse yards, tack room, storeroom and covered carport
Water Supply -Feedlot water is supplied from a 1 ML steel tank with pump, reticulated to pens Feedlot Animal Hospital – 55 m² colourbond construction on a concrete slab base

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
Commodity Shed – Comprises 10 bays and a feed mill bay
Hay Shed – Basic construction
Silos – Comprises 4 x 1,000 T galvanised silos
Weighbridge & Infrastructure
Cattle Pens and Yards – Trucking area pens include 2 x steel races, double deck loading ramps, 11 receival and dispatch pens, steel rails, races, water troughs, handling sheds and feedlot pens
Silage Pits – 1 x 30,000 T and 2 x 50,000 T

A comprehensive Information Booklet is available upon request

CONTACT:
For further information or inspection, contact:

Moree Real Estate
Phone: (02) 6751 1100
Fax: (02) 6752 1766
Web: www.moreerealestate.com.au

Cliff Brown – 0428 669 173
Paul Kelly – 0428 281 428
Allan Gobbert – 0428 523 375

“All care has been taken in compiling this information sheet but it is prepared on instructions and details supplied by the vendor, for whom we act as agents only, and we cannot accept any responsibility for errors or omission (if any). Intending purchasers should satisfy themselves as to the correctness of these particulars.”