Gresham lends itself to a cattle breeding enterprise with 243ha available for cultivation be it to grow fodder or to establish improved pasture. The vendor is willing to negotiate the sale of their cattle pending the sale of the property.
Situation:
Gresham is situated on Sheep Station Creek Road, 25km to Bingara and 30km to Delungra and Warialda.
Area:
1,411ha (3,486 ac) approx.
Country:
Creek flats along Sheep Station Creek rising up to undulating slopes and then steeper timbered ridges to the west. Soils range from red and black basalt soils up to granite ridges. Timber is mainly Ironbark, Pine and Wilga as well as Apple Box on the flats.
Water:
Frontage to Sheep Station Creek, 15 dams, two bores of which one is unequipped and the second has a jet pump. A mono pump in the creek supplies a 20,000 gal concrete tank feeding the house and trough system. There is also 30,000 gal of rainwater tanks.
Irrigation:
30 meg licence.
Rainfall:
700mm (28 in) annual average.
Fencing:
Divided into 12 paddocks of stock proof fencing.
Improvements:
A substantial 4br brick veneer house with two bathrooms plus an ensuite on the main and a large open plan dining/loungeroom. A 3br weatherboard cottage.
Machinery Shed 2 steel machinery sheds
Other improvements:
2 stand electric shearing shed
2 x 40t cone bottom silos
Steel frame hay shed
Large timber yards with a RPM crush and Ruddweigh cattle scales
Carrying Capacity:
Owner estimates 300 cows and followers.
Services:
Primary and secondary schools at Bingara and saleyards and meatworks at Inverell. 8kms to bus stop.