Size:
1351.7 ha (3340.05 acres) approx

Location:
‘Doughboy Mountain’ is located 68 kms northeast of Armidale, 56 kms east of Guyra , 20 kms west of Ebor and 8 kms south of the locality of Wongwibinda on the eastern side of the New England region of New South Wales. 1 hours to the coast (Urunga) with Coffs Harbour 15 minutes further away.

Services:
Rural power and telephone connected; mail service 3 times per week; school bus from Wongwibinda to Bald Blair Primary (40 kms) and Guyra High School (50 kms); weekly livestock sales Guyra and Armidale.
Regular air services fly from Armidale and Coffs Harbour.
Armidale is an education centre with the New England

Landscape:
The property sits astride the Doughboy Mountain Range with the highest elevation of 1495m. The landscape is mostly undulating.

Rainfall:
predominantly summer rainfall of 900+ mm

Water:
4 creeks originate on the property (Doughboy, Maiden, Pipeclay and Kangaroo Hills Creeks). Reticulated water from 2 spring fed dams (6 megalitres and 2 megalitres) to 24 troughs, backed up by 36 dams (mostly spring fed).
Domestic water for the house and garden is supplied by both a bore equipped with an air pump, or a spring fed dam.

Soils:
Basalt soils make up 70% of ‘Doughboy Mountain’ with the balance fine granite. Soil tests show excellent fertility levels with high organic matter ranging up to 10% and total phosphorous up to 2000 ppm. The property has a long fertilizer history with regular superphosphate application commencing in the early 1950s and lime, dolomite and gypsum applied in recent years.

Pastures and Vegetation:
Pastures have been managed for species diversification through planned cell grazing with 100% ground cover. A recent inventory study identified in excess of 125 species.
Basalt soils carry a mixture of predominantly introduced species (rye, cocksfoot and fescue grasses, white and red clovers) with good stands of microleana (native).
Granite soils have dense pastures of native and introduced species.
Remnant vegetation areas (80 ha) have been fenced off preserving an existing diversity of shrubs, trees and groundcovers. Good stands of millable timber (E. calliginosa), which also provide fencing timber, have been preserved . Extensive plantings of trees and shrubs have been established on the open country.

Organic Certification:
Following a number of years of organic management, full organic certification was granted in 2005 providing access to market premiums (20-25%) for beef and lamb produced.

Fencing:
Boundary fences are in good condition with majority netting. Approximately 1 km adjoining National Park has a netting dog fence with an offset electric fence.
23 paddocks are fenced with hinge joint or plain wire fences and are split into 94 cell grazing paddocks using 2 wire electric fencing.

Property Infrastructure:
Architecturally designed homestead – built in 1979 with vertical tallowood timber walls, brush box floors and centrally heated with hot water panels . An extension in 1987 includes passive solar design with mud brick and tallowood timber walls, and concrete floor with underfloor heating. Open plan kitchen/dining area, 2 living areas both with cathedral ceilings and open fireplaces, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study, office and laundry . Enclosed floor area is 340 sq m plus verandahs and 24 sq m of paved area. Close by double garage with concrete floor and storage area in matching vertical timber construction. The home is set in an attractive established garden with extensive views to the north and a clay tennis court.
Nearby are timber saddleroom and stables
Cottage – manufactured timber sheeting walls with corrugated iron roof built in 1995. Open plan kitchen living area with a wood heater; 1 bedroom, a bathroom and a laundry. Floor area of 60 sq m plus an open skillion garage attached.
Woolshed and sheephandling area – built in 1991, 4 stand raised board on a concrete floor , built with a steel and timber frame and clad with zincalume. The 315 sq m woolshed doubles as a large multi purpose area (fodder, vehicles etc). It includes a mess room, 2 toilets and shower room. Electricity is connected. The covered sheep yards with an area of 728 sq m doubles as a dry sheep area with a 2000 sheep capacity.
Cattle yards – with a capacity to work 500 head are built from round timber rails and share a common receiving yard with water trough. There is a 14 m covered steel and timber V race with concrete floor plus steel crush and bale.
Workshop and storage shed – 170 sq m shed built with steel and timber frame and clad with zincalume and concreted floors.
Silos – 20 t and 8 t cone silos on concrete slabs.
Agricultural airstrip – 700m