Country – Capacity – Water – Improvements Far NE SA Pastoral Country Located “Pandie Pandie” Station is located 30kms south of Birdsville, on the Diamantina River and also the Birdsville Track, in the far north east pastoral area of SA, bordering Qld. The road to Mt Isa in the north is now mostly bitumen and increasing bitumen is apparent when travelling east. Have choice of sending cattle to meatworks in Qld or SA, depending on the better prices at the time. Area & Tenure Pastoral Crown Lease comprising 3 blocks all tied together; “Pandie Pandie” block 1193 – 5038sq km, Beckwith block 1238:1160 sq km & Dickinna block 1239: 427sq km, totaling 6625sq km. Pastoral Crown leases expire 31/07/2043 Pastoral rent Dec 2007 $8462.00 (annual payment) Dingo rates May 2008 $198.75 (annual payment) Rainfall Annual average of 125mm or 5 inches. Received 68.5mm over most of run in June 2008. Looks very green & wildflowers prolific now. Most dams & waterholes full, fresh in river. Floods Average once every 3.5 years over 7.2 metres recorded at Birdsville, high enough to spread out on “Pandie Pandie” from the river & go down the Gumborie channel, into 2 & then 3 channels down eastern Overflow; approx 7.4m will go down channels & fill Appamurna Waterhole & floods over 8m & which hold up, will go all down the overflow & will cross the Birdsville track at Moongera, near Clifton Hills boundary, draining back into the river. Services Diesel generator power to Homestead & buildings, satellite TV, 2 way satellite broadband internet to main Homestead, DRCS phones to homestead, cottage & workshop shed. Twice weekly mail plane service to Birdsville from Brisbane & weekly mail plane to the property from Port Augusta. Freight trucked in fortnightly from east & south (Adelaide) to provide all other supplies. Prep – Year 7 State School in Birdsville, Medical Clinic & RFDS clinics held fortnightly also there & RFDS can visit homestead on monthly clinic up Birdsville Track, if needed. Improvements Large comfortable 6 bedroom timber homestead, set in picturesque river country, now features enclosed verandas and a spacious modern open plan kitchen and dining area with integrated cold room, added in 2001. Two 3 bedroom staff or visitors cottages. A 9 bay workshop with meat house and donga, shed with pit and 3 storerooms and 10m x 20m approx. hangar. Covered stables x 4 plus feed room and float bay, bower shed stables x 4, plus a big yard attached to each set. Also close by, small river horse paddock. Hay shed. Solar pump for station water at river nearby. 11 sets steel trucking yards and 15 more mostly steel drafting yards, Ruddweigh scales & cradle for Homestead trucking yard. Country Approx 1/3 each river country, sandhill country and gibber plains & mesas. River country- verbine after flood, boganflea, pigweed, clover, yellow heads(yellowtop), lignum, coolibah, needlewood, bean trees, river cooba Sandhill country- sandhill pigweed, annual yellowtop, herbage, spinifex, canegrass, button grass, clover, saltbush, buckbush, sandhill wattle, Qld bluebush, corkwood, beefwood Gibber plains & mesas- kerosene grass, Mitchell grass, Mt Gason wattle, bloodwood, beefwood. Water River with waterholes, Eastern overflow has numerous waterholes filled after rain and flood, 30 dams, plus 3 pipelines from river with tanks & troughs used in dry times, also pipeline from Barr’s Dam (Big Dam) feeding 2 more tanks. Well at Miranda with mill & 2 tanks used if necessary. Low maintenance No bores. Fencing In good order, regularly checked & maintained especially boundary fences & those in river which need regular maintenance. Sections Innamincka boundary reinforced 4 years ago. Property totally boundary fenced. Carrying Capacity Rated to carry 7800 adult cattle. “Pandie Pandie” recognised as proven prime fattening country, clean & green, has strong potential to be organic, all natural pasture. No chemicals used. Livestock Approx 2,000 head of mixed Shorthorn Cross mixed cattle to be available to a successful purchaser. Also 1300 Agisted mixed cattle in Corner paddock – can remain if wished Paddocks 6 main paddocks, 2 smaller ones (Windmill & Moongera) , 3 horse paddocks near house & bullock paddock also near Homestead Yard & 10 small holding paddocks off sets of steel yards out on run. Agents for Vendor Ray White Rural Mark Fennell 0427 057 525 07 4743 9499 Andrew Adcock 0407 674 972