Situation: Positioned in the heart of renowned farming country. 5km East of Cecil Plains, 45km Dalby, 80km Toowoomba. 3 road frontage.
Facilities: Property has bitumen road frontage, primary school, mail and bus service available. Approx 10kms Cecil Plains Cotton Gin – 2 cotton gins located at Dalby, central to numerous feedlots and grain outlets.
Area and Tenure: 915.661HA – 2,262.64 acres in 6 freehold lots.
Country: Country is level to very gently sloping. The property is highly regarded for having soil types such as Condamine, Mywybilla and Anchorfield. This country is renowned for holding moisture and producing numerous high yielding cotton, sorghum and corn crops.
Cultivation: 1,171.77 irrigated acres
667.43 acres of dryland cultivation
Irrigation: Farringdon has 3 sources of excellent irrigation water coupled with a 1st class irrigation design.
Condamine River entitlement unsupplemented 980ML nominal volume supplemented 370 ML.
Ground water allocation 145ML can be substituted for 200ML of nominal volume from the Condamine River if required.
The property enjoys excellent overland flow opportunities with the majority coming from Chinaman’s Gully. Owners have strategically placed 2 water storages.
900ML dam with a 70ML sump. 240ML storage dam with a 12ML sump.
All field run off water is captured and returned via the tail water return system.
Condamine River Pump – 760mm Hoxton Self-Priming pump, 220HP John Deere diesel motor, 760mm suction, 760mm outlets, Randolph Direct Drive – lifts water from the Condamine River and delivers it via underground 750mm concrete pipe and earth supply channels to the 2 storage dams.
900ML storage dam pump, irrigation pump, 240ML storage dam pump.
Transfer Pump – 760mm Hoxton Self Priming Pump, 120HP John Deere electric motor, 900mm suction, 760mm outlets, distribution chamber steel, Randolph Right angle drive – lifts water from main supply channel fed from river pump and 240ML storage and delivers it via 470 metres of 750mm below ground concrete pipe to 900ML storage dam.
Irrigation bores x 2. Bore 1 – Approx 37 metres deep, equipped with electric submersible pump, capacity: 12,500GPH. Bore 2 – Approx 37 metres deep, equipped with electric submersible pump, capacity 12,500GPH
Domestic bores – 3 equipped bores electric with submersible pumps, 1 x approx 2,000GPH, 2 x 1,000GPH.
Homestead: Spacious 4 bedroom main with ensuite family home. Designed to entertain. Built in the year 2000. Quality timber kitchen, large open plan meals and lounge area, office. Enclosed entertaining room runs the full length of home, a separate room is complete with an 8 person spa bath.
The full length verandah is excellent for capturing the Northern sun.
Excellent vehicle storage, this quality home is set in a sprawling garden setting.
No. 2 home – positioned on the Western side of the property – consists of 3 bedrooms, large kitchen and family lounge area with wood heater, enclosed sunroom, ducted evaporative air conditioning, double car garage, numerous old storage sheds.
No 3 home – positioned in middle of property, has not been used, consists of 5 bedrooms, kitchen, office, rumpus, lounge, bathroom. Double carport/storage, worker’s cottage – 2 bedroom, lounge, office, kitchen.
Improvements:
Machinery storage and workshop complex. An extremely well designed building built to handle large machinery. Machinery storage 136′ x 78′. Very high clearance walled on 3 sides, gravel floor. A large drive thru skillion 52′ x 48′ is attached to the 104′ x 95′ workshop and maintenance area complete with an office 3ph power connected, 50% of the floor is concreted.8 x 5,000 gallon tanks connected to building.
. Grain storage – 3 x 140 tonne Webster silos, 7 x 75 tonne silos, 1 x 50 tonne silo.
Remarks: Farringdon is an extremely well designed and developed farming property with 3 excellent sources of water. A high yielding soil type, quality home and buildings and well positioned on the Darling Downs. The retiring owners have picked their last cotton crop.