AREA and TENURE: Total 16,476.99 Acres (6,668Hectares). Lot 5 CP PG97, Lot 10 CP DY336 Freehold. Lot 4 CP PG97, GHFL. Freehold paid out. Rates $3700.00 approx half year. Goondiwindi Regional Council. Lot 12 CP DY1073 Leasehold (approximately 2,963 Acres). Rates $573.78 per year, rent $230.00 per year. Tara Shire.
SITUATED: Approx 50km south of Moonie with 27km gravel road, 100km north of Goondiwindi with 30km gravel road. Centrally located only 2 hours to Toowoomba.
SERVICES: Regional Power, TV reception, internet. All weather road to house and cattle yards. Daily mail service to Moonie RTC, twice weekly mail to property. RTC Moonie Services: Post Office, doctor once/week, library, community craft shop. Moonie Sports Club: Tennis, basketball, cricket, keep fit classes, etc. Moonie Crossroads Hotel: Excellent dining room and caf. Primary school in Moonie. Primary and secondary schools in Tara, Dalby and Toowoomba. Saleyards at Dalby, Goondiwindi and Toowoomba. Gravel airstrip.
RAINFALL: 625mm (25 inch) annual average.
COUNTRY: Excellent mixture of soils with friable softly undulating Brigalow /Belah grey and chocolate soils to soft red loamy Wilga/Belah soils, some melonhole country with productive couch grass and small areas of red gravelly ridges.
Approx 2,500ac pasture improved to bambatsi, creeping blue grass and purple pidgeon. Approx 1,200ac cultivated in 2008. Approx 4,000ac planted to silk comprising a mixture of old cultivation and new blade ploughing. Approx 6,777ac open/pulled country with natural grasses and areas of low regrowth. Approx 2,000ac timbered country.
WATER: 2 x 63mm pipe lines in place from 2 dams to tanks and troughs watering 8 paddocks. 10 dams water remainder of the property. 2 bores with submersible pumps supply water to turkeys nests. Large catchment dam near the house supplies water to all the gardens and some troughs. Clear water dam in addition to rain water tanks supplies water to houses.
CARRYING CAPACITY: Owners estimate to run approx 1,000 breeders through to weaning and 2,000ac cultivation. This could be greatly increased with further pasture development.
FENCING: Subdivided into approx 25 paddocks plus holding paddocks. Fencing in good condition with approx half boundary fencing maintained dognetting fence and balance a mix of 3 plain, 3 barb and 2 plain 2 barb. Internal fencing primarily 3 plain, 1 barb with balance 4 barb and 1 plain (new fencing).
IMPROVEMENTS: Large older style chamferboard home of 5 bedrooms and office. Built-ins throughout and ensuite off main bedroom. Open plan kitchen, separate lounge/dining, evaporative cooling, 2 car cemented carport, coldroom and large gauzed verandah with views over lagoon.
5 bedroom hardiplank home with views over the lagoon. Modern open plan kitchen with walk-in pantry, large main bathroom with spa and additional downstairs toilet and shower. Built-ins in all bedrooms and walk-in wardrobe in main bedroom. Large formal dining room. Polished floors. Double lock up garage converted to rumpus room.
2 bedroom weatherboard cottage with eat-in kitchen and large timber entertaining verandah set in attractive lawns and gardens.
19m x 13m 3 sided steel machinery shed with cemented workshop area, power connected.
4 stand woolshed and good set of shearers quarters.
10m x 17m cotton seed/machinery shed.
14m x 14m 2 bay steel grain/machinery shed with cement floor.
3 seed silos. 3 main grain silos with aerators. 2 smaller grain silos.
Silage pit. Gravel quarry.
YARDS: New steel cattle yards on gravel pad with crush, bugle race, 6 way draft, loading ramp and calf cradle with capacity for over 1000 head. Old set of timber cattle yards with loading ramp, water connected.
The Sustainability Declarations for this property can be obtained from the agent.
The above report has been prepared by us on information we have obtained and while we trust it to be correct, it is not guaranteed by us and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries.
In Conjunction with Ray White Rural, Goondiwindi.