Situation:
Sundown Station is situated approximately 50kms west of Mount Garnet, 130 km South West of Mareeba and 380 km North of Charters Towers.

Area & Tenure:
Lot 250 on SP116768
48,800 hectares or 120,586 acres
Pastoral holding until 2019

Services:
Sundown benefits from a twice weekly mail service, saleyards at Mareeba and Charters Towers, mains power, telephone, TV & Broadband.

Rainfall:
Average annual rainfall of approx 800mm or 32 inches.

Country:
Sundown is well grassed by mostly black and white spear grass, some forest Mitchell, blue grass, Indian couch & kangaroo grass, Seca & Verano Stylo & Wynn cassia.

Water:
Water is provided by 47 dams, with at least 30 recently built. Plenty of water comes from numerous seasonal springs and waterholes with several permanent holes in the Lynd River, Rocky and Sandy Tate rivers.

Improvements:
Three bedroom home, plus study is surrounded by established lawns and gardens.
Staff quarter
Two steel machinery sheds close by
Hay shed at the yards
Set of timber and steel homestead yards with a working capacity of 1,500 head.
Second set of yards mostly steel portable panels
The property is fully boundary fenced. The western and northern boundary has been renewed with the property internally fenced into 12 main grazing paddocks plus smaller holding paddocks, with all fencing in very good order.

Carrying Capacity:
Sundown has been running 3,000 breeders in recent years. Safe and consist stocking is estimated at 3,500 – 4,000 mixed cattle.

Stock and Plant:
The property is being sold with 2,500 cattle – 2,000 Cows and 500 Weaners mostly high grade Brahman types with Santa Gertrudis infusion plus a list of working plant.

An information pack is available from Ray White Rural Atherton. REF12032