AREA & TENURE
6,474 Ha (16,000 ac) Freehold Title
Lot 1 on crown Plan SP112336
Parish of Blackheath
County of Elphinstone
Rates – $8170.37
RAINFALL
900mm or 36 inches annual average

LOCATION
70 km south of Townsville, 70 km east of Charters Towers. 5 km to bitumen Flinders highway.

SERVICES
STD telephone, connected to broadband, rural power, TV reception, thrice weekly mail service. 12 km to School bus at Reid River to primary school in Woodstock and secondary school in Townsville.

WATER
Worona is particularly well watered by an extensive automated pipeline, pumping to three separate 8500 gal tanks supplying the house and 12 points on the run. There are 9 bores and 6 dams (which have been de-silted and enlarged over the past 4 years). There are spring fed gullies in 2 paddocks and numerous creeks and gullies which hold for 6 to 8 months.

There is a 20 ha (50ac) irrigation license from the Haughton River. Please see a detailed description of the water points following.

COUNTRY
Worona features an excellent variety of country types with sandy loam frontage soils along the Haughton River, open poplar gum creek flats and heavier soil box hollows, plus red pebbly ridges with bloodwood and ironbark rising to well grassed hillsides, higher slopes and granite outcrops. The property is highly suited to improved pastures and has urochloa established on frontage areas with verano and seca stylo widely dispersed throughout heavy stands of native grassed primarily black spear and blue grass as well as vast area of Indian couch.

IMPROVEMENTS
A modern three bedroom homestead in established garden surrounds, with machinery shed, staff quarters and hay shed plus horse yard and fully equipped cattle yards of steel and timber construction with a vet crush and LCD scales, molases tank and mixer. Well fenced into 14 main paddocks plus 6 holding paddocks, along with mustering squares and lanes.

CARRYING CAPACITY
The property has been running between 1250 and 1600 breeders over the past 4 years. Worona combines heavy carrying country with good improvements plus potential for irrigated farming and, with good road access it is an ideal calf factory adjacent to the port city of Townsville.

STOCK
Worona is being sold with 700 Droughtmaster and Brahman Cows aged 4 to 7 years along % calves. Cattle will be mustered and handed over by the Vendor with an under and over clause applying. The cows will be valued at $650.00 per head and the calves will be given in.

WATER POINTS

Stoney Creek Bore – 60 feet deep, 1000 gallons per hour capacity. Equipped with 10 ft
Southern Cross windmill, 4000 gal tank and trough. Also connected to pipeline from House via Middle Paddock.

Hills Bore – 60 feet deep, 1200 g.p.h., 6000 gal corrugated iron tank. Troughs in 2 paddocks. Pipeline from house.

Sliprail Bore – 2 bores, one equipped with solar pump, the other with 10 ft Southern Cross windmill, 5000 gal poly tank, waters two paddocks.

Middle Bore – windmill, 1 x 5000 gal tank and two troughs. Pipeline from house.

Yard Bore – two bores, one equipped with solar pump, the other with windmill, 2 x 3000 and 2 x 5000 gal tanks. Troughs in two paddocks plus small tank and trough in yards.

Mt Norman Bore – pipeline from house connected to 5000 gal tank and trough. With troughs in New paddock and Haughton Paddock. Also unequipped Bore.

Dars Bore – pipeline from house connected to 3000 gal tank and trough.

Haughton River Spear – Power connected to submersible pump in column in River, pumps to 3 x 8500 gal tanks, 1 supplying the house, one supplying the Mt Norman Pipeline and one supplying the Road Paddock Pipeline. There is also a 2000 gal overhead tank at the house, and a 3000 gal ground tank supplying Road Paddock and Crop Paddock.

House Bore – Used as backup to house supply if needed.

Crop Paddock Bore – Unequipped Bore, 5000 gal tank connected to house pipeline.

Haughton River Irrigation Spear – Unequipped

DAMS
Pondage Dam North Sliprial Dam
Dingo Dam Mt Norman Dam
Brahman Dam Emu Camp Dam

All dams have been de-silted and enlarged considerably over the past 4 years.

There are springs feeding creeks in Mine Creek Paddock and Black Mountain Paddock. In addition there are numerous creeks and gullies which supply stock drinking water for 6 – 8 months each year.