Last Listing description (December 2016)
EXCLUSIVE AGENT
AREA: 1,353.96ha (3,355.2ac) Freehold.
Gwydir Shire Council Rates: $ 8,635.91
LLS Northern Tablelands Rates: $ 484.60 p.a.
SITUATION: 57km Warialda, 115km Inverell, 115km Moree and 115km to Goondiwindi.
SERVICES:Three Phase Power. Phone, 9km to School Bus,catholic primary school, public primary/ secondary schools at Warialda. Mail three times per week. Air and rail Moree to Sydney. Saleyards at Inverell, being the 6th largest selling centre in the state, weekly fat cattle sales, fortnightly sheep sales, and monthly store cattle sales. Export abattoir at Inverell. 3 major feedlots in the Inverell area. Inverell is one of the major shopping and service centres of Northern NSW.
COUNTRY: Gently sloping with alluvial black flat. Black Basalt and loam soils.
ALTITUDE: 320m to 380 m ASL.
ARABLE AREA: 1000ha (2500 acres), Currently farmed 896 ha (2215 ac).
CROPS PLANNED FOR 2016:
Summer Crop 15/16 - 170 ha (420 ac) Mungbeans to be sown first week Jan 2016... harvest April
Winter Crop 2016
- 101 ha (250 ac) Oats sown Feb.
- 154 ha (380 ac) Barley sown April/May.
- 263 ha (650 ac) Wheat sown May.
- 146 ha (360 ac) Chickpeas sown June.
All Wheat, Barley and Oat cultivation for 2016 presown with Urea.
Summer crop 2016/17 - 142 ha (350 ac) long fallow to sorghum....sown Sept/Oct 2016
IRRIGATION: 480ML irrigation license, currently fully allocated.
Available bore water 2015-2016 (with carryover) is 560ML.
Pivot 1, 100 hectare (250 aces), 10 span plus small extension, 560 mtrs long
Nelson sprinklers 5 ft from the ground, 70 hours to apply 25mm (using 25ML)
Pivot 2, (top of slope), 80 hectare (200 acres), 9 span plus extension 520 metres long, Nelson sprinklers 5 ft from the ground, 70 hours to apply 25mm (using 25ML)
Pivot pump 90,000 gph
Bore pump 50,000 gph
In addition, Run-off dam average available water per year is 150ML use when available, 250ml pipe and valve linkage to 16ML storage for bore pump nad pivot pump.
WATER: House bore, bore depth 280 ft,water level at 180 ft, pump at 230ft, currently pumping at 800 gph, tested in excess 1200 gph, float switch control. Water drawn from sandstone aquifer. Reticulating to troughs. 4 Dams for stock water.
RAINFALL: 700 mm (28 inches).
FENCING: Boundary: Mostly netting and barb, some electric. Internal fencing barb plus electric.
IMPROVEMENTS: Homestead: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, lounge and dining room,1 office, fully air conditioned, 1 sleepout, front and rear verandahs, renovated inground pool, established gardens and fruit trees. Cool Room.
COTTAGE 1: Tamkit demountable, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, verandah, air conditioned.
COTTAGE 2: 2 bedrooms plus sleepout, lounge/dining room, good floor plan, 3 sides verandah, new septic, concrete water tanks.
SHEDS: Header Shed, Bull shed, Hay storage and stables. Garages, workshop, meat house and storage rooms.
GRAIN STORAGE: 6 x 110 tonne Aquilla (aerated) Silos, 5 x 23 tonne HE sealed seed silos, 3x 75 tonne HE sealed cone based silos, 1x 75 tonne D.A.P cone based silo, 1 x 40 tonne flat bottom silo. 200 tonne Bulk Grain Shed.
CATTLE YARDS: Wean design steel cattle yards for 250 head plus.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS: Olive Grove 16ha (40ac), 4,000 trees @ 250/ha (sprinkler Irrigated) Varieties: Frantoio, Corregiola, Arbequina, Coratina and Picual.
2 small dryland groves (4ac plus 5 acs) Manzanillo and Frantoio.
CARRYING CAPACITY: Irrigated and dry land Summer and Winter Cash Cropping,120 Cows & Calves plus 60 Heifers and 30 Yearlings.
Property Code: 21