Last Listing description (July 2022)
Territory Grape Farm is a 2,144 hectares freehold property with a ground water extraction licence of 2,000 megalitres. Situated in the Ti Tree region approximately two hours north east of Alice Springs, it offer a unique opportunity to acquire 'freehold property' with 'high security water' and a seasonal advantage.
It currently has 60 hectares under two pivots and approximately 120 hectares mains equipped for drip tape.
There are four production bores equipped with solar, three production bores equipped with generators, four equipped with line shafts and three production bores to be re-commissioned.
Ti Tree area has been considered as one of the most controlled growing environments of Australia; with plenty of sunshine and warmth the growing seasons are longer, growing time is shorter, controlled watering, minimal weed and pest control required and biosecurity is optimum.
Also currently growing 300 established Eureka Lemons and trialling 3 varieties of almond trees (third year).
Packing Shed
918m2 universal beam, upright steel, portal frame, pitched roof building with Colourbond steel deck, clad walls and roof, and concrete floor, north-south drive-through on the western side.
On the west side is a 106.5m2 light steel framed and steel deck roofed drive-through unloading skillion with a concrete floor.
An additional 324.6m2 the loading dock is located on the east side that covers four cool rooms to the north and a concrete double-loading bay with grated drains and sump pump.
Cool Rooms
Upgrades were completed in 2014 to deliver a state-of-the-art cool room complex containing 4 large rooms with an interconnecting passageway and a loading/holding area. Each room and the interconnecting passageway and the loading/holding area were upgraded
with Kirby Centurion Condensing units and Kirby High Capacity evaporator coils with 50+kW of refrigeration capacity at -5oCSST. All systems have state of the art Dorin semi-hermetic compressors.
All rooms have sealed doors for SO2 use, and safety warning lights. The rooms are computer controlled for temperature and SO2 processing. The main cool room area is 498m2 with loading/holding area of 109.2m2 adjacent to the loading bay.
Refrigeration Plant
Comprising 5 x Kirby 75kW sealed unit compressors housed in a cool room panelled plant room with evaporative air conditioning, located on the southeast corner of the main shed. The plant room also contains control equipment for SO2 processing.
Generation Plant
35kva Hino homestead main plant, 180 kva Cummins standby homestead plant, 2 x 250 kva Cummins Cool Room/ Packing Shed
Accommodation
Main homestead- Large lowset Queenslander with 4 bedrooms, contemporary fit out, timber wrap around verandah, double parking, fully a/c, established gardens.
Managers homestead Spacious lowset home with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, contemporary fit out, fully a/c, outdoor entertainment area, established gardens.
Cottage- 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom fully a/c transportable home with double parking and outdoor entertainment.
Quarters 1). 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, shared kitchen, two living areas, fully a/c.
Quarters 2). 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom and kitchenette.
Additional transportable accommodation on the property and a kitchen, it has been many years since these buildings have been used so they will require repairs. The Territory Grape Farm once housed up to 100 employees. There are also four caravan
shelters.
Mobile and internet service is available at the homestead. Digital concentrator (STD/ISD) telephone is installed on the property and School of the Air service from Alice Springs is also available although required equipment would need to be installed.
The property also has a private 1200 meter airstrip, helicopter hangar and new 4 barb boundary fence. Proven growing area for hay, mangos, grapes and vegetables.
*Disclaimer - photos of hay are the seller's private photos of a neighbouring project they developed recently.