"Warrington" is a working cattle farm with a modern colonial style home at Gheerulla, a small local area just 15 minutes from Eumundi, a short drive down to Hastings Street Noosa and a few minutes to Kenilworth. From the verandah surrounding the house views across the fertile, productive irrigated creek flats and manmade water facilities are outstanding. The stylish home with high ceilings, broad stringy bark floorboards and solid silky oak joinery offers spacious living at its best.
This is an opportunity for new owners to make their mark on this outstanding property.
Location
Area and Tenure
102.3* hectares or 252* acres
Freehold
3 individual titles
Access
The property has main access off Moy Pocket Road and secondary access from the Kenilworth Eumundi Road.
Homestead
The wide verandah enclosed homestead gives a feel and style of the late 1800's however was only constructed 1998. Built in a style of yesteryear the spacious 533m2* dwelling allows indoor and outdoor living in all seasons with aspects across the garden, property and pool. Timber casement windows, soaring ceilings and large airy light rooms. There are 3 large bedrooms and an office, all opening onto the 3m wide verandahs. The homestead is fully airconditioned and screened.
The home is has a breezeway through to the garage. The garage has a fully equipped office and store room with a 200,000l tank underneath the slab.
The home is set in easy care, fully irrigated gardens that provide colour all year around and trees for shade and a haven for birdlife.
An 18m pool sits on the northern edge of the home and provides a centre piece for the garden.
The house also has an intercom system for the main gate and 4G NBN coverage and a backup generator.
Fencing and yards
The property is fenced into 9 paddocks with the utilisation of a laneway system. There are central cattleyards with excellent trees and shed covered race, vet crush and scales. The boundary is predominately 5 barb. Internal is a mixture of Barb and electric fence.
Sheds
Degreening cold store - (300 bin capacity) currently used for storage
Workshop - 72m2* - Colourbond on concrete slab
Machinery Shed - 135m2* - Colourbond on concrete slab
Main Shed - 273m2* - Colourbond with concrete slab, office and toilet
Water
There are 3 expansive dams holding some 180ML of water. The property also has extensive frontage to Oakey creek which feeds the Mary River
Conservation and Regeneration
The owners have fenced off the creek lines and dams and put troughs in all paddocks. This has helped with the regeneration of native species along the creek banks and birdlife on the dams
Farm Irrigation and Water
Irrigation water is provided by three major dams. The dams have an estimated capacity as follows
Dam 1 150MG*
Dam 2 18MG*
Dam 3 9MG*
Water is pumped from the main Dam to Dams 2 and 3 via four-inch PVC mainline to hydrants across the property. The two travelling irrigators are included in the sale of the property.
Water troughs provide livestock access in each paddock. All dams and the creek are fenced off.
House and Garden Water
While the gardens are fully irrigated from the dam 3. The homestead has a 200,000L underground rainwater tank beneath the garage
Soils and Pastures
"Warrington" is predominately productive irrigated creek flats. Paddocks of rye, kikuyu, rhodes and paspalum combined with native pastures provide excellent cattle feed and fattening.
Cattle
While the owner has run up to 190 head they estimate 140 head carrying capacity
Local Area
The owners have become meshed in the local community with the village hall holding events such as line dancing nearly every day. Gheerulla has a tennis club and Kenilworth a local cricket club. This area has grown considerably over the last few years with Kenilworth becoming fashionable for weekend breakfasts and lunches.
Summary
The current owners have been living on Warrington for the last 15 years after retiring from Toowoomba. They have transformed the original dairy and orchard block into a quality small scale cattle block with their livestock being highly sought after at local sales. The property is set up as a do it yourself, self sufficient lifestyle with easy access to local country villages and the coffee shops and cafes of Hastings St at Noosa.
This is a chance to purchase a quality property with scope to put your stamp on "Warrington".
Expressions of Interest, Closing - Thursday 19th November 2020 at 4pm
*Approximately
The size of Gheerulla is approximately 89.9 square kilometres. It has 5 parks covering nearly 117.6% of total area. The population of Gheerulla in 2011 was 234 people. By 2016 the population was 210 showing a population decline of 10.3% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Gheerulla is 50-59 years. Households in Gheerulla are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1800 - $2399 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Gheerulla work in a trades occupation. In 2011, 81.6% of the homes in Gheerulla were owner-occupied compared with 78.3% in 2016.
Gheerulla has 123 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Gheerulla have seen a 67.58% increase in median value. As at 31 October 2024:
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