397 Taunta Hut Road

Tintinara SA 5266

The property has been used primarily for cattle breeding and lucerne hay production. It is also capable of lucrative lucerne seed production.
Major abattoirs are at Naracoorte and Murray Bridge, with others at Bordertown and Lobethal. Saleyard selling facilities are at Naracoorte,
Mt Gambier and Mount Compass. Livestock are sold on farm, on hooks, live weight ex farm, or live weight at auction.
Tintinara provides thriving rural, social and sporting facilities, primary schooling and a modern medical centre. Keith provides the same plus a high school and hospital.
Camden Park is an attractive property with much effort having been spent on pasture renovation and management, shelter belt tree planting, water system and overall presentation.
It is flat to gently undulating and is renown for being warm, productive cattle country.
In 2004 as part of the Upper South East drainage program the land was extensively drained at great cost by the SA government with a landholder contribution. This has enabled productive paddocks of Lucerne to be sown on the flats and there is scope to sow more.
Thirteen paddocks have been sown to lucerne varieties such as Trifecta, Hunterfield and Flairdale. The balance of the improved pasture is mainly veldt, primrose and clover.Puccinellia was sown on the wetter ground. There is a good cover of pasture all over and the property is in excellent condition, reflecting the care taken over the many years.
Camden Park has an excellent fertiliser history.
The fencing on Camden Park is generally in very good condition.
It varies in type but includes 2 barbs, 4 plain, 4 poly spacers and pine posts. 7 plain wires, 2 hot wires, 2 pine spacers and pine posts. Cyclone, 2 barbs, pine posts.
Hot wire originates from the unit at the shed.
Cyclone swinging gates.
Fenced into 32 paddocks.
Central rubbled laneway to the cattle yards.
Stock water is from the mains.Potential exists for cost-effective on site-desalination of moderately saline ground water.
All paddocks are watered by round or rectangular concrete troughs.
A water use monitoring system has been installed that provides warning of major and minor leaks. An electric base station at the house continuously monitors water flow through three remote water meters via two remote solar-powered radio units and one wired connection.
Annual rainfall at Camden Park over the past 15 years has averaged just over 450mm.
Improvements include a four bedroom brick veneer home. Large kitchen/diner,large lounge with wood heater, large dining/family room with wood heater,two offices, laundry with cloakroom, bathroom and two WC's. Back verandah and enclosed, mainly paved, easy care rear garden.
Ducted air conditioning to all living areas. Solar hot water panels on roof. Broadband connection via Coorong wireless network.
Two car garage. Garden shed. Two rainwater tanks (20,000L total). Rainwater used in home only.
Machinery shed enclosed on three sides.
Good set of centrally located steel cattle yards with crush and round yard. Three yards watered. Small set of sheep yards.
Overhead, free standing water pipe for tank filling.
Camden Park has been run as a Limousin cattle stud and prime Limousin/Angus crossbred yearling enterprise. Many top prizes have been won in grassfed carcase competitions ( see www.graffoelimousins.com.au)
There are on average two hundred cows calving, 25/30 herd and young sale bulls,approximately 100 heifers are retained for six months after weaning with the best selected to enter the breeding herd. Approximately 100 steers and bulls are weaned and grown out to either suitable finished weights or for sale as herd bulls at two years old.
Currently conservatively stocked, the average DSE equivalent is around 3500 in total, suggesting an average DSE per acre of just under two.