Last Listing description (April 2014)
Forest Hall On 2294 Acres Cropping/Grazing Land close to Launceston Airport
This large cropping property is easily managed by one person depending on enterprises & is a great investment property.
The total area for the property is 929Ha (2294.6acres) and is on 4 titles, approx 709Ha is developed and approx 220Ha sheltered areas/ unimproved grazing land.
For the 2010/11 season crops have included: 50 acres of potatoes, 425 acres of grain, 150 acres of poppies and cabbage seed.
Forest Hall is a highly versatile property with a soil type & topography that lends itself to a range of cropping and livestock enterprises.
Nicely located 2km off the Midlands Highway just 15 mins from Campbell Town, 45 mins to Launceston & 30 mins to Launceston Airport places Forest Hall within easy access to all major services making the property suited to both local & interstate ownership & management.
Irrigation development has underpinned productivity. There are further options available to assess water from private & government schemes mooted for the Northern Midlands region.
With approx 700ha being farmed Forest Hall has an excellent balance of arable land, natural vegetation & wetlands, allowing for plenty of options for balancing sustainable land use with profitable agriculture.
Services include: daily mail, school bus to primary, secondary & colleges, public & private.
3 bedroom early Georgina home (Circa 1854) with attic bedroom, all set in an attractive established garden.
Shedding & facilities include: machinery shed, tool shed, silo & cattle yards.
Crops grown include: potatoes, peas, barley, oats, wheat, triticale, canola, onions & poppies. Soils are predominately sandy loams overlying clay. There are some ironstone loams overlying ironstone gravel. Flat to gently undulating in arable areas with some steeper slopes in the areas of natural bush towards the s.w boundary. The property ranges from 190m - 275m above sea level.The Northern midland is a tightly held area in one of the states earliest settled farming districts with a long history in sheep & Cattle breeding & farming with most properties still farmed by families of original land grants. Forest Hill neighbours some of these properties including Taylors Winton property having among one of the country's oldest Merino Studs.
Crops to sown in the coming weeks are: 100 acres of Poppies & 480 acres of Grain.
Forest Hill is 2Km by public road off the Midland Highway.
Approx 40 Km to Airport
Approx 50Km to Launceston
15 mins to Campbell Town (Bank, School, Supermarket, Farm Merchandise, Etc.).
10 Mins to Powranna ( States biggest feedlot( buying & back grounding Cattle& Buying grain & feed)
Cattle & Sheep selling centre.
Grain receival & storage.
Potato storage
30 Mins to Longford
Export Abattoir(Swift)
20 Mins to Cressy Abattoir
Approx 40Km to wool receival & depot.
Approx 55 Km to Weekly Sale yards(Killafaddy)