44 Spinks Road

Kirkstall VIC 3283

SERVICES: Conveniently and centrally located to all district towns and regional centres - Koroit (7km), Port Fairy (14km) & Warrnambool (26km) & recreational attractions. These include Killarney Beach (10km), Koroit Rail Trail (800m), Tower Hill State Game Reserve (5-6km) & the village of Kirkstall including the hotel (3km). 400m to school bus to all Warrnambool Schools, Koroit Primary School & 2km to Port Fairy Primary School. Hamilton College - private school - access 400m. Papers & post 5 days a week, garbage collection at main road & inside property.

TENURE: 3 titles - all freehold - 3 acres road grazing.

RATES: $6941 for 18/19 year.

IMPROVEMENTS: The Homes:
MAIN HOME: 4 bedroom brick veneer (currently 3 bedroom plus study & theatre room) with new colourbond roof, recently renovated to include new roof with insulation and living room walls, polished floorboards, open living areas (all freshly painted internally and externally), new eaves, renovated kitchen (c. 2008), new colourbond sheds - tractor and boat/caravan shed.
Open plan kitchen/dining/living area, kitchen includes timber/laminated cupboards, stainless steel appliances, dishwasher and electric oven (Westinghouse), reverse cycle air conditioning unit in both living areas and slow combustion wood heater in second living area/rumpus room with sliding doors to north facing deck. All bedrooms have built in robes (less one - study), one family bathroom with spa bath and vanity (renovated early 2000s) with separate shower off laundry, one toilet. Adjacent to the house is a three car garage - powered with large garden/storage shed - concrete floor and power. Established easy care, well sheltered garden.

2ND HOME: Three bedroom + study weatherboard home with terracotta roof and carport. New kitchen (c. 2012), one family bathroom, kitchen/dining/living open plan with polished floorboards in the living area. Gas convection heating. Separate small study. Electric cooking (Bosch induction stove). Currently occupied by workers.

THE FARM:
38 unit swing over dairy, built new by McCosh in 1998, with 16000L Westfalia vat - 15 years old with Milkaware/Sure Pulse milking plant with Auto cup removers. Anti fatigue mats. 3000L colostrum milk vat at dairy, milk pump to calf shed. 400 cow yard with flood wash and yard blaster. 30 ton x 2 feed silo with as new disc mill and mineral dispenser (600kg) (2-3 years old, $30,000 new). Dairy has drafting gate. 15 ton calf silo. 1 settlement pond with effluent water and Vaughan irrigator (not included in sale) watering 2 paddocks with further potential stock handling facilities include side yard for 40 cows plus 15 cow AI race and undercover vet crush. B Double milk and stock truck access. Purpose built calf shed of galvanized iron and timber construction with capacity for 100 head - auto milk. Very well ventilated. Machinery shed - 4 bays x 12m of colourbond construction (C2012) with concrete pad in one bay for workshop purposes and capacity to operate as a calf rearing shed. Lockable chemical shed of colourbond construction. Tower Hill gravel based hard stand feed pad with 400 head capacity. 4 bay galvanized iron open fronted by 10-11m - deep with power. Cattle underpass on Spinks Road.

WATER: 6 bores, all licensed for irrigation purposes - all equipped with submersible pumps and interlinked, all powered by electricity. All bores vary in depth from 18-52m, 6-8" diameter yielding 5-7500 gallons per hour (19,000gal total).
6" interlinked except dairy bore (4"), 2" loop line on south side interconnected under road to 1" line on home side. 3 x 5000gal freshwater at dairy and 12,000gal at main home, 1 x 5000gal tank at 2nd home. 110 acre - 240m - Zimmatic pivot - electric drive.
2 x 3 phase 60KVA transformer at dairy and pivot which can cater for more irrigation (pivot - new boom - 3years old - computer 2004). Including 300Megs of water normally using 180Megs per annum.

PADDOCKS: 50 paddocks of 3.44Ha average size - Interlinked via underpass. 6m laneways. Tracks ex Tower Hill

FENCING: All conventional boundary fencing - almost all new - generally single wire electric.

PASTURES: Highly productive fully renovated pastures of matrix perennial ryegrass, 7500kg of DM/Ha consumed per Ha, Soil test available.

RAINFALL: 31" / 775mm rainfall district

SOIL TYPE: Alluvial loam soil types

CONTOUR: Flat to gently undulating

STOCK: 320 to 420 cross bred dairy herd. Livestock improvement genetics focusing on easy calved cows. 100 Heifers including annually 118kg bale feeding. Bega Koroit supplier. Normally milking 335 head.

COMMENTS: Wonderfully located mid scale dairy farm with strong return on capital qualities.

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