Last Listing description (January 2016)
Centrally situated at Woorndoo 34km north of Mortlake ad within commuting distance of Warrnambool, Hamilton and Ballarat is this versatile mixed farming operation in a renowned district
Genuinely for sale due to retirement, the property is currently running sheep, cattle and cropping for own purposes. It is clean and highly arable cropping country in a noted cropping area. Suit first time farmer or ideal for consolidation or aggregation purposes. Note adjacent property (1200 acres) is also for sale.
FULL DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
AREA: 699 Acres or thereabouts
LOCATION: 1349 Woorndoo-Streatham Road, Woorndoo 3272
34km Mortlake, 85km Warrnambool, 80km Camperdown, 100km Hamilton & Ballarat.
SERVICES: Mail & papers 5 days a week ex Mortlake, school bus to Lake Bolac P-12 School. Closest service centre is Lake Bolac 17km.
TENURE: I title (Soldier Settlement)
IMPROVEMENTS: 3brm Soldier Settlement vinyl clad & weatherboard home. Lounge with slow combustion wood heater. Kitchen/meals area with walk-in pantry, St George electric oven.
Family bathroom with shower over bath, 2nd shower in laundry,. Rear full length verandah with toilet at one end and verandah on south side.Single car GI garage with second carport skillion.
Well sheltered garden with shade & shelter provided by Golden Cypress, Sugar Gums and other established trees. Cottage garden including roses, shrubs and flowers.
2-stand GI woolshed, 250 under cover capacity with large steel & mesh sheep yards 600-700 capacity.
2 steel machinery sheds (30x60 new, 20x60). New shed is two-sided, 2nd shed is three-sided. GI grain barn (18x30). Settlement GI workshop (20x25) with concrete floor and power.
Steel & GI former pig shed (40x120) powered. Water available but not connected. Concrete floor. Sundry other shedding.
WATER: 9 dams, jack pump on new bore (petrol driven depth 76 water at 54, 500 -600 gallons per hour) pumping to 4 paddocks via 2000 gallon poly tank. 2nd bore at house with electric pump not relied upon. 13,000 gallon freshwater storage at house.
PADDOCKS: 10 paddocks
FENCING: Conventional fencing, majority cyclone with electric support around 4 paddocks. 1.5 mile of new fencing, cyclone with barb & plain wire.
PASTURES: Predominantly perennial clover & ryegrass and some Phalaris. Currently 80 acres or thereabouts under crop 45 acres Saia oats, 35 acres Quoll, 40 acres summer crop, 27 acres of spring barley & annual grass currently grazed.
FERTILISER: Fertilizer 50kg/acre on cropped paddocks. Generally regarded as clean cropping country. Approximately 80% croppable.
RAINFALL: 22/550ml average rainfall.
SOIL TYPE: Majority of grey loam soil types with some buckshot banks, with some basalt influence.
CONTOUR: Flat to gently undulating.
STOCK: 75 head of beef cattle which includes 10 calves. 600 Merino and cross-bred ewes for prime lamb production plus crop.
COMMENTS: Versatile mixed farming enterprise in a well regarded district, currently running sheep, cattle and crop. Clean and highly arable cropping country. Suit first time farmer or ideal for consolidation or aggregation purposes.
NOTE: Exclusions from sale air conditioning unit. Iriss and roses will be removed from garden as desired by the Vendor.