"Green Hills Station" at Sharps Creek near Adelong has always been renowned as a livestock production powerhouse in the southwest slopes of southern NSW. With 3000 acres of highly improved country and an average annual rainfall of 890mm "Green Hills Station" ensures consistent production year after year.
Located 10km from Adelong, 28km from Tumut and 90km from Wagga Wagga via the Hume and Sturt Highways, "Green Hills Station" is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the agricultural infrastructure in the region along with access to all a large rural city offers in business, retail, commercial, medical and educational facilities, primary through to tertiary.
ACCOMMODATION includes 2 substantial homes.
The homestead is an 1840's triple brick home, with 2 additional wings of brick construction added later. Featuring 4 bedrooms, three with built-in robes as well as three bathrooms having all been recently renovated with a fifth bedroom/guest accommodation or office found in a loft above the garage.
The kitchen has been recently renovated under the current ownership and includes magnificent marble bench tops with all the requirements of a modern country kitchen.
The central portion of the home is made of triple brick and is well insulated, with heating consisting of two slow-combustion wood heaters and 2 bathrooms having the luxury of in-floor heating. This heating is supplemented by a reverse cycle air conditioner in the west wing and all rooms have passive electric wall-mounted heaters.
Moving through the spacious living room located centrally in the homestead you step out onto a large undercover verandah, ideal for outdoor living and entertaining and perfectly positioned facing north-east. The homestead overlooks a well-manicured, easy-care, park-like garden surrounded by established trees and an inground swimming pool.
A second home is a substantial 5-bedroom, red brick home, ideal as a manager home or easily tenanted.
INFRASTRUCTURE
A range of working improvements includes a network of three green laneways feeding into a set of centrally located, all-steel, high-capacity station cattle yards. The yards include a central round drafting yard, a long working race leading into an undercover RPM cattle crush with vet facilities. Power is connected to the work area adjacent to the crush facilities.
Infrastructure includes:
• High-capacity station cattle yards
• Large 5-bay machinery shed
• 2 x hayshed's
• Lockup workshop with concrete floor
• 4-stand woolshed (currently unused)
• Prattley all steel sheep yards with 3-way draft
• Separate lockable chemical shed
PASTURES
A pasture improvement program has been developed over the property's lifetime and more recently refined to ensure year-round production. All pastures are of improved perennial species with sub clover the dominant legume, 53%* phalaris, perennial ryegrass, sub clover, 38%* perennial ryegrass, native grasses, sub clover and 9%* perennial ryegrass and sub clover.
SOILS
The property is highly productive comprising two parent types of granite and basalt with a clear distinction between these two soil zones. A rigorous liming program has been in place to improve nutrient availability, pasture production and persistence across the farm.
WATER
Water is a feature of the property with all paddocks having dams or creeks supplying excellent quality water year-round. Three creeks run through the property, the Nacki Creek, Sharps Creek and Dog Trap Creek; all considered permanent creeks effectively drought-proofing "Green Hills Station". Many of the 27* dams are spring-fed with several troughs in holding paddocks having water reticulated from 3 x 22,500-litre tanks filled from Sharps Creek.
The homestead has rainwater supplied from a new 110,000-litre lined corrugated tank. Garden water for the homestead is supplied from Sharps Creek with creek water as backup to both houses should it be required. The manager's house once known as Woraren Era has water supplied from poly rainwater tanks.
TIMBER
Timber is scattered across the property providing a park-like feel and provides adequate shade in all paddocks for livestock. The timber on "Green Hills Station" is predominantly Yellow and Red Box, Red Gum, with some Stringy Bark.
Several European species have been planted over the years with Elm trees dominating areas of the landscape providing excellent shade over summer for livestock.
FENCING
Fencing across the property is excellent and consists of all steel construction with steel strainers, stays and inline posts. Most fences consist of either 5 Iowa barb, 3 Iowa barb and plain wires or fabricated hinge joint material and barb.
Electric fencing is utilised across 50% of the property with 2 mains powered energiser units and several solar-powered units across water courses. An ongoing annual fencing program has been in place for the last 20 years.
The sale of "Green Hills Station", Sharps Creek near Adelong presents a rare opportunity to purchase a proven top-performing grazing enterprise in a highly reliable rainfall zone.
For Sale: Expression of Interest
Closing 5 pm Thursday 31st October 2024, if not sold prior.
Inspections by appointment only
For more information, please contact selling agents Andrew Bell or Brian Liston at Nutrien Harcourts Albury Rural.
*Measurements are approximate.
