State-of-the-Art Carnarvon Horticulture Operation
"Desert Sweet Banana Farm"
Offers to Purchase (Closing COB Wednesday 5th March 2025)
38.57 Hectares 95.32 Acres
230 South River Road Carnarvon WA 6701
105 McGlade's Road Carnarvon WA 6701
60 & 80 Lawson St Carnarvon WA 6701
BACKGROUND
The Desert Sweet Banana Farm was established in 2004 as the owners saw an opportunity to provide high quality produce in one of the most fertile regions of the state. In 2008 the McGlades Rd property was purchased to expand the operation.
More recently the Lawson St property (12.32 Ha 30.45 Acres) was acquired by the Hardman's as freehold land with nearly 6 Ha planted to bananas.
They set about developing a state-of-the-art horticulture farm and as it stands today they have achieved that goal. Desert Sweet Banana is recognised as one of the leading banana producers in the Gascoyne region producing a high-quality bananas and melons.
The real feature of the property is the steady stream on income for 12 months of the year with payment proceeds for bananas and watermelons paid weekly.
LOCATION
The properties are located in the Shire of Carnarvon with the Home Farm approximately 7 km from Carnarvon and McGlade's Block some 14 km from town, with Lawson St Farm approximately 15 km to the Carnarvon CBD.
The majority of this land is composed of good river system soils. These soils range from a light textured red earthy sand to a medium textured red earthy loam.
AREA
The productive area of the farm spans an area of 38.57 hectares, of which 21.418 hectares are fully developed and optimized for the production of bananas. Around 2.0 hectares of melons are planted annually.
PRODUCTION
In the summer months, depending on seasonal conditions between 1500 2000 crates of bananas are picked per week, while in the winter months between 700 800 crates are picked. On average Desert Sweet produces around 60,000 crates of bananas and 450 x 350 kg bins of melons annually.
WATER
All properties have Netafim micro sprinklers and "T" tape with the system run by Netafim automated controllers and are managed by a central computer at the office or onsite. The system can also be operated using a smartphone. All properties have basin "A" river allocations. Total combined allocation is 446,000kl.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The property is well serviced with an array of comfortable accommodation, 4 general purpose and storage sheds with the main on-farm packing facility is capable of handling over 100,000 crates per annum.
WALK-IN-WALK-OUT
One of the real benefits of the Desert Sweet Banana Farm is that it comes with a complete set of plant and equipment required to operate the business. Included in the plant and equipment list are tractors, trucks, spreaders, planting equipment, processing equipment, quad bikes, boom spray and a large assorted sundry equipment.
To obtain a confidential business report please call the Exclusive Selling Agent
