Location: 20kms from Mackay.
Services: Power, Telephone (Mobile and internet), Schools, 30
minutes to Mackay Airport and 10 minutes to the Bruce
Highway.
Property Description: Four Freehold Lots- Lot 41 SP261507 Lot 2 RP894236
Lot 2 RP704398 Lot 978 C124490
Area: 158.62Ha (390.57Acres)
Tenure: Freehold
Rates: $2679.00 (approx./half year)
Rainfall: 1585mm annual average
Country: Low lying coastal marine flats graduating back to higher,
soft coastal ridges which have been selectively cleared
and intensively pastured to produce excellent quality,
high carrying capacity grazing land. The elevated areas
provide sheltered grazing and runoff to the two dams.
Two paddocks can be irrigated and are regularly cut and
baled for hay.
Soils and Pastures: The flats are a mixture of heavy clay
and sand sown to Pangola, Callide Rhodes, Kazungula
Setaria and Caltarzello
Centro, whilst the main dam is bordered by ponded Para
Grass. The ridges are generally clay loam pastured with
Guinea grass, Signal Grass and Stylos.
Overall, the property has been sown with suitable tropical
species and maintained at a peak with regular
applications of fertilizer.
Water: On farm storage dam for irrigation and stock water.
Second smaller open stock water dam.
Equipped bore supplies to the house and livestock.
Equipped bore pumps to a tank for stock water.
Equipped bore connected to power, supplies stock water
and a neighbour's domestic supply(easement access).
There is another unequipped bore.
Fencing: The property is well subdivided to give fifteen separate
paddocks plus laneways and roads.
Improvements: A top quality, award winning single level home, built by
Tom Casey. It features a complete hardwood frame and
textured weather-board cladding. Timber floors and
fittings finish the home. Features include high ceilings,
four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two lounge rooms, dine
in kitchen with pantry and views over the estuary and
bay. Finished with verandahs around three sides,
enhanced by views over marine flats to Cape Hillsborough
and the adjacent islands.
Enclosed shed (approx. 30' x 30' x 14') with walk-in
cold room and room for a large boat.
Open garage for three vehicles.
Machinery shed (approx 75' x 30'x 15') walled on three
sides, concreted workshop.
Cattle yards with vet crush and plunge dip.
Old dairy building.
Air craft hanger fully enclosed.
The Hut-for fishing and crabbing.
Livestock: A high-quality, unregistered herd of well-managed, quiet
Brangus cows, heifers and steers exhibiting excellent beef
characteristics and fertility. This herd annually produces
ten to fifteen bull calves which sell easily to local
producers as herd sires for between $5,000 and $8,000
with some to $15,000.
The current owners have been exhibiting successfully
against many larger Central Queensland properties in
both carcass and hoof competitions at the Mackay Show
for many years.
Plant: Plant to work the property- tractors, implements, tipper
truck and crate, Irrigation pump, mains and piping,
hayrake and a large list of sundries.
Price: $6.2 million with plant and stock at time of sale
Remarks: With out doubt the best block available in its class. This
property offers location, a reliable income and a proven
herd of unregistered stud Brangus cattle set on four
freehold titles close to a Mackay.
The current owners have held this property for 57 years
and are only selling now following the untimely loss of the
senior partner.
