Motion on the Station: Latest property listings

THIS week’s property evaluation features a wrap-up of fascinating current listings throughout the nation, and a separate article of lately accomplished gross sales of be aware.

• NT’s Beetaloo tipped to make $300m+
• Kimberley breeding & fattening
• NSW’s historic Humorous Hill returns to the market
• Premier Victorian Western District grazing
• Extremely regarded NSW western division nation
• Cattle breeding & background in SW QLD
• Scale & improvement potential in Charleville
• Excessive rainfall CQ nation attracts sturdy curiosity
• Hay & cattle block in QLD’s South Burnett
• Historic Emu Creek provided for first time in 155 years
• $7m+ for western NSW goat operation
• Longreach Pastoral school up for grabs

 

NT’s Beetaloo tipped to make $300m+

Provides of greater than $300 million will likely be thought of by Australian billionaire Brett Blundy and companions Jane and Scotty Armstrong for the institutional grade Northern Territory cattle station Beetaloo.

The breeding and backgrounding asset, pictured above, is located east of the Stuart Freeway close to Elliott, south of Amungee Mungee, on the north-western finish of the Barkly Tablelands.

Its location offers market entry to Darwin Port, in addition to to southern and jap cattle markets.

Rawdon Briggs from Colliers Agribusiness has been appointed to promote what he describes as Northern Australia’s most developed cattle property.

“The Beetaloo Aggregation is an extensively developed low-cost beef manufacturing asset of serious scale,” he stated.

“Intensive water infrastructure, fencing and laneway improvement and a mature complement program, permits the operation to constantly and sustainably carry and produce massive volumes of cattle,” he stated.

Since November, the property has loved greater than 400mm of rain and Mr Briggs is assured herd efficiency and weight positive aspects into the 2023 dry season will likely be important.

The Beetaloo Aggregation spans 10,547sq km and is being provided on a walk-in-walk-out foundation together with round 72,000 head of branded cattle, giving traders speedy entry to one of many largest single cattle herds in Australia.

Beetaloo has been owned through the years by Peter Sherwin, John Dunnicliff and household, and developed additional by the Armstrong household in partnership with Brett Blundy.

Beetaloo is being provided on the market through a global expressions of curiosity course of.

 

Kimberley breeding & fattening

As much as $30 million is anticipated for the Kimberley’s Christmas Creek Station which is being offered with 10,000 head of high quality Gray Brahman cattle.

Owned by Lawson Klopper since 1989, the 140,000ha breeding and ending property is located south of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia’s north-west.

Christmas Creek is being offered through a two-stage expressions of curiosity course of. Regardless of current flooding, the primary stage is not going to be delayed, with EOIs closing on January 25.

Greg Smith from Elders Broome stated all commercially life like proposals will likely be provided second stage inspections, with a cattle muster to be carried out as soon as the property has sufficiently dried out.

“Christmas Creek rose to a reasonable flood stage of 6m. It didn’t expertise the identical main flood occasion because the Fitzroy River, and no cattle have been misplaced,” he stated.

Mr Smith stated native events are more likely to entry the property by helicopter.

“Whereas some potential purchasers have adopted a wait and see method following the current flooding, good inquiry is coming from locals and enormous household farming operators within the jap states who’ve lately offered properties to corporates or to carbon operators for cash they couldn’t resist.”

The unique 400,000ha Christmas Creek lease was a part of the expansive portfolio of The Australian Land and Cattle Co and the Emanual properties which, on the time, have been thought of the perfect within the area.

Within the late Eighties, Christmas Creek was one in every of plenty of massive leases that have been damaged up in what was referred to as ‘The Fitzroy Valley Reconstruction’.

As we speak, the property boasts the choose of the nation from the unique Christmas Creek lease.

Nearly surrounded by ranges, all of the watershed runs right into a myriad of minor creek methods and into the Christmas Creek River which traverses the centre of the property for 40km.

The expansive blacksoil flood plains characteristic good stands of Mitchell grass and different natives. Buffel grows on the lighter soils and delicate spinifex is a characteristic on southern elements of the property.

The going concern sale contains fashionable plant and gear.

 

NSW’s historic Humorous Hill returns to the market

New South Wales’ historic Humorous Hill within the Southern Tablelands area has returned to the market with a $70 million (naked) price ticket after failing to promote at public sale.

Situated at Binda, 23km north of Crookwell and 67km north of Goulburn, the 3877ha holding is a three-hour commute from Sydney.

With wealthy granite soils and extremely improved pastures, Humorous Hill options easterly side, scenic tablelands nation.

Located in a dependable 763mm annual rainfall district, Humorous Hill has virtually 10km of Crookwell River frontage, in addition to 9 spring-fed creeks and 63 dams.

The property is being provided on the market after 162 years of single-family possession by James and Felicity Carr, who, since 1970, have been upgrading and enhancing the holding.

The adjustments have allowed the couple to transition from operating 45,000 dry sheep equivalents to a 2200 head Angus business cow herd.

Chris Meares from Sydney-based Meares & Associates stated Humorous Hill represents a ‘time warp’ from the unique land grant in 1860 to the current day.

“It includes a magnificent historic six-bedroom stone/brick homestead (c1864), an previous schoolhouse (c 1875), a 16-stand woolshed (c 1906) and the shearer’s mess and stables (c 1907).”

Humorous Hill is residence to the oldest nation racecourse in Australia and each March hosts the annual Binda Picnic Races – first held in 1848.

 

Premier Victoria Western District grazing

Round $20 million is anticipated for the Edgar household’s premier Victorian Western District holding Nerrinyerie which is being offered after 146 years of possession.

The 1665ha of prime grazing land is located close to Harrow in a tightly held and sought-after space.

Presently becoming a member of 8500 ewes with scope to lift numbers, Mark DeGaris from TDC Livestock and Property stated Nerrinyerie is a formidable, properly managed and introduced holding.

Intensive pasture renovation has been undertaken, with established stands of phalaris, rye, clovers, cocksfoot and lucerne.

Providing a very good stability of soils, starting from medium loams grading to heavy clay-based loams with parts of true terra rossa, the property affords areas of mild undulation and is properly drained.

Nerrinyerie has dependable underground water, dams, two bores and a sequence of photo voltaic pumps that reticulate to troughs.

A five-stand raised board woolshed with undercover yards has simply been accomplished. The containment feeding and backgrounding yards have a capability for round 6000 lambs.

Expressions of curiosity for Nerrinyerie shut on February 24.

 

Extremely regarded NSW western division nation on provide

A few of the greatest grazing nation the New South Wales western division has to supply is being offered by Hunter Valley cattleman Manuel Fernandes.

The 15,782ha Willawillingbah is located 90km north of Brewarrina and 120km west of Walgett. It’s one in every of 5 properties being carved-off Mr Fernandes’ 40,077ha Cuttabunda Aggregation within the state’s far north-west.

Equally suited to sheep or cattle breeding and ending, the extremely regarded nation is rated to hold 11,205 dry sheep equivalents or 0.71DSE per hectare.

Willawillingbah was taken up by the Stalley and Dunphy households in 1947 and offered to Mr Fernandes in 2006.

Providing a superb stability of crimson and gray/black soils, the standard flat western run-off plains create useful native flooding on the low-lying areas.

The heavier soils develop Mitchell and Flinders grass in season, with bluebush and edible salines.

Having fun with a 15km frontage to the Bokhara River, Willawillingbah can be watered by the Mackenzie’s Level Bore, in addition to its personal personal bore. There’s a combination of pipe and capped water, in addition to open drains.

Greg Seiler from Nutrien Harcourts Bourke and Huw Llewelyn of GM Llewelyn at Merriwa are dealing with the personal treaty sale.

Mr Seiler stated the nation on Willawillingah is phenomenal.

“It definitely doesn’t come any higher within the western division, significantly for each cattle and sheep,” he stated. “The property is boasting a very good physique of feed and whereas enhancements could possibly be made to the capital infrastructure (fencing and water), Willawillingah is operational.”

 

Cattle breeding & background in SW QLD

Cattle breeding and backgrounding nation in southwest Queensland is being provided by the Petfield household after greater than 20 years possession.

The 21,931ha Attica, 122km north-east of Augathella, can run 1800 backgrounders or 900 cows and calves.

Initially the family-operated Attica as a breeder block, nevertheless within the final 5 years the Petfields have been operating a worthwhile buying and selling operation – buying light-weight dry heifers and taking them by means of to the heavy feeder market or alternatively becoming a member of them and promoting them as PTIC heifers.

Since 2002, the Petfields have undertaken important improvement works to enhance administration practices and productiveness. Extra lately, they’ve repulled round 800ha and burnt and seeded 1200ha.

Attica options a mixture of field, cypress pine and ironbark sandy forest nation rising native and buffel grasses.

Situated in a 675mm rainfall area, the property is watered by 24 dams, two bores, plus momentary creek waterholes.

Attica is being offered naked through expressions of curiosity closing February 28. The profitable purchaser will likely be provided 1600 heifers and full station plant.

Peter Elmes and Grant Haddin from Allied Markets are dealing with the sale.

 

Scale & improvement potential in Charleville

Sought-after breeding, backgrounding and ending nation close to Charleville is being provided on the market after 32 years possession by Sydney-based Mathews Farm Investments.

The 30,759ha Noella, 85km west of Augathella in south-west Queensland, is properly positioned to make the most of jap and southern markets.

That includes principally gidgee, brigalow and bottletree scrub, the nation has excessive protein pasture and soil sorts supporting buffel and delicate native grasses, and a mixture of gidgee burr, salines and herbages which reply rapidly to rain.

Having fun with a superb season, with a lot of the nation being spelled during the last 4 years, Noella is able to operating 2500 breeders.

Greater than 58km is newly fenced and watered by greater than 45 dams and tanks, in addition to quite a few creeks and run-off from scattered hills and ridges.

Keith Richardson from Elders stories curiosity from Queensland producers, in addition to some southern inquiry.

“Noella boasts scale and improvement potential. It’s able to super livestock manufacturing, attaining excessive every day weight positive aspects,” he stated.

Noella will likely be auctioned on February 14.

 

Excessive rainfall CQ nation attracts sturdy curiosity

Western producers trying to downsize and locals searching for growth are displaying sturdy curiosity in a uniquely positioned block in Central Queensland.

The 1617ha Mondover is a sizeable breeding, backgrounding and ending block on the Capricorn Coast’s excessive rainfall hinterland.

Owned since 2015 by Paul and Margaret Kirkwood who’re retiring, the property is located at Lake Mary, quarter-hour from Yeppoon and 40 minutes from two export abattoirs in Rockhampton and near the Gracemere saleyards.

Closely grassed with improved pastures, the nation contains principally open flood-out and round 200ha of upper nation.

Mondover is watered by a sequence of everlasting lagoons and creeks, with the Daly Creek operating by means of the center of the property.

Securely fenced, Mondover is operating 900 backgrounders which are gaining 0.6 to 0.7kg per day.

The sale of Mondover is being dealt with by Rod Harms from Rod Harms Rural and Virgil Kenny from Elders Rockhampton. It is going to be auctioned naked of inventory on February 24.

 

Hay & cattle block in QLD’s South Burnett

Hiawatha, within the tightly held and famend Goomeribong district of Queensland’s South Burnett, has been listed for $3.5 million.

The 324ha block, appropriate for cattle and hay manufacturing, is positioned 10km north-west of Goomeri and 85km west of Gympie.

The nation contains 222ha of well-developed slender and broad leaf ironbark nation, 40ha of steeper grazing nation and 60ha of creek flats, of which 4 hectares are at the moment irrigated.

Hiawatha is comfortably operating 150 breeders or 220 grownup equivalents.

Water is provided by two bores, everlasting holes in Wonga Creek and 6 dams.

The sale of Hiawatha is being dealt with by Rob Atkinson from the Professionals Gympie.

 

Historic Emu Creek provided for first time in 155 years

FOLLOWING 155-years within the palms of 1 household, Walcha’s Emu Creek has been listed on the market

Initially bought in 1868 for one pound per acre, the now 3026ha property includes a well-maintained 1908 homestead and, during the last six generations, has been developed right into a profitable breeding and fattening operation.

Situated 13km from Walcha, Emu Creek is anticipated to fall inside the mid-$30 million vary, reflecting its place within the sought-after and excessive rainfall Walcha grazing district, identified for its excessive manufacturing.

The holding has the capability to take care of 25,000 DSE and is at the moment conservatively stocked with a combination of late spring calving cows, alternative heifers and Dorper ewes lambing on a nine-month cycle.

The sale course of will likely be an expressions of curiosity by means of LAWD.

LAWD senior director Col Medway stated the property posed a big improvement alternative and would entice curiosity from events searching for a premium grazing asset.

“Emu Creek has been run and properly maintained by present homeowners Mark and Angie Berry.

Benefiting from a median of 700mm rainfall every year, the property will swimsuit institutional traders or massive farming households on the lookout for scale and can cater for any mixture of livestock manufacturing.

There was additionally a big alternative for additional improvement which can present new homeowners with the flexibility to extend the operational scale of the property, Mr Medway stated.

Emu Creek ranges from gently sloping alluvial creek flats to undulating low grazing hills and timbered ridgelines. Soils embrace fertile crimson and black basalt soils by means of to New England Lure soils.

An intensive soil testing program was undertaken by the present homeowners in December with the outcomes demonstrating the soils are well-suited to a variety of grazing enterprises on improved pastures and opportunistic cropping, Mr Medway stated.

Throughout their time, the Berry household has additionally invested in enhancing pasture and growing the water infrastructure on the positioning.

Greater than 700ha of perennial grass and clover pastures have been improved, whereas 1370ha made up of open native grass and clover pastureland.

The property has sturdy water provide by means of plenty of sources, partially made up by 24km of frontage to plenty of creeks together with Canine Lure Creek, Emu Creek and Brookmount Creek. As well as, inventory water is supplied by 28 dams, whereas six bores and a photo voltaic pump from Brookmount Creek ship water to go tanks which gravity feed 37 strategically positioned concrete troughs.

Distributors Mark and Angie Berry, who’re fifth era on the property, have chosen to promote as a part of their future marketing strategy.

“Emu Creek has been an exquisite residence to all of us over the generations, and it has been an infinite privilege to be the custodian of this lovely property,” Mrs Berry stated.

Emu Creek Historical past

At Maitland City Corridor in 1868, Emu Creek was bought by George Robert Gill for one pound per acre — the minimal value for rural land on the time. The property was sparsely developed with an previous station cottage, a woolshed, barn, cultivation paddock, and a washpool close by.

The property was regularly remodeled right into a superfine wool rising enterprise, comprising at one time of greater than 40,000ha (100,000ac). In 1874, Mr Gill was the primary to import Vermont Merino sheep from San Francisco to Australia to ascertain his flock.

Later, he shaped a Merino stud on inventory from Havilah Station, Mudgee – a property well-known for breeding a high-quality pressure of Merino sheep. Rams have been additionally launched from Trefussis, Valleyfield, and Winton stud from Tasmania, in addition to the Merriville stud of Yass.

In 1908, George Robert Gill II constructed the present homestead with electrical energy and phone, which have been fashionable facilities of the time.  Steam engines have been put in to drive farm equipment and the household was among the many first within the space to embrace the car as their technique of transport.

George Reginald Gill within the 1950’s embraced new expertise together with aerial utility of superphosphate and clover seed, vehicles, tractors, 240-volt electrical energy, fashionable phone, fridges, electrical heating, cold and warm operating water and new shearing machines.

Prized by British, Italian and French mills, Emu Creek’s wool gained worldwide acclaim. It was beneath George Robert Black Gill’s administration that Emu Creek was recognised internationally for producing among the most interesting superfine Merino wool on this planet. The household achieved file costs on numerous events and have been repeat winners of the celebrated English Lumb’s Golden Bale Award and two-time winners of the Italian Ermenegildo Zegna Award.

As we speak, the grand 1908 homestead sits among the many magnificent two hectare backyard, meticulously maintained and renovated to include fashionable residing expectations, and is residence to the household’s sixth era.

 

 

$7m+ for western NSW goat operation

Greater than $7 million is anticipated for a New South Wales Western Division property owned by distinguished landholder Robert McBride.

The 42,716ha Wyoming Station is positioned at Moorara, 55km north-east of Pooncarie, 130km south of Menindee and 240km south-east of Damaged Hill.

Mr McBride stated the operation is performing distinctive properly.

“Previously few years, Wyoming has considerably benefitted from harvesting goats. We lure round 4000 rangeland goats yearly – they’ve been the saviour of the area for the final decade,” he stated.

Mr McBride is providing Wyoming to allow infrastructure improvement of his close by holdings Tolarno and Peppora Stations.

The present pasture base on Wyoming contains a mixture of spinifex, spear grass and copper burr. Timbers embrace belah, oaks, wilga, native pine and mallee.

A everlasting water pipeline provided from the Darling River is a key characteristic, together with 12 fenced dams and a water licence for Regulated River Excessive Safety Water for extraction from river, lake or floor water.

Phil Schell from CBRE Agribusiness stated Wyoming Station is a well-managed operation that has benefitted from an above common season, drastically enhancing the pasture base for the incoming purchaser.

“Wyoming isn’t going to look higher than it does in the present day after about 330mm of rain prior to now 12 months. The truth is, the western area has skilled a superb season, receiving 190mm above the historic common annual rainfall.”

Mr Schell is assured inquiry will come from far and broad.

“Curiosity will come from locals trying to improve their scale, southern producers looking for a breeding block, city-based traders searching for various property and company teams.”

CBRE will start an expressions of curiosity marketing campaign within the coming months.

 

Longreach Pastoral School up for grabs

The Queensland Authorities has appointed JLL’s Geoff Warriner and RPL’s Wally Cooper to dump the historic Longreach Pastoral School Campus and related pastoral holdings.

The 17,265 hectares are being provided on the market as one line, or as 5 particular person parcels through an expressions of curiosity marketing campaign closing on February 9.

When the previous school closed in 2019 the federal government cited a drop in demand for agricultural coaching.

The aim-built instructional analysis facility and adjoining pastoral land are positioned 15km from Longreach with direct frontage to Landsborough Freeway.

The well-developed grazing infrastructure is appropriate for sheep and cattle and has developed irrigation adjoining to the Thomson River.

The property is properly grassed, having been predominantly destocked since 2019, with 37km of exclusion fencing.

The property fronts a number of creek and river methods, in addition to the Thomson River. Water can be reticulated by means of quite a few pipeline methods provided by the Thomson River, city water and a number of dams.

 

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