SOLD AT AUCTION

Auction 11.00am Thursday 30^th August, 2018 at the Rockhampton Leagues Club.

District/State
Baralaba, Queensland.

Location
Thirty nine kilometres north of Moura, on the eastern side of the Dawson River and twenty two kilometres south of Baralaba.

Area
1,586.9 hectares (3,919 acres)

Tenure
Lot 12 on FN514 Freehold
Lot 13 on FN514 Freehold
Banana Shire Council rates $4,497.75 per half year after discount.

Services
Baralaba –       Kindergarten to year ten.
Medical Centre and Hospital.
Mail delivery to front gate twice weekly.

Moura –          Kindergarten to year twelve.
Medical Centre and Hospital.
Cotton Ginnery, Grain Depot and Sale Yards.

A nine hundred metre airstrip close to the main residence, alongside the Dawson River.  Major cattle selling complex at Gracemere, meat works at Biloela and Rockhampton.  Rockhampton is two hours by road.   Single phase SWER lines to houses and buildings, three phase lines to all electric pumps.

Country
Total arable area has been previously cultivated.  Soil types self-mulching dark clay to sandy loam.  There is 674 hectares of irrigation, 455 hectares of dryland cultivation, with the balance grazing which consists of solid stands of buffel grass and seca stylo. There are approximately 1,000 trees planted in refuge areas.

Irrigation
Area-   674 hectares of flood irrigation, all laser levelled. Six fields.
Water- 2,000MI allocation.  Flood harvesting 15 cumec via 26” and 20”pumps.
Storage- 1,800MI and 800MI reservoirs.  Three surge areas with the capacity to hold approx. 100MI.

Water Licences-

Water
Harcourt’s western boundary is the Dawson River and the upper section of the Neville Hewitt Weir.  It has a water allocation of 2,000MI and a water harvesting licence for a 26”and a 20”centrifugal pump at a flow of 15 cumec.  The 26”pump has a capacity of 100MI/day and the 20”a capacity of 50MI/day at a weir level.  Both allocation and water harvesting can be pumped, by both pumps.  From 1988 to 2018 (June) water harvesting was available for an average of fifty days per year.  This is capped at 3,432MI/year.  Water is pumped via a channel to a 24/30 Batescrew axial flow pump (160MI/day) lifting it into a 1,800MI reservoir.  Tail water and overland flow is also collected by this pump.
A second reservoir of 800MI capacity is filled with a 26”China pump (100MI/day) and a 16”China pump (30MI/day).  Tail water and overland flow is pumped by above. Domestic and stock water is supplied by a  submersible pump.

Pumps
River pump electric: 20”mixed flow China pump, line shaft driven by 110kw motor.
River pump diesel: 26”mixed flow China pump, belt driven by 325hp Cummins motor.
Batescrew pump 24/30 axial flow, powered by 325hp Cummins motor.  This pump is on the Garden Hole ring tank.
Volvo pump, 26”mixed flow China pump, powered by 270hp Volvo motor.
Deutz pump 16”mixed flow China pump, powered by 55hp Deutz.
12”mixed flow China pump, driven by 30hp Lister motor.

Yards
One set of circular steel yards with water, crush and loading facilities close to the road.  Capable of holding three hundred head of cattle.

Improvements
The infrastructure on this property is in excellent condition.   The main residence is a fully restored hundred year old Queenslander, air conditioned with four bedrooms plus office, two bathrooms, a large living area with front and back verandahs.  Connected to the house by a covered walkway is a games room/quarters and adjacent cold room. There is also has a lockable one car garage.  It is surrounded by well-kept spacious lawns with automatic watering system, large mature trees, gardens and two rain water tanks.
Second residence which was built in 2006, is a high set, three bedroom home, with air conditioning, a three metre verandah on the eastern aspect which is surrounded by fence and gardens.  The house is plumbed throughout from one 45,000 litre rain water tank.  Garden water supplied through pumps from the river.
Workmen’s quarters are air conditioned, kitchen, living room, three bedrooms, two showers, two toilets and one water tank.

Sheds
Machinery Shed – Colorbond 48 x 12m (includes 2x12m bays) including well equipped workshop and parts room with two water tanks.
Machinery Shed – Colorbond 36 x 12m (4 x 9m bays) with two water tanks.
Vehicle shed with four vehicle capacity.
Fertilizer shed – Besser Brick 12 x 6.7m with sliding roof.
Chemical shed 12 x 9m half lockable with bunding for spillage control.  It has a wash down area with tanks and drainage to BMP specifications and a 45,000 litre settling tank.

Agents Remarks
The Dawson River is one of the most reliable river systems in Queensland.

Auction
11.00am Thursday 30^th August, 2018 at the Rockhampton Leagues Club.

For Inspection Contact
Gary Bishop 0439 982 588
Gary Hourn  0407 971 140

• Please note some of the photos used are historical photos that reflect the production of the property.

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