""DUKES PLAIN""

   
   
   
   

Location:
35 km south of Theodore on Leichhardt Highway. 250 km south of Rockhampton. 70 km north of Taroom.

Services:
240 volt rural power, phone, fax, internet. Mail service twice weekly. 80 km Moura saleyards, grain silos. 70km Taroom saleyards. 11 km all weather local authority gravel road to house and yards from bitumen Leichhardt Highway.7km frontage to Leichhardt Highway. School bus available to both primary and secondary schools at Theodore and Moura.
All modern facilities available at both these centres.

Area and Tenure:
7899.5 hectares (19519.664 acres)  Pastoral Holding Lease ,Banana Shire, Country of Labouchere, Parish Moss. 
Portion 4031 PH 862.
Rent: $5,529.00 per annum.  Rates: $3487.25 half yearly (after discount).

Rainfall: 
Approximately 700m annual average.

Country:
Approximately 5,250 acres is Brigalow and softwood scrub country, well grassed with buffel, green panic complemented by a selection of native grasses. Rotational grazing has enable the establishment of extremely strong pastures. There is moderate regrowth that has been left in strips and clumps and fortifies the scrub country. A further 1,750 acres of good quality forest loams are established to buffel, green panic, Mitchell and Queensland blue grass. The balance of country comprises range country which is against Shankeen Native Refuge and offers only limited grazing. Approximately 1976 acres has been previously farmed and has since been returned to pastures including legumes.

Water:
The property is extremely well watered with reticulated water systems, supplied from 7 dams and 1 spring. These dams range from 3,000 cu metres to 35,000 cu metres capacity. The whole property can be watered from any one of these dams or spring. Most pumps are electric, expect for the spring and one dam which are pumped with diesel driven pumps. A further 25 small seasonal dams and 3 turkey nests complement the main watering.

Fencing:
Boundary fence is 4 barb steel post suspension and 4 barb split post. The majority of internal fencing is 1 and 2 wire mains electric powered electric on steel posts. Some internal fences 4 barb steel post suspension. Fences are powered from 3 energisers. The property is well subdivided, with 3 holding paddocks and internal laneways to yards.

Improvements:
Highset 4 bedroom timber home, blocked in under for living, kitchen and laundry. 2 bathrooms and sunroom. Large outdoor living and entertaining area. Lowset 2 bedroom guest cottage, workmen’s quarters. Workshop and vehicle sheds. 8m x 12m straw bale office, reception and seminar area with tile concrete floor and 12m x 4m paved area under a vine trellis. Portable panel cattle yards with electric coolers, air operated 4 way race draft, head bale and crush
unit with scales. (Capable of handling 1500 head.) 2 stables, tack room and round yards.

PLANT:
2 X Kutota diesel motors, one with mono pump, one with davey centrifugal pump. 
1 mono pump. 2 x electric floating submersible pump. 5 mains electric fence energisers plus solar electric unit.
1 x 17’ x 40’ comet windmill, over bore. Not equipped with pump. 12cfm electric compressor for workshop and yards.

Stock:
L.P.A. accredited since 16/10/2000. Biodynamic / organic certified with Aust Cert organic fully certified September 2008.

Carrying Capacity:
Dukes Plain has carried 2,000 (1238LSU or AE average last 15 years) head of cattle consistently over many years.

Agents Remarks:
This is typical Taroom/Theodore scrub country that rarely comes up for sale.
Gary Bishop 0439 982 588 or John Crerar 0427 678901
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