Location
Situated on Theodore Cracow road 12 klms from Theodore and  1 .5 klm from the Dawson river  (with bitumen road frontage) 2 ½  hours from Rockhampton  & 1 hour from Biloela (6,000 popul).

Services   
Theodore township 2 Food stores and numerous shops, Hospital and aged care facility Private doctors and public air strip State and Secondary school to grade 10, Swimming pool, Bowls club, golf club, and showground complex.

Power  Supply
Single phase to the house, and 3 phase to work sheds, pumps, and bores.

Area & Tenure
Lot 408/SP 109699 (419.19 ha) Freehold,  Lot 410/ RP620653 (80.88 ha) Freehold, Lot 411/DW 101 (98.2 ha) Freehold, Lot 3 DW 140 (119.45 ha) Freehold, Lot 453/DW 231 (116.1 ha) Freehold Pipeline Easement ASP 128603 (5.7 ha).
Total Area   890.4 ha or (approximately 2,200 acres)

Country  
“Bungaree” has a mixture of soil types ranging from alluvial creek flats along Boam creek to deep self mulching brigalow clays, and red and brown softwood soils on the rises. Irrigated paddocks are designed to minimize runoff and take advantage of these different soil types for different crops. The dry land farming area has been contoured.
Approximately 705 acres of flood irrigation. 805 acres of dryland cultivation. 540 acres of cattle fattening.The balance is taken up with water storage facilities.

Water Sources
“Bungaree” has a no water allocation from the Dawson River anabranch but has flood harvesting licenses from the anabranch and Boam Creek, overland flow into 2 catchment dams, and 4 equipped irrigation bores with average pumping rates of approximately 30,000, 30,000  22,000, & 18,000  gallons per hour. The present owners also purchase approximately 1,000 megalitres of temporary transfer water per year based on flows in the Dawson River.
The Theodore Irrigation system is managed by Sunwater and all allocations are progressive allocations dependant on inflows into the river and the extent of those inflows. The water year starts  1st October and finishes on the 30th September with allocations for the new water year dependant on the amount of water left in the system. A % of carry-over water can be carried forward for one month from the previous year if available depending on how much unused allocation is left in the entire system, sometimes this can be quite substantial. The Dawson has several weirs and water harvesting is designed to maintain the river system and take advantage of the historic flow data collected over many years.
The Dawson river is a very reliable water source and temporary transfer water has always been available. You get to use 100%.of the purchased water whenever you purchase it.  The DNR manage the flood harvesting licenses and work with Licensees to maintain the system for the benefit of everyone, advising irrigators  when they can start and stop their pumps during inflows.

Water Storages
 Big Dam is designed for storage of flood harvested water, purchased temporary transfer water, overland flows and tail water recovery.  Capacity is 700 megalitres.
Old Dam is designed as a balancing storage for all Irrigation water including some overland flow and tail water recovery.  Capacity is 350 megalitres.
Ring tank is designed to take advantage of flood harvested water from Boam Creek and waste water recovery in extreme wet weather events.  Capacity is 300 megalitres.
Tail Dam sumps designed to catch any silt runoff or sediment hold  approximately  125 megalitres and are monitored and cleaned out whenever necessary.
Bungaree is a closed water system with 100% of tail water captured and returned to the main delivery channel for reuse.

Pumps
 No 1 Dawson River Anabranch Flood lifter this pump is a Worthington 10LR- 15A high volume lift pump coupled to a 100 HP heavy duty electric motor situated in a 3/8 inch steel cylinder below anabranch water level to eliminate priming and reduce lift head. Pumping capacity is 284 litres per second @ 18 m head (24 megalitres per day).
No 2 pump on tail dam and main delivery channel near field 4 this is a 12” Kelly & Lewis pump direct coupled to a 150 Hp 6 BT Cummins diesel motor pumping up to 24 megalitres per day through 355mm underground poly mainline to main delivery channel on top of the rise where it gravitates to
No 3 Re-lift pump from main delivery channel to high channel 16” high volume HBC China pump coupled to 40 Hp 8 pole 740 RPM electric motor capable of pumping up to 30 megalitres per day into high channel leading to Old Dam storage.
No 4 High channel to Old Dam storage delivery pump 15” Kelly & Lewis centrifugal pump direct coupled to a 100 Hp 8 pole 740 RPM electric motor pumping up to 43 megalitres per day into Old Dam storage. There are also 2 x 8” HB China Pumps at this station for smaller lifts when using bores for evaporation top up or tail water return, these are coupled to 25 hp electric motors.
 No 5 Boam Creek flood harvesting pump to 300 meg Ring Tank 15” Kelly & Lewis pump belt driven by 250 Hp GM 2 stroke Diesel Motor pumping 43 meglitres per day into Ring tank.
No 6 Tail water channel pump below field 11 10” Kelly & Lewis centrifugal pump coupled to100 Hp Leyland Diesel pumping tail water return from field 11 and harvesting overland  flows from the local waterway back to Big Dam.
There is also a 10” HB China pump situated on Old Dam to lift water over the bank and into a channel that gravity feeds under Boam Creek to West Field this is coupled to a 50 Hp electric motor.

Pump Stations
All pump stations are situated well away from natural water courses and are properly designed to minimize risk to waterways.

Bores
Bore No 1: 20Hp electric submersible coupled to a 6” everflow pump pumping  directly into top head ditch or main delivery channel to Old Dam. Capacity 30,000 Gallons per hour.
Bore no 2: 20 Hp electric submersible coupled to a 6” everflow pump pumping to head ditch on field 1 or directly into main channel to Old Dam. Capacity 30,000 gallons per hour.
Bore No 3: 6” Pomona Turbine pump coupled to a 10 hp vertical shaft electric motor pumping directly into main supply channel to Old Dam. Capacity approximately 18,000 gallons per.
Bore no 4:  20 Hp electric submersible coupled to a 6” everflow pump pumping through  8” PVC underground mainline to main supply channel to Old Dam. Capacity 22,000 plus gallons per hour.
These bores are used to keep storage facilities topped up and  minimize evaporation as well as providing early season water before the Dawson River runs and anabranch water allocation becomes available.

Improvments
Main Home:   The main family home is a 360 sq metre low set brick home with 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, huge open plan kitchen, dining, and lounge area, separate games area with access out onto the patio, in ground swimming pool, and tennis court. Surrounded by lawn and shade trees and located on a softwood rise overlooking the entire property  with stable and horse paddock close by.

Cottage:  10m x 7 m low set weather board workers cottage with 7m x 7m covered outdoor area, air conditioning and satellite TV.

Sheds:  Main shed complex consists of 18m x 16m workshop shed fully concreted, covered 2 sides with drive through open ends, 3 phase power and lighting.  13m x 10 m covered and concreted machinery lean to.
14m x 6m fully enclosed grain shed with sloped concrete floor.
14m x 10m old grain shed covered 3 sides now used for machinery.
10 m x 3m weatherboard office and quarters attached to the main shed by 10m x 1.2 m veranda now used for storage. All sheds are connected to each other in one large shed complex.

Grain Silos
5 x 80 ton upright grain silos close by shed with power connected for electric auger use.

Comments:

“Bungaree” is a quality well located flood free Irrigation and dryland farming property with the added benefit of some cattle fattening country.

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