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17,000 ACRE GRAZING PROPERTY, BARCALDINE, WESTERN QLD
Location / Area
Barcaldine, near Emerald, Blackall and Longreach, Western Queensland
Property Type / Size
16,935 acre (6,853.35 hectare) grazing property with undulating black soil downs country.
GHFL 2/3850/4 (Grazing Homestead freeholding lease).
It has ample water for stock and domestic use. Improvements include sheds, yards and shearers quarters.
The Homestead is a quality 5 bedroom home of approximately 40 squares with lovely lawns and gardens.
Price Range
$2.5 million +
Property Information
‘Orange Downs’ has only had 3 owners since it was first balloted in 1928. Features include:
- It is a prime grazing property ideal for both sheep and cattle
- Rainfall over 60 years is 450mm per annum (18 inches)
- There are 15 paddocks in total
- Pastures are Mitchell, Flinders and Herbages in season
- Country is black soil downs with shade trees near waters courses.
- These consist of whitewood, vinetree, gidyea and coolibah
- The property is Tick, TB and Brucellosis free. It is also residue free.
- No wild dogs (dingoes)
Fencing
Fencing is adequate for both sheep and cattle.
Most fencing is in good to excellent condition and has ringlock on the majority of the boundaries.
The internal fencing and gates are all in good working order.
Shearing Shed
- This has 5 stand electric driven overhead gear
- Large wool room with storage capacity for 130 bales
- Historically has held over 300 bales
- Complete with wool table, bins and hydraulic electric wool press
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Sheep Yards
- These are older timber and new steel yards with raised steel double jetting race
- 3 000 gallon galvanised tank on 15ft steel tank stand supplying yards and shearer’s quarters and gravity feed to some stock watering points
Shearer’s Quarters
- This is a well maintained timber building with separate ablution block, toilets (septic system) and meat house
- It has accommodation for 11 men
Sheds
- 40 X 23 ft shed with concrete floor and one lock up bay
- 60 X 20 ft vehicle shed
- Small tool shed
- Meat house, store shed, laundry building adjacent to house
- Mains power to vehicle and tool shed
Cattle Yards
- Small set of steel and timber including steel loading ramp, steel crush and steel drafting pound (under construction)
- Quantity of portable cattle panels used in conjunction
- Steel gallows used for butchering
Water
Bore
The main water supply is from a bore accessing the artesian basin and is capable of producing 3,000 G/P/H. It has a submersible pump delivering water to an overhead tank. This delivers stock water via a 2” polypipe, gravity fed to all paddocks. It is also equipped with a windmill and jet pump providing additional water security.
The bore supplies water to the house and gardens via a pressure pump.
Dams
There are 3 dams available. Two are not used due to gravity fed tank and trough system in use.
Note
“Orange Downs” and a neighbour give water to each other. This enhances the system and provides added water security.
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Homestead
This is an ideal family home featuring:
- 5 bedrooms
- 3 bathrooms
- 3 toilets
- Kitchen
- Dining room
- Lounge room
- Office
- Enclosed verandah
- 3 Open verandahs
- Laundry
- 2 evaporative air cooler/conditioning units (1 is new)
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Other Features
- Above ground swimming pool
- Paved entertaining area
- Irrigated lawns and extensive gardens
- Fully screened throughout
- Satellite TV with 4 channels
- Satellite internet connection
Location
‘Orange Downs’ is:
- 35 kilometres north of Barcaldine
- Close to liveweight selling centres at Barcaldine, Longreach and Blackall
Services
- Rural power connected
- School bus to Barcaldine schools; primary and secondary to Year 12
- Mobile phone coverage over property
- VHF radio installed
- Twice weekly mail delivery
- Qantaslink flights from Barcaldine twice weekly, Longreach daily
- Daily greyhound bus service to Brisbane, Emerald, Rockhampton and Mount Isa
Best Features
- Lovely rural lifestyle property in sound area
- Includes lovely large family home with lawns and gardens
- Ample water for stock and domestic use
- Quality soils with excellent pastures for sheep and cattle
- Ample sheds, yards and infrastructure
- Easily run by one man with casual help
- 30 minutes to Barcaldine which has shops, schools, hospital and 2
resident doctors
- Not affected by government tree clearing legislation
- Potential to use shearers quarters for farmstay
- Close to livestock markets
- Current owners for past 32 years
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Additional Information
‘Orange Downs’ is a special property with a good history.
It is a proven performer with excellent infrastructure and a lovely 5 bedroom family home.
There is some potential to do a farmstay operation in the shearers quarters.
This is a property very worthy of any type of genuine inspection.
Owners estimate carrying capacity 5,000 / 6,000 sheep or cattle equivalent.
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