LARGE, WELL WATERED TROPICAL PASTURES – SILKWOOD, QLD

Area and Tenure:    613 Acres or 248.3ha. Freehold.

Situated:  10km from Silkwood in the Cassowary Coast region and 30km from the major regional centre of Innisfail.  Silkwood has 2 schools from prep to Year 6, the infamous Silkwood Hotel, a service station, butcher shop and a bowling club. Innisfail offers a choice of private or public schooling to Year 12. Innisfail does have cattle sales on an as-required basis and also a small meatworks. Only 100km south of Cairns, the tourist capital of Australia with an International Airport and University. Export meatworks at Townsville about 230km away and a major cattle selling centre at Charters Towers.

Services: Mobile phone coverage over most of the property.

Rates:  Cassowary Coast Regional Council half yearly rates are $ 6,080.17.

Rainfall:  Silkwood receives an average annual rainfall of approximately 3,340mm.

Water:  Very well-watered by South Liverpool Creek and four other creeks that run from the rainforest providing clean running water in all paddocks.

Country:  The country includes large open creek flats which could be used for all kinds of fruit or crop production. From the creek flats, the country rises to some hill country and tropical rain forest. With improved tropical pasture mainly Brachiaria with a legume mix.

Improvements: A set of panel cattle yards with a cattle crush. There is a shed with shower and toilet in need of some repair.

Paddocks & Fencing: Fenced into 4 paddocks with 3 and 4 barbed wire and steel posts in fair condition.

Carrying Capacity:  Owner estimates 250 adult equivalents comfortably.

Agents Remarks: This is a very large parcel of grazing land that is very hard to come by in this area combined with reliable, very high rainfall which lends itself to a large variety of agricultural enterprises and multiple income streams. It has not been over capitalized and allows the astute investor to create their own vision of high-quality improvements on this rare, large, picturesque, productive rural property.

Price: $2,400,000.

EXCLUSIVE SELLING AGENT:

RODNEY KENNEDY 0488 418 577