LIFESTYLE WITH ACREAGE – ROCKINGHAM, QLD

CATTLE AND CANE

Area and Tenure:    27.37 Ha or 67.6 Acres. Freehold.

Situated:  15 km from Tully. The town of Tully has a population of around 2,500 schooling available from prep to year 12. The major employer in this area is the Tully sugar. Innisfail 55 km north of Tully is the Cassowary coast council head office, and a major shopping Centre. Cairns is 145km north.

Services: Mobile phone service over the property. Town water is connected, weekly garbage collection. Single phase rural power connected with 3-phase power only 3 poles away. Bitumen road frontage.

Rainfall:  Tully average annual rainfall is approximately 3,895mm.

Water:  Watered with town water as well as an electric submersible bore that supplies water to the yards and troughs.

Country: Gently undulating and well-drained country. One paddock has transitioned from sugarcane production back to pasture, featuring a mix of Brachiaria and Setaria grasses with mixed legumes.

Improvements: A very large 525 m2 shed with class 10a construction. There is a 2-bedroom 1-bathroom large open plan fully insulated living area on one end, 1 concrete bay for a workshop, 3 bays with gravel base and a 1.5-ton gantry crane that runs the length of the shed. It is also high enough to fit a double deck stock create underneath.  The property is wired for 3 phase power from the boundary.

There is another shed near the cattle yards that could be used for machinery storage.

Farming: One paddock of approximately 20acres has been used primarily for sugarcane production.

Paddocks & Fencing: Fenced into 2 main paddocks 3 and 4 barbed wire with steel posts and a holding paddock. A set of mainly panel yards with a Beef boss cattle crush and loading ramp.

Carrying Capacity:  The owner is currently running 100 weaner cattle on this property. Vendor estimates approximately 35 Adult Equivalents.

Agents Remarks: Ideal start-up prospect here or if you are looking to slow down a little this is a good-sized property in one of the most reliable rainfall regions of Australia. This property is being used as a breeding and growing property at the moment and would also suit a finishing enterprise. This property comes highly recommended.

Price: $995,000

RODNEY KENNEDY 0488 418 577