THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, a separate article on listings and sales in Queensland, and another on three significant sales of note.

• Freebairn family lists SA’s Gilles Downs Station
• Vic’s Pittong Pastoral sale will end 140 years+ ownership
• Yarrawonga Pastoral sells historic Manaroo in NSW

Owned by Tony and Liz Freebairn since 2009, Gilles Downs Station has been operated as two holdings on either side of the Eyre Highway

Freebairn family lists SA’s Gilles Downs

Following the death of prominent South Australian producer Tony Freebairn earlier this year, his family has brought their premier sheep and wool pastoral holding to market.

Situated on the north-eastern Eyre Peninsula, the 47,400ha Gilles Downs Station is 23km south-east of Iron Knob, 77km north-west of Whyalla and 90km south-west of Port Augusta.

The property is offered with a pastoral board rating of 6000 sheep equivalents and has historically carried more than 5000 wethers across mostly flat to gently undulating grazing country featuring bluebush and saltbush, along with native grasses and clovers.

An added income stream is generated through the annual harvesting of between 1000 and 2000 goats.

Gilles Downs also falls within the Whyalla West Release Area, creating potential for future large-scale renewable energy developments, including wind farms.

Ray White Rural agent Sam Krieg said the campaign has attracted solid interest from local producers, as well as buyers from Yorke Peninsula, the Mid North, north-western New South Wales and Victoria, all seeking a well-located grazing asset to capitalise on current sheep and wool prices.

“Gilles Downs represents a compelling opportunity for established operators, corporate investors and buyers seeking a high-quality pastoral asset in South Australia’s pastoral region,” he said.

Owned by Tony and Liz Freebairn since 2009, Gilles Downs Station has been operated as two holdings on either side of the Eyre Highway.

The northern portion is used for sheep grazing between eight-month shearing cycles, with watering points helping to manage grazing distribution.

The southern portion is used to move sheep from the northern country ahead of shearing and to manage young sheep brought to Gilles Downs before they join the main flock at shearing time.

Water is supplied via SA mains water and 20 dams in a region receiving an average annual rainfall of 240mm.

Infrastructure includes a historic three-bedroom home, three-bedroom workers’ quarters, a four-stand shearing shed, steel sheep yards, eight additional livestock yards, goat yards, shearers’ quarters and numerous sheds.

Expressions of interest for Gilles Downs Station close on June 29. The property is being offered on a walk-in walk-out basis, including plant and machinery, with the successful purchaser to receive first option to buy the sheep.

Vic’s Pittong Pastoral sale will end 140 years ownership

The Knight family is hoping to raise around $20 million for grazing country it has held in Victoria’s Western District for more than 140 years.

The 1742ha Pittong Pastoral is located 20km from Ballarat and two hours from Melbourne.

The family runs a Merino and crossbred sheep enterprise, with diversified income from kaolin clay mining (lease), a 105ha blue gum plantation and a contracted renewable wind energy project for eight turbines.

Offered with an estimated carrying capacity of 15,000DSE, Pittong Pastoral has improved pastures supported by a 50 year fertiliser history.

HF Richardson Property agent Ken McDonald said the blue-chip agricultural asset boasts scale, future growth potential and secure income streams.

“Pittong Pastoral represents a standout investment in a highly reliable rainfall zone with productive soils, multiple income streams and a proud history of sustainable land stewardship.”

Mr McDonald reports good interest from locals and Victorian family farm operators whether as a whole or in separate parcels (that range in size from 16ha to 493ha) for expansion and also geographic diversity.

Infrastructure includes a cottage, two shearing sheds, a crutching shed, multiple sheep yards, numerous sheds and grain silos.

Pittong Pastoral is being offered for sale by expressions of interest closing on June 18.

The 1742ha Pittong Pastoral is located 20km from Ballarat and two hours from Melbourne.

Yarrawonga Pastoral sells historic Manaroo in NSW

The historic Monaro grazing holding Manaroo, close to the Snowy Mountains in southern New South Wales, has been listed for sale by Yarrawonga Pastoral.

The 936ha grazing enterprise is 11km south of Cooma and 127km from Canberra.

Owners, Steve, Liz, Sam and Georgia Phillips operate a large-scale grazing enterprise across several holdings in the Harden, Yass, Monaro and Gundagai districts, including the highly regarded Yarrawonga Merino Stud.

The Phillips family is running an Angus cattle and Merino sheep breeding operation on Manaroo, as well as finishing prime lambs.

The property can carry between 7000DSE and 7200DSE on a mix of open valley floor farming flats and gently undulating grazing slopes, underpinned by productive red/brown and chocolate basalt soils.

Inglis Rural Property agent Sam Triggs said Manaroo was suited as a standalone livestock operation or as a complementary addition to an existing enterprise.

Around 135ha of productive alluvial flats is sown to fodder crops such as wheat, oats, canola and lucerne, with scope to develop additional arable country.

Water is supplied by an equipped bore, permanent spring fed and seasonal creek systems and several dams.

Infrastructure includes a circa 1860s six-bedroom homestead, a two-bedroom cottage, a five-stand shearing shed, steel sheep yards, new steel cattle yards and sheds.

Manaroo is offered for sale by expressions of interest closing on July 2.

The historic Monaro grazing holding Manaroo, close to the Snowy Mountains in southern New South Wales, has been listed for sale by Yarrawonga Pastoral.