THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings across the country, and separate articles on recent sales of note and relisted properties.

• Renowned SW Victorian assets up for grabs
• Neighbours offer 2000ha in NSW’s Riverina
• Miller family to auction Roma cattle country
• EOI for WA’s Dampier Downs close on August 6

Cattle on the 4551ha Banongill South, 20 minutes south of Skipton

Renowned SW Victorian assets up for grabs

No price guide is being offered for an investment opportunity producing beef cattle, prime lambs and crops across close to 5500ha in Victoria’s south-west.

Located about 75km apart, the 4551ha Banongill South is in the Vite Vite North/Carranballac region, 20 minutes south of Skipton, while the 792ha Brenleys is north of Willaura and 20 minutes from Ararat.

The two properties are owned by Ballarat-based farmers Chris and Tanya Mulcahy, and once formed part of the 8200ha Banongill Station, a flagship Western District cropping and livestock holding in Victoria, offloaded in 2020 by agricultural fund manager Laguna Bay for $80 million.

The holdings, pictured above, are close to Ballarat, Geelong and Warrnambool, as well as local grain receival points, livestock selling centres, and wool and meat processing facilities.

Elders agent Rob Rickard reports good early interest.

“A number of interstate producers and large family farm operators are seeking more reliable and secure rainfall and country that delivers year in, year out,” he said.

Banongill South

Over the past five years, the winter cropping program has been wound back and now accounts for 15 percent of the total land area.

The balance has been converted to a more dominant pasture-based system for livestock breeding and backgrounding. It is currently running 1300 sheep and 1430 cattle. In 2025, the property was running 2200 sheep and 1545 cattle.

Considerable investment has been directed towards pasture improvement, fencing upgrades, water expansion, subdivision into smaller paddocks and the development of high-quality farm infrastructure.

Mr Rickard said these initiatives had significantly enhanced the property’s productivity, operational efficiency and carrying capacity.

The property is watered by the historically reliable Banongill Spring, as well as numerous bores and dams.

Infrastructure includes a renovated four-bedroom home, a three-bedroom staff home, modern six-stand undercover sheep yards, steel cattle yards, numerous sheds and 15 grain silos with 1239-t of capacity.

Brenleys

Brenleys operates under a full winter cropping program on free-draining loam soils across three clear and open paddocks. During the summer months, once harvest is complete, sheep are grazed on stubbles.

Water is supplied by dams and bores.

Mr Rickard said the long-term vision for Banongill South is to operate as a specialised, intensive sheep and cattle enterprise, with Brenleys serving as the principal grain production base supporting the broader livestock business.

The 5433ha Banongill South and Brenleys are being offered for sale by expressions of interest, closing on July 8, either as a whole or as separate assets.

Neighbours offer 2000ha in NSW’s Riverina

Two neighbours have listed close to 2000ha of productive mixed farming and livestock country in the highly regarded Eastern Riverina region of New South Wales.

The 972ha Oivi and the adjoining 1012ha Kolonga are located near Harefield, north of Wantabadgery, in a region renowned for its reliable rainfall and fertile agricultural land.

The scenic property is 21km south of Junee and 42km north-east of Wagga Wagga and has been owned by Chris Wilson and his family for the past 33 years.

Oivi is suited to livestock breeding, trading and finishing, complemented by dryland cropping for both grazing and grain production.

The property features a gently undulating landscape, underpinned by granite loams and red brown earths over clay subsoils.

Around 660ha of arable land grows improved pastures, cereals, legumes and forage crops capable of supporting 9100DSE.

Oivi has three equipped bores, plus an additional bore ready for connection, ten dams and frontage to the Claris and Wantool Creeks in a 562mm average annual rainfall region.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, a three-bedroom cottage, a four-stand shearing shed, sheep yards, cattle yards, numerous sheds and 450 tonnes of grain storage with an additional 60 tonnes of silo storage currently used for feed grain.

This year, a confinement feeding facility capable of accommodating 4000 sheep was completed, providing opportunistic lamb trading capability.

Oivi is anticipated to make around $12 million on a bare basis. Expressions of interest close on July 16.

Kolonga

Meantime, Kolonga is available for sale for $14,703/ha ($5950/ac) or around $14.8m.

Offered by the Cook family after 67 years of ownership, the 1012ha dual-purpose winter cropping and breeding and finishing platform is 25km south of Junee and 32km north-east of Wagga Wagga.

Around 87 percent or 907ha of the red granite loam soils are arable and typically sown to 146ha of wheat, 46ha of barley and 43ha of canola.

The balance grows improved pastures and native grasses capable of running 10,500DSE.

Underpinning the cropping and pasture rotations is a comprehensive agronomic plan which includes strategic fertiliser and liming regimes.

Kolonga is watered by three dams, a bore and dual frontage to Thompson and Sandy Creeks, supported by 574mm of average annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, a four-stand shearing shed, numerous sheds, new steel sheep and cattle yards, four silos and 17km of new fencing.

LAWD agents Col Medway and Tim Corcoran are handling both sales.

Miller family to auction Roma cattle country

Some of the most highly regarded cattle finishing country in the Roma district is being offered for sale by the Miller family after four generations of ownership.

The 2805ha Kooringa Downs is 47km north-east of Roma and 112km south-west of Taroom, close to saleyards, feedlots and store cattle markets in southern Queensland.

Nutrien Harcourts GDL agents Rick Benham said the property is attracting inquiry from across Queensland.

“Kooringa Downs stands as one of the district’s outstanding grazing opportunities. It is suited to finishing, backgrounding, breeding and stud cattle enterprises.”

“Regarded for outstanding weight gains and superior finishing performance, this quality holding combines premium soils and reliable water in a tightly held location,” Mr Benham said.

The country comprises 85 percent brigalow-belah, softwood scrub and vine soils with the balance box and belah country and creek flats growing prolific improved pastures including buffel, green panic and native grasses.

Kooringa Downs is watered by 16 dams, four bores (two operational) and supported by 650mm of average annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom relocatable home with panoramic 360-degree views, older style cattle yards, numerous sheds and 11.5km of dingo barrier fencing.

Kooringa Downs will be auctioned on July 14. Nutrien Harcourts GDL agents Rick Benham and David Benham are handling the sale.

Kooringa Downs stands as one of the Roma district’s outstanding grazing opportunities, suited to finishing, backgrounding, breeding and stud cattle

EOI for WA’s Dampier Downs close on August 6

Colliers Agribusiness has set an August 6 deadline for expressions of interest for Kimberley cattle station Dampier Downs in Western Australia’s north-west.

The 262,073ha extensively developed station, 120km south-east of Broome, was offered to the market in March, with an official EOI campaign now launched by selling agents Jesse Manuel and Rawdon Briggs.

Rated to run 12,105 adult equivalents, Dampier Downs is currently carrying between 12,000 and 15,000 head of mixed-age Brahman and crossbred cattle – managed with a focus on fertility, adaptability and temperament.

It is being sold after more than 60 years of family ownership by Mike De Long and his partner Anne Marie Huey on a walk-in walk-out basis, with more than 12,000 head and an extensive inventory of plant and equipment.

Mr Manuel and Mr Briggs described Dampier Downs as an exceptional opportunity for buyers seeking a standalone operation or a northern calf factory to support a southern or eastern supply chain enterprise.

The station has undergone substantial development, with major investment in water infrastructure, fencing and cattle handling facilities.

Dampier Downs features more than 40 solar‑equipped, Farmbot‑monitored bores supported by pipelines and seasonal dams, allowing for flexible grazing management and easy spelling.

More than 50 paddocks and laneways further enhance operational efficiency, with trapping options offering potential to reduce operating costs.

It is well set up for large‑scale logistics, with three main trucking yards capable of handling triple road trains, plus a further 14 strategically located trucking yards designed to minimise mustering expenses.

The agents have identified scope to lift production and margins beyond current levels.

“While Dampier Downs is already extensively developed, an approved diversification permit allows for the planting of stylo grass species.”

“Cotton trials in the 1990s, combined with areas of soft country, shallow flood‑out zones and abundant underground water, point to further diversification potential,” they said.

Livestock marketing options have also been strengthened and expanded by recent investment and planned upgrades to the Kimberley Meat Co abattoir.