THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings across Queensland and Western Australia, a second story on new listings in NSW and South Australia, and a third on recently completed sales.

• Douglas family sells exclusion fenced Myrtlemount
• Kambingila Pastoral sells a second property
• Qld & NT interest in Roma’s Amby Hills
• Proven calf factory in SW Qld
• Offers above $16m for Kimberley’s Country Downs

Well located with double frontage to the Moonie Highway, the 5216ha Myrtlemount is 58km west of Westmar and 60km east from St George.

Douglas family sells exclusion fenced Myrtlemount

The Douglas family has listed its fully exclusion fenced grazing property in Queensland’s Western Downs region, capable of running around 1200 Adult Equivalents.

Well located with double frontage to the Moonie Highway, the 5216ha Myrtlemount is 58km west of Westmar and 60km east from St George – close to major feedlots and livestock selling centres.

The country ranges from heavy grey brigalow and red belah, box and wilga soils, with some edible mulga ridges grassed with buffel and native pastures.

In the past, around 2833ha of cultivation was sown to dryland crops most of which is now established to improved pastures including bambatsi, digit, creeping bluegrass, vetch, panic and desmanthus.

Today around 130ha of cultivation is available for growing oats or improved pasture.

Fronting the Moonie River and upstream from the Myrtlemount Weir, the property is offered with a 280ML water licence and supported by numerous dams and an annual rainfall of 540mm.

Infrastructure includes a one-bedroom self-contained cottage, a two-bedroom quarters, two sheds, steel cattle yards, adjoining facilities for sheep and goats and good quality internal fencing.

Myrtlemount will be auctioned on June 12 by Resolute Property Group agent Ben Forrest.

Kambingila Pastoral sells a second property

Kandimulla-based Kambingila Pastoral is selling a second southern Queensland property in just six months.

In November last year, it offered to the market the 5099ha Greenoaks, 25km from Dunkeld and 65km south of Mitchell, suited to cattle, sheep or goats.

The company has now listed versatile grazing and fodder cropping country that is fully exclusion fenced, 86km from St George and 125km from Roma.

The 5243ha Gowrie has a range of country types from black soil flats to red brown sandy loams with belah, box, ironbark and mulga and was fully re-fenced five years ago.

A 220ha cultivation area is suited to flood or lateral irrigation. Historically cropped to dryland barley, sorghum and lablab, in 2023 around 120ha were planted to hay.

Gowrie is watered by a bore and dams, including a 3000ML irrigation dam, supported by 506mm of annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, donger accommodation, cattle and sheep/goat yards and numerous sheds.

Gowrie is offered for sale by expressions of interest closing on June 10. Resolute Property Group agent Ben Forrest is handling the sale.

Proven calf factory in SW Qld

Exclusion fenced Bicton in south-west Queensland has been listed by Ross Shapcott who is downsizing after 14 years of ownership.

The 22,744ha are located 65km south-east of Charleville and 75km south-west of Morven.

It is attracting inquiry from locals, as well as producers from Barcaldine and Roma who have brigalow country and are looking for a proven calf factory.

The mostly soft red soils are growing a dense stand of low soft mulga capable of supporting a 1000 head breeding herd. In dry times, the vendor has run up to 1400 breeders by pulling the mulga.

The balance of country is poplar box, mulga sand plains and alluvial plains and lakes.

Bicton is watered by 10 equipped bores in a 495mm rainfall region.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, a two-bedroom cottage, a five-stand shearing shed (in need of repair), a shed and steel cattle yards.

Nutrien Harcourts GDL agents David Benham and Rick Benham are handling the expressions of interest campaign for Bicton which closes on May 30.

The 22,744ha Bicton is located 65km south-east of Charleville and 75km south-west of Morven.

Qld & NT interest in Roma’s Amby Hills

Producers from south, south-west Queensland and the Northern Territory are showing good interest in a breeding and finishing block near Roma, capable of growing fodder crops.

Aggregated by Colin Maunder over 40 years, the 9841ha Amby Hills is located 10km south of Amby and 75km south-west of Roma.

Mostly surrounded by an exclusion fence, Amby Hills lends itself to a depot, feeder or finishing operation comfortably running 1200 breeders.

Prolific buffel pastures are growing on brigalow, belah and myall scrub soil types running to heavier creek flats, together with open Mitchell grass plains.

Much of Amby Hills could be farmed with around 300ha previously growing fodder crops.

Amby Hills is watered by two bores, 15 dams and a lake, supported by 558mm of annual rainfall. There are permanent and semi-permanent lagoons and waterholes in the Amby Creek which traverses the property.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, a two-bedroom staff quarters, numerous sheds and two steel cattle yards.

Nutrien Harcourts GDL agents Rick Benham and David Benham and Nutrien Harcourts agent Darryl Langton are handling the sale of Amby Hills, which will be auctioned on May 22.

The 9841ha Amby Hills is located 10km south of Amby and 75km south-west of Roma.

Offers above $16m for Kimberley’s Country Downs

Kimberley cattle station Country Downs has returned to the market for offers above $16 million.

Situated 90km from Broome, on the West Kimberley’s Dampier Peninsula, the 169,106ha holding has a potential carrying capacity of 9355 cattle units, with more than 6500 cattle included in the sale.

Elders agent Greg Smith ambitiously described Country Downs as “the best value cattle country in the world” and is anticipating interest from carbon groups and producers chasing expansion, flexibility and diversity.

Developed by Kurt and Nikki Elezovich over 20 years, Country Downs enjoys an average annual rainfall of more than 950mm.

Despite experiencing a one of the driest wet seasons in living memory, the vendors report Country Downs has proven to be drought resilient.

Portions of the land are dedicated to pasture improvement and production, with permission to cultivate 233ha for hay production and 17,000ha of improved pastures.

A 2.64 million ACCU carbon project has been conditionally registered and could potentially add 73,000ha (subject to traditional owner approval), increasing the property’s carrying capacity to 13,000CU.

Country Downs is watered by 16 equipped bores and two dams. There is also an irrigation bore (not currently in use) and two irrigation bores.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, a three-bedroom quarters, cattle yards, sheds and extensive plant and equipment.

Situated 90km from Broome, on the West Kimberley’s Dampier Peninsula, the 169,106ha have a potential carrying capacity of 9355 cattle units, with more than 6500 cattle included in the sale.