THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings across the country, and a separate article of recently completed sales of note.
- $25m+ for landmark northern NSW holding
- Claverton offers 21km of Warrego River frontage
- NQ’s Burlington Station heads to auction
- Skinners sell SA’s historic Kappawanta Station
- Prime Riverina breeding and finishing country
$25m+ for landmark northern NSW holding
More than $25 million is anticipated for one of the landmark holdings of the Willow Tree district in northern New South Wales.
Millers Creek Station is a highly productive and well-balanced grazing and mixed farming enterprise located at the foothills of the Liverpool Range, 27km from Willow Tree and halfway between Murrurundi and Quirindi.
The property is 102km from agronomic services, livestock selling centres, saleyards and feedlots around Tamworth.
Spanning 4743ha, Millers Creek is one of the largest in the district and has been held by members of the Evans family for 58 years.
Purchased in 1966 by the late Harry Evans, it being listed by his wife Josie Walton and daughters Zara Holmes a Court and Alice Strang.
Operated as a mixed farming enterprise, Millers Creek is suited to cattle and sheep breeding and finishing, wool production and a dryland cropping program spanning 278ha.
The property is estimated to carry 1200 cows and followers or around 25,000 DSE. Under the current management, it supports 1050 joined cows, 184 joined heifers along with 240 weaner heifers.
Previous management ran cattle and sheep, including 500 cows and 6000 Merino ewes, in addition to cash cropping.
More than 200ha has been cropped or sown to lucerne via a winter cereal and oilseed (canola) crop rotation. An additional 200ha is considered arable and suitable for annual cropping.
Millers Creek Station is situated at the head of the Millers Creek and Little Jacks Creek valleys, with the country rising to arable slopes and scenic timbered ridges featuring heavy volcanic black and red basalt soils.
Located in a reliable 800mm plus annual rainfall region, the property benefits from multiple creeks and tributaries, dams and ten bores (five are equipped), with water reticulated to a network of tanks and troughs.
Inglis Rural Property agent Sam Triggs said Millers Creek Station will attract astute investors seeking development upside.
“There is scope to further increased production through additional cropping and pasture development, water infrastructure and/or paddock subdivision,” he said.
Infrastructure includes eight residences, including a fully renovated six-bedroom home, a ten-stand shearing shed, sheep and cattle yards and numerous sheds.
Millers Creek Station is being offered for sale via an expressions of interest campaign closing on October 9.
Claverton offers 21km of Warrego River frontage
Renton and Anne Bredhauer are offering their historic, productive Warrego River property held by just two owners in 160 years.
Lightly stocked and enjoying an excellent season, the 20,077ha mostly exclusion fenced Claverton is located 22km south of Wyandra and 75km north of Cunnamulla in south-west Queensland.
Selling after 25 years of ownership, the Bredhauers ran a Merino operation until 2009 and for the past 15 years have been running a breeding and growing Dorper operation.
They have also run cattle, with large numbers taken on for agistment.
Prior to their ownership, Claverton was run for 135 years as a successful Merino stud and commercial sheep breeding operation.
Featuring mostly open Mitchell grass plains, there are lightly timbered coolabah watercourses and gidgee clumps, plus channel flood out country,
Elders agent Keith Richardson said Claverton is one of the best properties along the Warrego River from Charleville to Cunnamulla.
“It is suitable for breeding, finishing and backgrounding cattle, Merinos, Dorpers and goats and the excellent position and quality of country makes it an ideal stud operation.”
Claverton is securely watered by 21km of Warrego River frontage, two capped artesian bores and a 30ML irrigation licence.
Infrastructure includes a six-bedroom home, two cottages, an eight-stand shearing shed, steel sheep and cattle yards and two silos.
The offering is offered by expressions of interest. Elders agents Keith Richardson and Tim Lane are handling the sale.
Santa cows with Angus cross calves on Claverton
NQ’s Burlington Station heads to auction
North Queensland’s exceptionally well-watered Burlington Station will be auctioned on September 26 with 4000 head of cattle.
The 46,000ha breeding and backgrounding property is located 50km north of Mt Surprise – centrally located between Cairns, Charters Towers, Normanton and Hughenden.
It was purchased in August 2020 by Hughenden’s Stewart-Moore family from Dunluce Station.
Since that time, significant improvements have been made including 82km of new fencing, more paddocks and laneways and renovated cattle yards.
Burlington is being offered on a walk-in, walk-out basis including 3200 (joined) females, 100 bulls and between 1000 and 1200 weaners.
Stockplace Marketing agent Ashley Naclerio said the station offers highly regarded basalt grazing suitable for both breeding and backgrounding – a rare combination.
The soil types include productive black basalt soils along the Fossilbrook Creek frontage, black soil frontage on both the Saltwater Creek and Lynd River and large areas of red basalt country.
Water is a major feature with 6km of double frontage to the Lynd River, 14km of double frontage to Fossilbrook Creek and 12km of double frontage to Saltwater Creek.
Burlington is bisected by two permanent creeks, along with Tommys Springs and the seasonal Lynd River. There are also numerous smaller creeks and tributaries supported by 14 dams and nine bores.
There is a 144ML water licence from Fossilbrook Creek which presents the incoming purchaser with an opportunity to diversify into cropping or horticulture, in conjunction with a cattle breeding enterprise.
Improvements include a home, staff quarters, a cabin, numerous sheds, a butcher shop and three cattle yards.
Skinners sell SA’s historic Kappawanta Station
An historic South Australian sheep station known for producing high-yielding clean wool and meat is being sold after eight years ownership by Brenton and Christine Skinner.
Settled in 1862, the 21,800ha Kappawanta Station is located 19km north of Sheringa and 22km south-east of Elliston on the Eyre Peninsula.
The crown pastoral lease is offered with a maximum stock rate of 3700 DSE or 740 cattle equivalents.
According to the Skinners, sheep numbers vary from time to time but based on average seasonal conditions, Kappawanta can run around 2600 sheep.
The region enjoys a reliable average annual rainfall of 400mm producing natural grasses and feed abundant for livestock production.
The country is mostly undulating open woodland with more than 2000ha of large picturesque red gum trees, as well as dense areas of mallee scrub.
The soils are red and brown sandy loams with limestone ridges – typical of the grazing areas in the district.
Elders agent Luke Duncan said the property was being sold bare and without a price guide.
“Station country is highly sought after in South Australia. Kappawanta offers sheep farmers an opportunity to secure a pastoral property with scope to increase production,” he said.
Water is a feature. There are 13 bores and wells, with nine of the 11 windmills equipped.
Centrally located on the station is the iconic Kappawanta five-stand stone woolshed built around 1867, with attached sheep yards made of local limestone. North of the woolshed is a seven-bedroom stone homestead.
The property also boasts several historical outbuildings and ruins, such as shepherd’s huts, blacksmith shop, stables and horse yards.
Kappawanta Station is being offered for sale by expressions of interest closing on October 1.
Prime Riverina breeding and finishing country
Prime Riverina breeding and finishing country has been listed for sale by Tim and Tamara Mulholland from Noorong in New South Wales.
The 2527ha Yerrinbool, 18km east of Maude and 35km west of Hay, is low input pastoral country suited to sheep, goats and cattle.
The property is being offered with a $1000/ha ($400/ac) price guide and will be auctioned on September 12 by Elders agent Matt Horne.
It features a mix of blue bush, cotton bush, salt bush, lignum, winter and summer grasses, medics and trefoil clover, with good weed management.
Under conservative management, Yerrinbool has been consistently carrying between 1200 to 1300 ewes plus replacements, with scope to run additional numbers when seasons permit.
Water is secured via the Darcoola Joint Water Authority, strategically positioned tanks and troughs and a 7ML water allocation.
Infrastructure includes a two-bedroom cottage, a four-stand shearing shed, sheep yards and sheds.
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