THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings across New South Wales and South Australia and two separate articles of recently listed properties of note in Queensland and Western Australia, and a wrap-up of recently completed sales.

• Griffins list historic ACT sheep station
• $20m anticipated for Southern Tablelands asset
• Highly regarded western division grazing
• Coventry family seeking $16.5m for Abberley
• Offers above $16m for Kimberley’s Country Downs
• McBrides offload Kangaroo Island’s Calana

The 1194ha Uriarra Station is located on the western edge of the Murrumbidgee River corridor near Coombs, 20km west of Canberra.

Griffins list historic ACT sheep station

One of the largest and oldest operating sheep stations in the ACT that has hosted numerous foreign dignitaries, including US President Richard Nixon, been listed for sale by Tony and Helen Griffin after 27 years of ownership.

The 1194ha Uriarra Station is located on the western edge of the Murrumbidgee River corridor near Coombs, 20km west of Canberra.

A former cattle stud, the property currently runs a premium sheep grazing operation carrying around 10,000DSE on gently undulating land with views to Canberra and the Brindabella Range.

Colliers Agribusiness and Berkely Residential have been appointed to sell Uriarra Station via an offers to purchase campaign closing on June 18.

Colliers agent Rawdon Briggs is anticipating widespread interest from existing families chasing a pastoral holding close to a major service centre to land bankers.

“Given its proximity to Canberra, one of the fastest growing cities in Australia, Uriarra Station offers a significant potential future development opportunity.”

Uriarra Station is watered by numerous springs, creeks and dams, supported by a 4.7ha lake and an average annual rainfall of 724mm.

Infrastructure includes a 1860s renovated stone homestead, a four-bedroom manager’s home, a two-bedroom cottage, a four-stand shearing shed and steel sheep and cattle yards.

$20m anticipated for Southern Tablelands asset

One of the largest contiguous grazing assets in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales has been listed with a $20 million price guide.

Currently enjoying an excellent season, the 1857ha Mt Hannibal and Kerrawarra are located 26km north of Marulan and 45km from Goulburn.

The three adjoining holdings – 576ha Kerrawarra, 420ha Mt Hannibal and 862ha Tarlo Hill – are suited to beef, sheep, prime lambs, dual-purpose cash cropping, and fodder and hay production.

Offered with an estimated carrying capacity of 15,000 DSE, the breeding and finishing platform is running 600 cows and calves, and 1000 ewes.

Featuring well-drained granite and basalt soils, 50 percent (25pc to 30pc is arable) of the country is gently undulating and can support mixed farming operations, with the balance of slopes and elevated ridgelines suited to grazing.

Inquiry is anticipated to come from producers, institutional natural capital investors and established family operators.

Inglis Rural Property CEO Sam Triggs said Mt Hannibal and Kerrawarra also offer future upside across multiple land-use scenarios – from agriculture to eco-tourism and carbon.

“Featuring rare scale and strategic proximity to Sydney, Mt Hannibal and Kerrawarra will appeal to investors seeking land banking or alternative and diversified land uses. The property’s quality soils and reliable rainfall are suited to natural capital projects, including carbon and forestry, featuring a high Net Plantable Area (NPA),” he said.

Mr Triggs said existing zoning and title configuration allow for immediate subdivision.

“It would allow for three to four separate rural holdings, each with a residence, while the surrounding 20ha subdivision activity signals potential for longer-term rural lifestyle development (STCA).”

Across the holding, water is secured via 35 dams, 2.5km of Tarlo River frontage, and 10km of double frontage to the Junction Creek, supported by 713mm of annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes three homes, two steel cattle yards, a shearing shed, shearers’ quarters, numerous sheds and grain storage.

Mt Hannibal and Kerrawarra are offered for sale as a whole or as separate holdings via expressions of interest closing on May 23.

Highly regarded western division grazing

Offers above $6.7 million will be considered for the Townsing family’s organically certified, prime New South Wales western division grazing country.

The 29,836ha Cawkers Well Station is 53km from Wilcannia and 151km from Broken Hill and is being sold by the family after 19 years of ownership.

Running 700 cows and calves on Mitchell grass plains, Cawkers Well is offered with an 8300DSE carrying capacity and an opportunity to muster and sell around 500 rangeland goats a year.

Nutrien Harcourts agent Troy Hartman is handling the expressions of interest campaign closing on June 16.

He said the operation is already attracting good local inquiry.

“Cawkers Well is highly regarded by locals as high carrying country that benefits from substantial flood out country from the Dolo and Grassmere Creek systems.”

“With a large body of standing dry feed heading into winter, the property is in good shape going forward,” Mr Hartman said.

Cawkers Well is watered by six bores and six tanks and dams.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, a two-bedroom workers cottage, a four-stand shearing shed, a six-bedroom shearers quarters, yards and numerous sheds.

Cawkers Well is offered with some plant and equipment. The successful purchaser will have the option to purchase the Hereford breeding herd.

The 29,836ha Cawkers Well Station is 53km from Wilcannia and 151km from Broken Hill.

Coventry family seeking $16.5m for Abberley

High rainfall New England grazing that failed to sell at auction has been listed for $16.5 million by the Coventry family after 30 years of ownership.

The 1595ha Abberley is a productive grazing property, currently running a 750 to 800 cow self-replacing beef herd, 24km south of Walcha.

The undulating country has a significant portion of arable land, which Ray White Rural agent Andrew Starr described as ideal for pasture development and fodder cropping.

Water is secured by double frontage to the MacDonald River and Bald Creek, the Cobrabald River and numerous dams.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom cottage, a shed, a four-stand shearing shed, two sheep yards and two cattle yards.

McBrides offload Kangaroo Island’s Calana

After a long ownership, the McBride family is selling its picturesque Kangaroo Island livestock opportunity due to a change of direction.

The 2211ha Calana is located near Cassini and is offered with a reputation for premium livestock production and fine wool growing at scale.

Situated in the reliable and highly regarded Cassini farming precinct, the property has a blend of hills grazing, native shelter belts and arable cropping country.

While 1374ha are arable, the McBrides run around 6000 dry sheep equivalents plus 150 head of cattle with a 22ha centre pivot for fodder cropping.

Calana is watered by 37 dams and four rainwater tanks with 227,124 litres of capacity, supported by 620mm of average annual rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a three-bedroom home, steel cattle yards, sheep yards, a four-stand shearing shed and numerous sheds.

Nutrien Harcourts Andy Edwards is handling the walk-in walk-out sale that includes around 2000 merino ewes, 500 lambs and 1300 wethers, as well as plant, equipment and fodder.

He has already fielded good inquiry from producers across Australia seeking value for money and high rainfall country.

The 2211ha Calana is located near Cassini and is offered with a reputation for premium livestock production and fine wool growing at scale.