THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings across New South Wales, and separate articles on listings in Queensland and South Australia, and a wrap-up of recent sales.
- 7000ha on offer in NSW’s New England
- $18m-$20m for grazing enterprise between Sydney & Canberra
- Upper Hunter finishing block
- Breeding & finishing on the Southern Highlands
- Negotiations continue on Coonamble’s Strathcona
The Runnymeade aggregation currently operates as a cattle and sheep trading enterprise but would also suit a breeding operation estimated to run 20,000DSE.
7000ha on offer in NSW’s New England
Just one property separates 7000ha of contiguous high rainfall breeding country listed for sale in New South Wales’ New England region.
Meantime, the nearby 4468ha Runnymede Aggregation has returned to the market with LAWD for offers above $20 million.
Five properties (Runnymede, Eureka South, Trida, Stonebrook and Sand Creek) have been aggregated by local producer John Kennedy over 24 years.
It operates as a cattle and sheep trading enterprise but would also suit a breeding enterprise estimated to run 20,000DSE.
Agent George Barton is anticipating considerable interest from a diverse buyer pool.
With an annual rainfall of 790mm, Runnymede has creek flats rising to arable undulating land reaching 1205m above sea level.
It is watered by double frontages to several semi-permanent or seasonal creeks and gullies, 70 permanent and semi-permanent dams and an equipped bore.
Following a detailed statewide geospatial mapping exercise in 2018, Runnymede lies in a region identified by the NSW Government as an optimal location to generate renewable energy.
It has the potential to host nine wind turbines as part of the New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), with applications lodged and awaiting approval.
Infrastructure includes several residences, a modern nine-stand shearing shed, cattle and sheep yards, numerous sheds and more than 100km of fencing that has been upgraded or renewed.
$18m-$20m for grazing enterprise between Sydney & Canberra
Between $18 million and $20 million is anticipated for one of the largest rural landbanks between the growth corridor of Sydney and Canberra.
Offered for sale by a Sydney investor after more than 30 years of ownership, the 1782ha Bundong is in the Southern Tablelands, 38km from Goulburn and 81km from Canberra, and once formed part of a larger pastoral operation spanning 12,000ha.
Inglis Rural Property agent Sam Triggs said with a large road frontage and 17 titles, Bundong represents a subdivision opportunity but is also attracting inquiry from private families locally and from Sydney.
Operated as a prime lamb, wool and cattle enterprise, Bundong is currently running a crossbred and merino sheep flock along with an Angus herd. It is rated to run between 10,000DSE and 12,000DSE.
Bundong has perennial pastures (including lucerne and phalaris), annual cropping (oats and barley) for finishing, as well as hay production.
The country ranges from alluvial and sandy loams to brown granite rises with a large percentage of the property arable and suited to cropping and pasture development.
Boasting significant frontage to Lake Bathurst, water is supplied by two equipped bores and numerous dams, with more than 2000ha encompassing a natural private lake named The Morass.
The vendors have planted 500,000 trees to provide wind breaks and livestock shelter.
Infrastructure includes a prestigious circa 1888 five-bedroom homestead, widely regarded as one of the region’s most significant heritage properties with sweeping views across the Morass and Lake Bathurst Lakes.
There are two renovated staff houses (including a three-bedroom manager’s house and a two-bedroom staff cottage), a six-stand shearing shed, steel sheep and cattle yards, shearers quarters and numerous sheds.
Bundong is being offered for sale via expressions of interest closing on November 26.
Upper Hunter finishing block
A scenic turnkey opportunity in New South Wales’ Upper Hunter offers interested parties cattle finishing, equine operations and lifestyle.
Adjoining the Towarri National Park with views of the Great Dividing Range, the 811ha Singles Creek is 10 minutes from Murrurundi, 35 minutes north of Scone, and just over three hours from Sydney.
Singles Creek offers fertile soils and reliable rainfall, with the country rising from fertile valley floors to gently sloping improved pastures, grazing hills and timbered ridges.
The property is divided into 13 cattle paddocks and seven horse paddocks including a new Duncan Equine Horse Rail.
Abundant water is provided by two solar-powered bores, nine dams and frontage to the Singles Creek.
Infrastructure includes a renovated four-bedroom home, steel cattle and sheep yards, two sheds, an equine loading ramp and shelters.
Singles Creek is offered for sale via expressions of interest closing on December 4.
Breeding & finishing on the Southern Highlands
Inglis Rural Property is seeking expressions of interest for a picturesque, turnkey breeding and finishing enterprise in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales.
Anticipated to make between $4.8m to $5.2m, the 423ha Torokina is 23km from Tarago and 50km from Goulburn and features mostly open, gently undulating terrain.
It has a proven track record as a cattle trading platform, turning over around 4500 head between 2011 and 2024, in addition to breeding and agistment.
Around 340ha (80 percent) of the brown and alluvial loams are considered arable with extensive improved pastures and a strong history of fodder cropping.
Torokino is annually top-dressed to support the perennial pasture base and maintain high stocking rates, with around 152 tonnes of fertiliser applied since 2016.
Agent Sam Triggs said streamlined and efficient to operate, the farm has been successfully run by the current owner with only two days of work per week, a testament to the security of its natural water and ease of management.
Situated in a 675mm average annual rainfall region, Torokino has an equipped bore, 15 dams and double frontage to permanent pooling and spring-fed creeks.
Infrastructure includes a renovated three-bedroom home, steel cattle yards, a two-stand shearing shed and three sheds.
Negotiations continue on Coonamble’s Strathcona
Negotiations with interested parties are continuing for Coonamble’s Strathcona which passed in at auction.
The established grazing country in the highly regarded Coonamble district of northern New South Wales spans 2160ha and has been held by the family of Hereford breeder Rob Harris since 1950.
The open and timbered areas have fertile soils that range from heavy black and grey self-mulching to deep red and sandy loams capable of year-round pasture growth.
Strathcona is watered by a capped and piped artesian bore scheme. Infrastructure includes a five-bedroom home, an unused shearing shed, cattle and sheep yards, a shed and a silo.
Elders agent Richard Gemmell is handling the sale.