THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings across Queensland and three separate articles on listings in New South Wales and the Top End, and a wrap-up of recently completed sales.

• NQ’s Curr family lists Spellary Creek
• FNQ Brahman stud lists for $3.5m
• Exclusion fenced Myrtlemount lists for $11.6m
• Grazing & tourism near Barcaldine offered for $7.2m

The 6123ha Spellary Creek on the Flinders Highway, 25km east of Julia Creek, offers breeding, backgrounding and finishing country with potential for farming.

NQ’s Curr family lists Spellary Creek

A north-west Queensland grazing block owned by Marcus and Shelley Curr from Yelvertoft Station near Mount Isa is attracting interest from locals and north-west producers.

The 6123ha Spellary Creek on the Flinders Highway, 25km east of Julia Creek, offers breeding, backgrounding and finishing country with potential for farming.

It is being sold after 20 years of ownership by the family who are restructuring their assets.

Spellary Creek typically runs around 1000 weaners but is being sold on a bare basis for offers around $988/ha ($400/ac).

Dowling Livestock and Property agent Peter Dowling said the property was enjoying one of the best Flinders grass growing years in a long time.

“In a region that receives 450mm of rain annually, Spellary Creek has received 448mm of rain since February, which means it is well grassed,” he said.

The gently undulating downs country has black self-mulching soils growing mostly Mitchell and Flinders grasses and natural herbages, with some scattered areas of prickly acacia.

Water is secured by a flowing bore, located in the middle of the property, a dam and the Spellary Creek that runs through the holding.

The only infrastructure on Spellary Creek is a set of cattle yards with a five-way overhead draft.

FNQ Brahman stud lists for $3.5m

David and Maree Jones are seeking $3.5 million for what is described as exceptional finishing country and a low-cost stud breeding enterprise in Far North Queensland.

The 82ha Figtree Brahman Stud is located near Tarzali, 10km from Malanda and 88km from Cairns, on the Atherton Tablelands.

Beef Central featured the Atherton Tablelands, an expanding beef production region southwest of Cairns that was once all dairy country, in this earlier article.   

Offering a 22-year history of homozygous poll breeding established by Norm and Val Tuxworth, the sale includes 116 registered Polled Brahmans plus progeny (72 females, 43 bulls and one stud sire).

Queensland Rural agent Scott Hart said the stud would complement any breeding enterprise.

“Figtree is high carrying capacity and high weightgain country. It is easily managed, boasts pristine improved tropical pastures and is exceptionally well-watered.”

The softly undulating country has red basalt soils pastured with improved grasses and legumes.

Situated in a high annual average rainfall region, water is sourced from permanent spring fed creeks and 1km of Dirran River frontage (with a fishing hut).

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, a shed and cattle yards.

Grey Brahman breeders run as part of the Figtree Brahman stud

Exclusion fenced Myrtlemount lists for $11.6m

A fully exclusion fenced grazing property in Queensland’s Western Downs region, capable of running around 1200 Adult Equivalents, has listed for $11.6 million or $2224/ha.

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

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.

The sale of is being handled by Resolute Property Group agent Ben Forrest.

Grazing & tourism near Barcaldine lists for $7.2m

A central western Queensland backgrounding and breeding property with a tourism business has been listed for $7.2 million.

The 5386ha (freehold) property Lara is located 30km from Barcaldine and 80km from Blackall and has the benefit of a 722ha (leasehold) permit to occupy.

Owned by Jodie Muntelwit since 2020, it is one of the first properties in the district to list since the neighbouring The Patrick changed hands five years ago.

Lara has areas of soft open Mitchell and Flinders grass downs, as well as several small swamps, with the balance sweet pebbly gidgee, leopardwood and sandalwood country.

Located in a 500mm average rainfall region, the property has received just over 200mm for the year.

Lara has a mix of mostly timbered, quick-responding, sandy loam country that has been conservatively running 500 cows and calves. In early April, most of the cattle were sold and trucked, allowing the pastures to thicken up.

The Alice and The Patrick Creeks junction in the River paddock. A recent, small beneficial flood along this river course has resulted in a good stand of buffel grass and native pastures.

Lara is watered by a flowing artesian bore, seasonal waterholes along the creeks, as well as a dam that was desilted in 2024.

Infrastructure includes a historic four-bedroom elevated timber home (image below), a staff cottage, numerous sheds, and cattle yards. Around 31km of exclusion boundary fencing has been recently erected.

Additionally, passive income is sourced from the Lara Wetlands and Bush Camp which is situated 800m from the Lara homestead complex.

The campground and its walking tracks accommodate thousands of campers a year, with 5000 in the 2024 season.

Management is in place to continue the low maintenance, minimal up-keep tourism operation, with all the plant and equipment used to run the campground included in the sale.

Nutrien Harcourt GDL agent Andrew McCallum and Brodie Agencies agent Tom Brodie are handling the sale of Lara, which is offered bare of livestock, with some plant and equipment.

Lara is watered by a flowing artesian bore, seasonal waterholes along the creeks, as well as a dam that was desilted in 2024.