260 ACRES MIXED FARMING WITH RIVER FRONT, NORTH QUEENSLAND

LOCATION/AREA

Millaroo, Burdekin River, near Ayr, North Queensland. It is approximately:

• 50 km from Ayr
• 120km south of Townsville
• 1.5 hrs from Whitsundays

PROPERTY TYPE/SIZE

Versatile property with Burdekin River frontage. Consists of:

• 110 acres cultivation with a secure 310 megalitre water allocation.
• 150 acres grazing lease along Burdekin River.

Property includes a 3 bedroom home with office and 5kw solar system.

Also included are shed with backpacker accommodation, passionfruit packing facility, some machinery, approx 2000 tonnes cane for 2018 and 5 acres passionfruit to be planted by end of 2017 for 2018 harvest.

PRICE RANGE

$800,000

PROPERTY INFORMATION

The property has its own private access to the Burdekin River.

River Front

House Block

This consists of:

• 60 acres freehold alluvial river loam soil.
• 50 acres of which is under sugarcane/mung bean rotation

Watered via 15 inch under ground pipes delivering water to outlets in paddock for flood irrigation. There is 10 acres of v trellis used for production of passionfruit. Rotated annually so each year 5 acres is planted fresh and other 5 acres is spelled. This is watered via drip irrigation from a southern cross 100 x 65 pump coupled to 22kw motor with variable speed drive with netafim sand filters with automatic backflushing. There is a main line from pump that traverses the block allowing extra drip irrigation to be established for other alternate crops.

Young Vines	Passionfruit	House

River Block

This consists of:

• 20 acres freehold and 30 acres leasehold.
• These 2 blocks are farmed as one unit and fully fenced from pigs and wallabies with water supplied via 15 inch underground pipes with infield risers.
• Currently 20 acres is new plant cane
• 25 acres mung beans. Soil is alluvial river loam
• 144 acres of grazing lease running along Burdekin River and is fenced.

Farm

Cane Fire	Beans	Cane

House

House is a comfortable 3 bedroom home with office.

• 1 bedroom with built in robes
• Living and dining areas
• Walk in pantry
• Large office
• Tiled and timber floors
• Large outdoor living/bbq area
• Two car large lean to garage
• 5kw solar system on shed roof that nearly covers power bill

Kitchen	Lounge	Main Bedroom

Bedroom	Bedroom	Entertaining Area

Shed

There is a general purpose shed with passionfruit packing/grading machine, an upstairs backpacker accommodation with kitchen, toilet/shower etc.

Comfortably house 6 backpackers.

Produce	Packing	Workers Accommodation

Inclusions

Included in the sale is some machinery consisting of:

• New Holland 4135 4wd air conditioned orchard tractor
• 686 international tractor
• 674 international tractor
• Croplands airblast sprayer 2200 litres
• 6ft superior slasher
• 6ft howard rotary hoe
• Komatsu 2.5 ton forklift gas/petrol
• 2007 Honda trx 250 quad bike
• Trash rake
• 2 back blades
• Deep ripper grubber tynes
• V trellis hedger
• 800 litre Silvan 8 metre hydraulic fold boom spray
• 7ft mulcher
• 1200 litre hardi tank on trailer for spraying under vine weeds
• 2 tonne picking trailer hill up boards
• Coulter ripper two row
• Land plane
• 22 plate disc plough and roller
• Stock crate (suitable landcruiser ute)
• Quantity treated pine posts
• Various workshop items eg three phase welder, bench grinder
• 3 soil moisture probes which can be remotely accessed to constantly monitor moisture levels in crops two row trash incorporator
• 2 row deep ripper
• Fluming roller

Grader	Carport

BEST FEATURES

• Secure water allocation
• Alluvial river loam soils
• Diverse range of income
• Burdekin River frontage

Additional Information

Options with irrigation infrastructure to grow wide range of crops Machinery and plant included comfortable family home school bus at gate (primary school at Millaroo, 3 High schools in Ayr, Government remote assistancefor baording away eg: Townsville Grammar, Charters Towers) .

Contact Details

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