"Mallow"

Beef/ Cropping/Lambs/Lucerne/Drought Proof

An extremely productive & versatile property that is with 6km of double frontage to the Billabong creek, Centrally located, 60km to Albury, 75km to Wagga, 22km to Holbrook & 6km to Culcairn.

Water is in abundance with two bores with a 128 mgl irrigation licence & an additional 8 Ha irrigation licence from the Billabong Creek. There are 2 additional wind mill bores for stock & domestic. Domestic rainfall supply: 68,192 litres at the house plus 132,000 litres run off from a hayshed.

Fertilizer has been integral input to the property which has reaped the benefits by way of a high production output for both livestock, crop & lucerne production.

Residence: 3 bedroom double brick home with 3 bathrooms & 3 living areas, air conditioned with a slow combustion heater. Set amongst an established garden setting overlooking the Billabong creek.

Improvements: 2 stand woolshed & sheep yards, 2 sets of cattle yards, 1 workshop/machinery shed along with 3 additional machinery sheds & 4 haysheds.

Fencing: Excellent condition, with 15 main paddocks, all the boundary has netting, internals cyclone.

Production: A truly mixed operation, currently used for prime lamb production, steer fattening, fodder production and cropping.

Cropping & Pastures: Current crops: 105 acres of euabbie oats grown on a share basis of 50% / 50%. Pastures: 200 acres of lucerne. 300 acres of pasture mix of clover/rye grass.

Weed control: Annual spraying for broadleaf, silver grass, barley grass & red legged earth mite.

Irrigation: 2 bores with stainless steel casing, driven by cummins diesel motors. Pivot on the northern side of the property covers 100 acres of established lucerne. Arear set aside on the southern side of the property covers 68 acres ready to be irrigated.

Hay storage capacity: Large shed on south side: 2,000 bales (8 x 3 x 3). Small shed on south side: 500 bales. Large shed on north side: 1,650 bales. Large shed on north side: 1,600 bales.

Services: School buses to Culcairn/Walla Walla & Albury. Mail 3 times a week to post box at front gate. Rubbish collection - general - weekly, recycling fortnightly.

Rainfall: 700mm - 28 inches. Long term annual average.

Fertilizer: 120kg per acre every year except this year. 1 tonne of lime per acre spread over the whole property with the exception of 90 acres.

Ag Airstrip: The property has a paddock on the southern side which has been used by ag pilots for crop dusting.

Summary: An outstanding holding, productive soils including creek flats, good fertilizer history, abundant water supply with excellent improvements. A highly sought after district in a renowned reliable zone with excellent access to Australia's premier Regional centres including exceptional educational & health facilities. This property is for genuine sale as the vendor is retiring.