Motion on the station: Latest property listings
THIS week’s property assessment contains this wrap-up of fascinating current listings and re-listed properties of notice throughout the nation, and a separate article of lately accomplished gross sales.
- Australia’s largest sheep station again in the marketplace
- Effectively grassed NQ’s Raelee Downs
- Solicitors checklist excessive rainfall Riverina block
- Riverina breeding & fodder alternative lists for $32m
- Downsizers eye SE Qld cattle holding
- EOIs closing for Mount Magnet’s Windsor Station
- WA’s Shiloh Farms lists for $55m
The ten,117sq km Rawlinna Station is situated at Rawlinna, 400km east of Kalgoorlie within the Goldfields-Esperance area of Western Australia.
Australia’s largest sheep station again in the marketplace
Australia’s largest sheep station has returned to the market after Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group walked away from the sale.
The ten,117sq km Rawlinna Station, pictured above, is situated at Rawlinna, 400km east of Kalgoorlie within the Goldfields-Esperance area of Western Australia.
In Could final yr, Mr Forrest was named as the client of Rawlinna and subsequently introduced plans to evaluate the potential for future inexperienced power and carbon discount tasks, whereas persevering with to run a business flock.
It’s understood the Western Australian authorities failure to grant ministerial approval is the rationale behind Fortescue’s withdrawal.
Vendor, Jumbuck Pastoral, is one in every of Australia’s largest sheep and cattle producers with properties in South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, together with the 1.25m/ha Wave Hill and Cattle Creek Stations.
Established in 1888, the MacLachlan household started rising wool at Paratoo Station close to Yunta in South Australia.
In April final yr, managing director Jock MacLachlan introduced plans to divest Rawlinna as a part of a succession planning mission.
He informed Beef Central the corporate had no intention to promote some other belongings, however would proceed to have a look at alternatives to additional develop and diversify the portfolio shifting ahead.
Elders government common supervisor community Tom Russo stated the return of Rawlinna was a uncommon alternative to amass Australia’s largest sheep station throughout a interval of unprecedented progress in demand for high quality fibre and protein.
“The station is strategically situated to provide entry to each the western and jap markets and is a powerhouse of wool manufacturing, having carried as much as 69,000 sheep in current historical past,” he stated.
Mr Russo stated the short-term alternative was immense, as Rawlinna had benefited from an excellent season and was presently conservatively stocked.
“Given the strategic benefits and efficiencies that may be achieved by working an enterprise at this scale, presents are anticipated from massive non-public and company buyers inside Australia and internationally.”
Mr Russo stated Jumbuck Pastoral owned a considerable portfolio of sheep and cattle stations throughout Australia and supposed to retain and develop that portfolio into the long run.
“The portfolio of agricultural belongings acquired by Jumbuck over a few years of sustained funding is extraordinary.”
“Whereas the divestment of Rawlinna constitutes a big sale, within the context of the general portfolio, it’s a refinement to higher align the asset base with Jumbuck’s technique shifting into the long run,” Mr Russo stated.
Historical past
Within the mid-Fifties, Hugh MacLachlan was travelling from South Australia to Perth on the Indian Pacific when the prepare stopped at a distant siding referred to as Rawlinna.
He noticed the siding had good high quality underground water and, being a longtime pastoralist, might see the miles and miles of open saltbush, bluebush and grass plains.
What most individuals noticed as they traversed the Nullarbor on the Indian Pacific was not what Mr MacLachlan noticed. He noticed an enormous clean canvas and the chance to create the nation’s best sheep station.
He first positioned a survey peg within the floor throughout the Sixties and thru planning and substantial funding, Rawlinna Station was established.
It’s now the biggest sheep station in Australia, occupying 1,046,323ha and is extensively considered a wonderful instance of planning and land administration.
The property includes a boundary exclusion fence that spans round 400km.
Rawlinna Station can be supplied to market by the use of a staged expression of curiosity course of.
Effectively grassed NQ’s Raelee Downs
A well-developed, low-cost Corfield district backgrounding, breeding and ending property has been listed on the market by an area household after greater than 20 years of possession.
The 11,264ha Raelee Downs is situated 40km west of Corfield and 112km south of Richmond in north-west Queensland, and is obtainable with 1376ha of inventory route.
TopX agent Phil Avery stated Raelee was properly positioned to make the most of each the stay export market and the southern home feedlot markets.
The prickly acacia free nation is generally open undulating Mitchell grass downs with some Flinders, buffel, Queensland blue grass and native seasonal herbages and legumes.
It’s presently boasting a powerful physique of feed able to operating 1400 grownup equivalents however is being offered on a naked foundation.
The property is traversed by Center Creek and the Workingham and Wyora Creek methods offering semi-permanent waterholes all year long.
This nation produces excessive worth, good weight acquire feed at a low value.
Raelee is watered by two artesian bores and 4 dams, supported by 415mm of common annual rainfall.
Infrastructure features a three-bedroom house, a three-bedroom employee’s cottage, sheds, metal cattle yards and a shearing shed.
Over the past 5 years, round 21km of recent boundary fencing and 20km of inside fencing have been accomplished.
Raelee Downs is obtainable on the market by tender closing on November 29.
The 11,264ha Raelee Downs is situated 40km west of Corfield and 112km south of Richmond in north-west Queensland
Solicitors checklist excessive rainfall Riverina block
Greater than $4.78 million is anticipated for famous Jap Riverina property Umbango South listed by solicitors Keith McConnell and Penelope Jaffray.
Initially a part of the famend Umbango Station, the 977ha of excessive rainfall, livestock breeding and ending nation is 17km north of Humula and 63km south of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales.
Traditionally, Umbango South was operated as a grazing property operating primarily sheep and a few cattle.
Since 2003, the distributors have been managing it as a wonderful wool rising and prime lamb enterprise operating as much as 1000 Merino and crossbred ewes, in addition to grazing 1000 wonderful wool Merino wethers. Rated to hold 2500DSE, Umbango South is located in a district additionally recognised for cattle breeding, backgrounding and fattening.
The scenic property has wealthy alluvial Umbango Creek flats rising to sheltered valleys and hill nation rising many excessive worth tree species.
It presents 800m of Umbango Creek frontage, 2km of double frontage to Morgans Creek, and is watered by 17 dams and an outfitted bore. This yr, the property has loved a wonderful predominantly winter/spring 733mm common rainfall.
Meares & Associates agent Sam Meares is anticipating good inquiry from present rural operators and off farm buyers.
“Umbango South has vital biodiversity and carbon offset credit score options. Early studies present constructive potential, each from a wildlife biodiversity standpoint and likewise attainable tree plantations for carbon within the valleys and low hills.”
Infrastructure features a five-bedroom house, a three-stand shearing shed, sheep yards and two sheds.
Umbango South can be supplied on the market through on-line public sale on December 3.
Greater than $4.78 million is anticipated for famous Jap Riverina property Umbango South
Riverina breeding & fodder operation lists for $32m
Rob Topfer and Becky Sparks have relisted their first-class cattle breeding and fodder manufacturing operation in New South Wales’ Jap Riverina for $32 million.
The 1029ha Walteela, situated 13km west of Wagga Wagga, is an aggregation of two properties -the adjoining Walteela and Fletchers.
It was supplied to the market in November 2022 and withdrawn six months later after failing to promote following an expressions of curiosity marketing campaign.
Since then, the distributors have continued to take a position vital capital expenditure into creating the working infrastructure, irrigation and extra water entitlements.
Walteela is the final property on the Murrumbidgee River. Boasting 2.5km of frontage, it’s positioned on the excessive facet of the river which implies it’s flood-protected.
That includes a spread of soil varieties, the primary enterprise is irrigated fodder (hay and silage) and dryland lucerne, wheat, forage crops and improved pastures able to operating 500 cows.
Walteela has greater than 2000ML of water entitlements together with a 1555ML Mid Murrumbidgee zone three alluvial groundwater supply and a 635ML regulated river water supply, in addition to 9 bores.
Round 304ha of irrigation is run below 9 pivots, with plans and clearing accomplished for an extra two pivots to additional broaden the irrigation space by 120ha.
Infrastructure features a four-bedroom house, metal cattle yards, quite a few sheds, a four-stand shearing shed and 11 silos with greater than 500-tonnes of grain storage.
The 1029ha Walteela, 13km west of Wagga Wagga, is an aggregation of two properties -the adjoining Walteela and Fletchers.
Downsizers eye SE Qld cattle holding
Locals and producers seeking to downsize are displaying good curiosity in a productive and picturesque south-east Queensland beef cattle operation, an hour’s drive from Brisbane.
The Melbourne-based BE Energy Group is offloading the 1150ha Milford Rocks close to Crows Nest and 56km from Toowoomba, nevertheless it should retain 844ha to accommodate required biodiversity offsets delivered over a 20-year interval.
Milford Rocks is near livestock saleyards at Toogoolawah, Toowoomba and Dalby, and processing services at Crows Nest, Esk and Kilcoy.
The nation is generally blue gum timber on granite, transitioning to stands of ironbark on the jap facet of the property and smaller areas of blue gum alluvial flats alongside the watercourses.
Pastures are a mixture of Rhodes and panic grasses, in addition to seasonal legumes and herbages, supporting 240 breeders.
Soils comprise a mixture of sandy clay loams and fertile darkish gray and darkish brown cracking clays.
LAWD director Grant Veivers stated Milford Rocks supplied an ideal mix of labor and way of life.
Benefitting from a mean annual rainfall of 723mm, the holding is watered by a bore, 18 dams and quite a few seasonal and everlasting spring-fed creeks.
Infrastructure features a prestigious five-bedroom homestead, two metal cattle yards, sheds and stables.
Milford Rocks is obtainable on the market by expressions of curiosity closing on November 28.
Milford Rocks is near livestock saleyards at Toogoolawah, Toowoomba and Dalby, and processing services at Crows Nest, Esk and Kilcoy.
EOIs closing for Mount Magnet’s Windsor Station
Expressions of curiosity shut this week for a pastoral station in Western Australia’s mid-west area suited to cattle, sheep or goat enterprises.
The 230,372ha Windsor Station is located 80km east of Mount Magnet within the Decrease Murchison.
Held by Pierre Folezzani for 12 years, the sale contains greater than 300 Droughtmaster cows and followers, in addition to intensive plant and gear.
Located inside a vermin proof fence, Windsor has been rated by the Division of Agriculture with a possible carrying capability of 1571 Cattle Items or 11,000DSE.
Initially developed for sheep, the property is now arrange for cattle with yards, fences and waters.
Windsor is obtainable with a registered and reporting HIR carbon mission with a very good money circulation. Up to now, there have been 83,432 ACCUs issued since registration in 2018.
Whereas particulars of the carbon mission stay confidential, Elders agent Greg Smith stated primarily based on the dimensions of the property, land methods and ACCUs issued thus far, the assessments of estimated ACCUs over the 25-year interval are between 380,000 and 450,000.
Windsor options a big number of land methods from rugged breakaways and granite outcrops to open salt bush and spinifex plains.
Located in a 200mm rainfall area, the station has 50 bores and wells, with a lot of the bores outfitted with photo voltaic powered pumps.
Infrastructure features a five-bedroom house, a three-bedroom shearers’ quarters, a shearing shed, sheds, goat services and cattle yards.
Windsor is obtainable with a registered and reporting HIR carbon mission with a very good money circulation. Up to now, there have been 83,432 ACCUs issued since registration in 2018.
WA’s Shiloh Farms lists for $55m
The Cox household has cancelled the presents to buy marketing campaign for its substantial sheep, cattle and cropping alternative on Western Australia’s south coast, selecting to checklist it for $55 million.
Aggregated over 30 years, the 5005ha Shiloh Farms contains six contiguous holdings close to Neridup and 40km north-east of Esperance.
AWN Actual Property agent Rowan Spittle has been fielding good inquiry from corporates, in addition to bigger household farmers.
“Not often does a property of this scale, in such a tightly held, excessive rainfall area, come to the market. The stand-alone aggregation would go well with a bigger farming operator with the southern properties operating 3000 commerce cattle, in addition to rising out younger heifers for an area dairy enterprise,” he stated.
Initially bought as a backgrounding property for the Cox’s Busselton-based dairy, the enterprise runs 1400 head of commerce cattle and produces 3500ha to 4000ha of crops (canola/wheat rotation and barley).
Mr Spittle describes the paddocks as massive and straightforward working with sandy duplex soils.
“Soils are sometimes 30-50cm of sand over gravel and clay, with areas of deeper sands planted to 240ha of tagasaste and perennial grasses for cattle fodder.”
“This method offers a really helpful provide of feed throughout the autumn hole and allows excessive stocking charges throughout the spring flush,” Mr Spittle stated.
Biodiversity on the asset has been maintained, with about 5 p.c of the land put aside with plantations, tree traces and fenced remnant native vegetation and waterways.
Thought of drought proof in a 450mm to 500mm rainfall zone, Shiloh Farms is properly watered by 4 bores and three outfitted dams.
There may be intensive infrastructure for each sheep and cattle, in addition to quite a few sheds and silos, a house, a employee’s cottage and a contemporary staff’ quarters.
Aggregated over 30 years, the 5005ha Shiloh Farms contains six adjoining holdings close to Neridup and 40km north-east of Esperance.
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