Location
located only 1km from Jerrewa, 5km from the Hume Hwy via a sealed road. Yass is a comfortable 15minute drive (23km) and the Barton Hwy is only 10 minutes (19km) both accessed again from the Hume Hwy. The properties easy access to the Hume and Barton Hwy makes the trip to Canberra an easy 55 minutes (CBD) or 2.5 hours to Sydney.
Property Description
198 acres of gently undulating country falling to creek flats. The property slopes to the North East making it very protected from the West in summer. The property offers great diversity with areas of clean open grazing country protected by stands of Eucalypt trees strategically kept providing protection.
The property is the home to the highly successful “Alpha Centuri Alpaca’s” with excellent improvements to support the stud operation.
Improvements
The entire property is self sufficient with both solar and wind power supplying the sheds and homestead. The property does have domestic power located on it if ever required but is not connected to the home or improvements. The Solar power installation has recently been upgraded and can supply up to 15kw per day.
The 18-year-old homestead consists of 3 double bedrooms all with built-ins. The formal living room has s/c heating and doors that open out to the entertaining area, combined dining and kitchen with double pantry and gas cooking. Family bathroom and conveniently separate toilet. The home also has RCAC.
The homestead is surrounded low maintenance, irrigated English and native gardens and captures magnificent views to surrounding vistas.
The use of stone walls sets off a lovely garden theme. A vegetable garden and substantial orchard complete the ambience of this lovely country home.
Other improvements include:
• 21m x 21m x 5m barn style stud shed with concrete flooring and 2 additional 21m x 3m skillions, 60,000 liters of rain water. Ideal for stable conversion.
• 18m x 12m x 4.3m machinery shed with concrete floor, power, shower, toilet, and kitchenette.
• 2 x storage sheds for bikes / firewood, attached to the double car garage.
• All weather gravel driveway and substantial parking areas for both heavy machinery and visitors.
• Double colour bond garage
Fencing
• The internal fencing is and much of the boundary is hinge joint with steel strainers and gateways.
• Substantial laneway systems to stud shed
• The property is subdivided into 12 paddocks
Pasture/Agronomy
• Extensive native pasture of microleena and danthonia and other perennial natives.
• Applications of lime and gypsum.
• 3 paddocks have been direct drilled with phalaris pasture mixes including wheat grass in the creek areas.
Tree Planting
• An extensive tree planting program has been undertaken at “Jerradale”.
• 13km of direct drilled Eucalypts and Acacias have been strategically placed ensuring an ...
