137 River Road is located along the majestic Gascoyne River and is part of the renowned Gascoyne Food Bowl. With a change of family circumstances, the vendors of this exceptional producer are keenly motivated to sell. The property offers producers of varying scale to purchase a walk in, walk out turnkey operation.
This well regarded and highly productive property is located approximately 17km`s to the Carnarvon Town Centre. Featuring incredibly fertile Gascoyne alluvial soils, plenty of water allocation, excellent accommodation, outstanding working infrastructure as well as a serene and scenic riverside setting, the property offers reliable income streams all year round. Additionally, seasonal workers are well catered for with modern, spacious living quarters, ensuring a reliable source of labour.
Options include continuing the current operation, renting out some of the accommodation or an Airbnb. Several of these opportunities provide regular income outside of the excellent horticultural returns and allow a more relaxed lifestyle if desired.
The property has a total aggregation of 7.81 hectares (19.3 acres) with water entitlements being 50,000kl GWAMCO Scheme Water and 55,000kl Basin A Water (farm bore usage).
Everything is in place for potential buyers to walk in and continue producing currently grown crops or produce any of the multitude of other horticultural pursuits this amazing region can grow.
Astute marketing and sustainable production are keys to the profitability of the enterprise and the current vendors are keen to share their valuable knowledge with the new owners. Working closely with their agents has created long term, reliable markets all over Australia. The sellers are prepared to assist in a transition with the agent.
Despite the property being on the banks of the Gascoyne River, crops or infrastructure have never been affected by flooding, giving excellent crop security.
Uniquely, the Carnarvon climate allows for some crops of to be grown twice annually. Crop harvests on the property are Rock melons (April to June & November to January) and Mangoes (January)
The property is offered as a whole, on a walk in, walk out basis for $1,499,000. All reasonable offers will be considered. This is a perfect opportunity for purchasers to continue existing operations, or a larger family to take on all the labour component themselves.
Property details-Title 1: 137 North River Road
- 7.81hectares (19.29 acres)
- 4 hectares (10 acres) of arable land approximately
- 750 R2E2 Mango Trees, 2.5 hectares (6 acres) approximately
- Homestead 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, study, modern kitchen, lounge, dining, office, sunroom, huge entertainment room, patio area, BBQ area with 8 air conditioners, 2 car park bays
- Storage shed west air compressor/ WA20/100, main switch board, pizza oven, double fridge and BBQ.
- Packing Shed Evaporative cooling, 3 phase power,
- Cool room with fast cooler and 10 pallet space capacity, 2nd cool room with holding room and 15 pallet space.
- Fruit grader with washing, drying, sorting table, packing area and mango de-sapper, 2 cool rooms, 10 pallet fast cooler and 15 pallet holding room evaporative cooling system.
- Automatic pallet wrapping machine
- Pump Station plus 2 pumps and 1000 fertiliser tank reticulating through property
- 2 x Rhino Water tanks 560,000 litres total (280,000 litres each)
- 1 x 20,000 litre water tank
- Second Accommodation 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen, bathroom and 2 storage rooms
- Backpackers Accommodation 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 5 toilets, kitchen, laundry, large patio and BBQ area, T.V + entertainment area, 8 air conditioners and 8 fridges
Plant list (not limited to):
- Tractors Kubota B7 510, Kubota M8540 DH with forklift, Massey Ferguson 373 with forklift, Massey Ferguson 4610 CAB with forklift, Iseki TM 3247, Manitou forklift ML186
- Truck Hino 300 Rigid Tray Top Truck
- Squirrel 5 metre cherry picker
- Large Falc rotary hoe
- Small rotary hoe
- 3 disc hydraulic plough
- Plastic lifter
- Honda 4 Wheel Quad Bike with Foreman Hydrostatic Automatic
- Bins 125 +400kg picking bins
- 2000litre Diesel Tank
- Spray Units -1200 litre Hardi Twin Stream Boom Spray with airbags
- 2000 litre Sivan Spray Unit
- 400 litre Hardi Vertical Spray Unit
- 300 litre Traced Sprayer, 20LPM, 12V pump, 4M Boom HR
- 3 prong ripper
- mulcher
- Small disc plough
- 50 produce bins
- 2 sets of free standing forks
- 3 pallet trolleys
An additional Property (138 North River Road) opposite this Lot, is being also offered by the vendors and could be purchased to create a larger unit if required.
To arrange an inspection and to see the financial statements please contact the exclusive listing agents, Cory Rodgers- Elders Carnarvon on 04327 395 416 and Courtney Keeffe- Elders Geraldton on 0429 625 007.
