This property is perched on the banks of the mighty Burdekin River and have not been flooded in the past. The farm is currently producing limes and mangoes and has grown passionfruit and other multitude of small crops in the past.
This location presents an excellent opportunity for the long-term investor supported by an immediate cash flow. The property also lends itself to almost any form of agricultural or horticultural production and comes complete with excellent first-class river loam soils. It also features a very secure water supply, from both the Burdekin River Irrigation Area and its underground water table delivering sheer volumes of water. This property boasts outstanding growing versatility, which creates an excellent investment opportunity for the astute buyer.
The property have proven success and could be excellent for alternative cropping on the spare block of land of the front entrance. The lime crop will be included in sale, the properties are capable of packing approx. 10,000 - 13,000 boxes in total.
Location: Kirknie Road.
Area: Approx. 7.43ha (18.36acres) 1 Title Freehold.
Soil types: Deep Alluvial River Loams with mixed grey clay loams.
Rainfall: 35 to 45 Inches per Annum.
Home: The property has 1 x 2 room demountable accommodation unit with each room having an en-suite facility.
Machinery Shed : The property has one large packing/machinery shed with concrete floor, plus 4 pellet cool room.
Lime Trees: The property has approx. 1,200 lime trees in total.
Bore water: 1 x 4½" submersible bore.
Open water: 1 x Diesel 4-3 pressure 300mm impeller pump.
Irrigation: The property has approx. 46 Megs of water allocation from the river. The property has 100mm pipeline that feeds into the under-tree sprinklers throughout for ease of watering.
Machinery:
- New Holland TN90F
- Forklift
- Cherry Picker
- 500cc CF Moto 4-wheeler
Equiptment:
- Silvan 2,000 litre orchard spray unit
- Fruit grading machine
- 8ft slasher
- Silvan 200 litre spray tank 12 volt
- 1 x pellet jack
- 120 plastic orchard crates
- 1 x 24ft shipping container
- Air operated pruning guns
- 2 x sticker guns
- Picking bags & sticks
