- Very good improvements including large open living (renovated in 2006) 4 bedroom homestead with large fully enclosed 20 m x 7 m garage, insulation in the roof plus solar hart hot water system and tile fire in living area
- 5 stand shearing shed, workshop; 2 machinery sheds, near new machinery shed constructed from steel and iron fully enclosed and in excellent condition. GT silo 1,200 bu in good condition; very good white gum sheep yards with working capacity of say 500 to 700 head; 2 concrete water tanks for domestic purposes of 54,000 ltr & new pioneer 108,000 ltr domestic use
- Estimated 340 ha of cropable country plus 30 hectares of grazing country over good quality mixed spoil types. Canola at 140 hectares, wheat at 105 hectares & Barley at 70 hectares for 2014
Location:
The main homestead property Grassmere is situated approximately 29 kilometres east from Mt Barker and 65 kilometres North of Albany on Woogenellup road and some 390 kms South East of Perth in the Shire of Plantagenet.
Services:
Mt Barker provides all the services expected of a large district centre including primary school and high school facilities, general shopping, road house's, doctor's and Hospital plus other facilities one would expect. School Bus passes front gate to Mt Barker with services daily. Sale yards at Albany and Katanning with grain facilities at Kojaneerup and Albany Port.
Zoning: Rural
Description:
Quality gentle undulating to hilly country, a good steady mix over all of the properties, with majestic rural and hinterland views over the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges. In a prime sort after productive region of Western Australia. Originally timbered with wandoo, yate, malley, jarrah, banksia, stunted jarrah and chittick.
Soil Types:
Good mixed soil types from loams, granite loams, sand over clays, soap stone, and sand over gravels with areas of sands. Estimated crop country at 340 hectares plus another 30 hectares of grazing country and pastured with a mix of ryes and mixed clovers. Applications of lime, dolomite and gypsum as required and fertiliser applications of MAP Extra at rates of 80 kgs plus 150 kgs of urea on the cereal country and MAP Extra at rates of 80 kgs plus applications of urea at 200 kgs over the Canola country plus 20 kgs MOP with SSP applied on pastured country.
Water:
The property is well watered from numerous dams and domestic and spray water is obtained from numerous rainwater tanks situated on the property. Excellent water supplies and very adequate for the property to suit stock and or crop programs.
Rainfall:
Average of 470 to 520 plus mm.
Fencing:
Eight main paddocks with smaller holding paddocks. The properties have a mix of plain wire electric fencing plus ringlock with laneway systems leading to most paddocks. All in good serviceable condition with some new over the last few years.
Improvements:
Grassmere:-
Very good improvements on this property that include, large open living (renovated in 2006) 4 bedroom homestead constructed from hardi plank and iron roof, bathroom, lounge, kitchen dining, games room, 2 WC's, kitchen, family, laundry, study, verandas, and large fully enclosed 20 m x 7 m garage, insulation in the roof plus solar hart hot water system and tile fire in living area.
5 stand shearing shed constructed from wood and iron in good condition; workshop constructed from wood and iron in good condition; two machinery sheds constructed from wood and iron in good condition; near new machinery shed constructed from steel and iron fully enclosed and in excellent condition; 1 x GT silo 1,200 bu in good condition; very good white gum sheep yards with working capacity of say 500 to 700 head; 2 concrete water tanks for domestic purposes of 54,000 litres plus new pioneer 108,000 litres domestic use .
Rates for Glencoe and Grassmere at $6,334.75
Planted to pine trees at 6.2 hectares and Sandalwood at 2.6 hectares with FPC.
Canola at 140 hectares, wheat at 105 hectares & Barley at 70 hectares for 2014.
Crop:
Crop averages over the years are 2.8 tph for wheat, 2.5 tph for barley and 1.6 tph for canola
Stock:
Stock numbers on the properties vary with seasonal conditions and are depended upon country cropped.
Top quality smaller mixed farming property very suitable for grazing and or cropping with excellent facilities and located in a good reliable region of Western Australia.
Currently running some cattle plus mixed cropping with good results over numerous years.
Located in the Great Southern, close to Mt Barker, City of Albany and the prime Mt Barker & Porongurup wine region.
