RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 360MM OF RAIN FOR 2016!
'Kywong' has had a comparatively reasonable season and as it was de-stocked due to the drought it has recovered very well. The body of grass is strong especially along the creeks and channels with the Mitchell and Buffel showing a lot of seed. The property will appeal to someone seeking some grass in the immediate future.
Location: Premium Downs and Channel country approx. 65km east of Winton, via the Aldingham turnoff and 180km North of Longreach.
Area and tenure: Freehold title 11,389.8Ha (28,034 acres) approx.
Facilities in Winton: Railway Trucking yards and Live-weight scales. Twice weekly mail. Primary and Secondary school. Hotels, Clubs, Bakery, Stores, Motels, Mains Power, Sat TV, Broadband Two way Internet and DRS phone.
Rainfall: 400ml or just over 16 inch average.
Country: Approx. 40% is a mixture of creek/channel/downs country with the balance undulating downs country. The creeks and channels are timbered with Coolibah and Vine trees and is very well grassed with Buffel, Mitchell, Pigweed and Summer Herbages in season. The open downs country is mainly timbered with Whitewood and Vine trees grassed with Mitchell some Flinders, some Buffel and Summer Herbages in season.
Water: There are approx. 10 open Dams many of which have in recent years been cleaned out and water is piped from the shared government bore just off the Southern end of the property to approx. 10 poly holding tanks and 14 concrete troughs. This results in a system that has piped water and a dam in every paddock except one. Poly pipe is mainly 63mm U/G.
The property is on the Jessamine and Violet Creeks system which also supplies seasonal water holes.
Fencing: Fenced into 6 main paddocks with 4 smaller paddocks in close.
Yards: Central set of mainly steel rail and panel yards in very good condition and which has had a lot of improvement work done in recent years with over-head draft, separate branding race and covered Centurion crush and head bail with scales. Water is connected. Sheep yards are also of steel and mesh and are in reasonable condition, also has water connected.
Homestead: Roomy 4 bed 2 bath Peterson Home of approx. 60 squares. Also with lounge and fireplace, dining, office and two large covered verandahs. All in good condition with fully ducted a/c both evaporative and refrigerated.
Sheds: There is a 6 stand woolshed in fair to good condition with power connected, along with shearers quarters which are in fair to average condition.
12x12m steel machinery shed, a 12x6m workshop with concrete floor, another 12x6m storage shed plus a car shed and meat house all in fair order. There is also a set of steel and timber stables and saddle shed plus a steel construction aircraft hangar in good condition.
Carrying Capacity: Over the years 'Kywong' has carried consistently 800-900 Breeders plus Followers out to around 1800 head in total.
Present Owners have run only Dry Cattle and estimate that 1,400 Dry Cattle would be a very safe number in most years and if Weaners are to be run then this number could be increased.
'Kywong' is in good working order, infrastructure is very sound, tidy and presentable, water is well set up and reliable and all in all the whole package presents extremely well.
Contact: Peter MacPherson | M: 0447 941 110 | E: pmacpherson@qldrural.com.au or Troy Trevor | M: 0408 502 576 | E: ttrevor@qldrural.com.au
