Property Detail
McFarlane Downs Prime Freehold Fattening / Backgrounding Country
McFarlane Downs over a long period of time has developed a reputation as being in the top 5 properties of the Tambo / Blackall Shire. A diverse property which is suitable to either sheep or cattle production, and has a dog proof fence around all the boundary. Every paddock has bore water with a back up of dam water. The property is very easy to run and operate with very good improvements and enjoying a magnificent season. Inspection is recommended.
| Back To Top PROPERTY OVERVIEW | |
| Land Use: | Grazing |
| Description of Country: | Very high quality improved brigalow, bottle tree, gidyea, bahunia softwood scrub country pulled and seeded with buffel, and 6,500 acres of open gidyea downs, heavily grassed with buffel, mitchell, flinders and seasonal herbages and salines. |
| Improvements: | A 60 Square homestead in good condition with a large living area set in established gardens and tennis court, a 3 bedroom cottage, 2 bedroom mens quarters, workshop and machinery shed, other sheds, steel cattle yards connected to laneways, shearing shed with steel yards, aircraft hangar and 2 airstrips. |
| Fencing: | The property fencing is in excellent condition, boundary is marsupial and dog proof, with 10.3 km being new, all internal fencing is as new condition McFarlane Downs is subdivided into 9 main paddocks and 3 holding paddocks with laneways to cattle yards. |
| Back To Top WATER/IRRIGATION | |
| Comments: | McFarlane Downs is excellently watered with a bore fully equipped, submersible pump, mains power pumped into a 500;000 gallon turkey nest and gravity fed through 42km. of 63ml poly pipe into 23 troughs and tanks. There is also 15 dams up to 40,000 cubic metres in size supplementing the water supply. |
| Back To Top REGIONAL FACILITIES | |
| General Comments: | Live weight cattle selling facilities Blackall, bi weekly mail services, rural power, std. telephone, sat TV. Primary schooling to year 10 Tambo, and Secondary schooling year 12 Blackall, and most Government Services Blackall. |
| Back To Top TITLE/POSSESSION | |
| Type: | Freehold |
| Tenanted/leased details: | Area and Tenure. 9,878ha or 24,655 acres Freehold being Lot 2 on Crown Plan TB 23 5769 Parish Bexhill |
| Rates: | Rates $ 7,500.00 per Annum |
| Back To Top LIVESTOCK | |
| Additional comments: | 2,200 backgrounding cattle through to fattening or sheep equivalent |
| Back To Top SALE ITEMS | |
| Plant & equipment: | McFarlane Downs is offered on a w.i.w.o. basis full station plant. |
| Livestock: | McFarlane Downs is offered on a w.i.w.o. basis with approximately 870 females plus progeny. |
Further information:
- Land Area 9878 hectares
Min: 8
Max: 16
Sunrise:
7:11 AM CST
Sunset:
5:14 PM CST
Min: 6
Max: 21
Sunrise:
6:28 AM EST
Sunset:
5:02 PM EST
Min: -1
Max: 14
Sunrise:
7:00 AM EST
Sunset:
5:00 PM EST
Min: 17
Max: 28
Sunrise:
7:00 AM CST
Sunset:
6:27 PM CST
Min: 7
Max: 14
Sunrise:
7:28 AM EST
Sunset:
4:48 PM EST
Min: 10
Max: 16
Sunrise:
7:23 AM EST
Sunset:
5:11 PM EST
Min: 6
Max: 24
Sunrise:
7:06 AM WST
Sunset:
5:21 PM WST
Min: 10
Max: 19
Sunrise:
6:49 AM EST
Sunset:
4:56 PM EST

