THIS week’s property review includes this wrap-up of interesting recent listings across the country, and a separate article of recently completed sales of note.
- Kenny family trades in NQ’s Belyando
- SW Qld’s Melray heads to auction
- High performance grazing in southern NSW
- Boland family offers Moree finishing block
- Tamara Finger’s CQ asset lists for $28m
- $5.7m for NQ floodplain grazing country
Water is a standout feature on Belyando Junction Station, north of Clermont in North Queensland.
Kenny family trades in NQ’s Belyando
A North Queensland backgrounding and finishing block with more than 7000ML of water access is being offered for sale by the Kenny family to fund expansion.
Owned for 22 years, the 3121ha Belyando Junction Station is a freehold property located 180km north of Clermont.
The Kennys raise 800 head of Wagyu cattle and produce silage and hay on Belyando to supply their two feedlot operations on the nearby Llanarth Station which the family has owned for 60 years.
The country features fertile gidgee, brigalow and yellow wood scrub with lightly timbered coolibah growing buffel, Flinders, Indian couch and urachloa.
One of the vendors, Clay Kenny, described Belyando as extremely versatile.
“It would suit intensive irrigation (cotton, horticulture and tree crops), grazing, carbon and natural capital farming, as well as water storing to supply the galeae basin coal operations,” he said.
Mr Kenny said Belyando’s natural capital assets were exceptional.
“The standout features are water, water reliability, quality soils, biodiversity and development potential – all of which offer massive offsetting potential.”
Boasting more than 10km of river frontage, the station sits on the junction of two watercourses – the Belyando and the Suttor Rivers – providing 129,700sq km of catchment and year-round water security.
Water storage is a feature. The 2200ML capacity dam is the hub for the current flood irrigation farming operation and a proposed centre pivot installation which would expand the property’s farming capabilities.
At present, 178ha of flood-irrigated cropping land is used to grow forage sorghum for both hay and silage. Previously it has been cropped to cotton and chickpeas.
The dam is supported by two water holding storage areas – the Anabranch Weir area which has an estimated storage of 370ML and the Suttor Weir which has around 100ML of storage, in a 653mm average annual rainfall area.
Infrastructure includes a seven-bedroom Queenslander which has 360-degree views of the property and overlooks the large storage dam which the Kenny family uses recreationally for water skiing. Other infrastructure includes a two-bedroom unit, a shed and portable steel cattle yards.
Queensland Rural agent Troy Trevor is handling the expressions of interest campaign closing on September 19.
SW Qld’s Melray heads to auction
In south-west Queensland, safe grazing country suitable for cattle, Dorpers and goats will be auctioned next month by Elders.
Held by the Lang family since 1987, the property is being sold by Grace Lang who has owned the asset for nine years.
The 7660ha Melray is located 85km east of Cunnamulla and 95km west of Bollon and is offered for sale with a 2542ha permit to occupy.
Recently destocked of all cattle, the sale includes around 600 nanny goats of mixed age with percentage kidding, as well as two Kalahari/Boer cross billies and some plant.
The soft red soil country grows natural grasses and herbage in season and has abundant low mulga reserves where extensive areas have been cut and pushed.
Situated in a 376 mm (Cunnamulla) to 460mm (Bollon) rainfall region, Melrays has received 28mm of rain in the past fortnight.
Melray is watered by watercourses, flats and numerous seasonal lakes. A capped flowing bore supplies 9km of poly pipe feeding seven tanks and 12 troughs. There is also an old bore with a small flow.
Infrastructure includes a two-bedroom home, numerous sheds, cattle yards and 30km of new fencing. Two boundaries are exclusion fenced.
Melray will be auctioned on September 10 by Elders agent Keith Richardson.
Cattle on Melray
High performance grazing in southern NSW
Sunnyridge in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales will be offered to the market for only the second time in more than 100 years.
Located near Frogmore, 35km from Boorowa, the 1895ha holding spans three blocks – Sunnyridge, Alora and Ascanius – being sold by Jane Campbell after 30 years of ownership by the Campbell family.
Elders Emms Mooney agent Stewart Murphy reports good early inquiry.
“Sunnyridge is attracting interest from both local and out-of-area producers. Situated in a reliable, high-performance district, the property offers an opportunity for sheep stud operations or mixed farming.”
Mr Murphy was unable to offer a price guide, however land selling locally has been achieving upwards of $2500/ac.
Sunnyridge supports Merino, White Suffolk and Border Leicester studs, with a conservative carrying capacity of 15,000DSE.
Today, the aggregation is running 5000 Merino ewes, 2000 hoggets, 800 wethers, 200 rams and 123 cows and calves.
Pasture development has been ongoing since 1994 and over the past six years, 174ha has been improved with 48ha planted to winter grazing wheat.
It is watered by 10km of Hovells Creek frontage, 35 dams and two bores.
Infrastructure across the aggregation includes a six-bedroom home, two cottages, numerous sheds, two shearing sheds, three sheep yards, steel cattle yards, more than 400-tonnes of grain storage and 7km of new fencing.
Sunnyridge will be auctioned on September 19.
Sunnyridge, on the NSW southern tablelands, is attracting interest from both local and out-of-area producers
Boland family offers Moree finishing block
The Boland family from north-western New South Wales is offloading the last of its grazing country as it concentrates on cropping west of Moree.
The 1003ha Curragada, located 50km south-east of Moree and 100km south of Narrabri, is expected to raise around $3.5 million.
Moree Real Estate agent Paul Kelly believes the block would suit a producer looking for an expansion, but particularly for finishing cattle with an opportunity to sow cash crops or oats.
While 348ha is arable and typically grows canola, chickpeas and wheat, this year 270ha of the chocolate black loam soils and creek flats are sown to barley which is included in the sale.
The balance is grazing and heavily timbered country capable of running 70 cows.
Curragada is watered by a dam, the Tycannah Creek, an unequipped bore and a 19ML water licence, supported by 600mm of average annual rainfall. The only infrastructure is a set of cattle yards.
Expressions of interest for Curragada close on September 19.
The 1003ha Curragada is located 50km south-east of Moree and 100km south of Narrabri
Tamara Finger’s CQ asset lists for $28m
An exceptional breeding, backgrounding and finishing opportunity in Central Queensland has listed for $28 million after passing in at auction for $25 million.
Owned by the Finger family for nine years and offered for sale by Tamara Finger, the adjoining Tyagarah and Aralee span 7875ha, located 20km from Middlemount.
Described as having some of Central Queensland’s best brigalow scrub country, Nutrien Harcourts GDL agents Bill Reid and Tim Maguire have been appointed to handle the property’s sale.
The country is a mixture of brigalow, bauhinia and blackbutt interspersed with areas of ironbark, coolibah and box capable of running 2200 breeders.
The fertile sandy loam soils, alluvial creek flats and brown scrub soils are growing mostly buffel grass and green panic pastures with areas of Rhodes and urochloa grasses and some seca stylo lergume.
Infrastructure includes two four-bedroom homes, a newly built three-bedroom staff accommodation, two sets of cattle yards and numerous sheds. Most of the boundary fencing was updated in 2019.
$5.7m for NQ floodplain grazing country
North Queensland floodplain grazing country has been listed for $5.7 million offering interested parties a low cost, grass finishing enterprise.
The 377ha Riverlands Grazing aggregation comprises three adjoining freehold blocks – 180ha Barnes’s paddock, 134ha Fairley paddock and 61ha Blanco paddock.
Ingham-based Gary Carrington and Sonya Watts purchased the blocks in 2021 after the couple sold the 22,700ha Redrock near Einasleigh for $11m (including 1900 head of cattle).
Located 10km south of Ingham and 95km north of Townsville, the holdings were originally separate grazing and sugarcane farming enterprises constrained by size and flooding.
The country is covered by highly-productive, palatable, improved hymenachne and paragrass, setaria and pangola grass pastures.
Slaney & Co agent Henry Slaney anticipates interest from families looking for well-located and reasonably priced finishing country.
“Riverlands Grazing would bring added value to an existing cattle breeding enterprise.”
Mr Slaney said carrying capacity should be viewed in turnoff cycles.
“Early cycle, post wet season, the aggregation could carry more than 500 adult cattle (liveweight 300kg), followed by a further 300 adult cattle in August.”
Mr Slaney said flood-plain grazing was a two-edged sword.
“On one hand, the annual, slow-moving, fertile flood waters replenish waterholes and rejuvenate pasture, ensuring productive cattle performance.”
“On the other, the grazing window is only possible from after flood water recedes (typically in March and April) until about late November or early December when storm rain revisits the area.”
During their four year ownership, the couple has replaced or renewed all the fencing, including laneways and mustering squares for ease of stock handling.
Situated in a high rainfall (2160mm) region, water is supplied by the Cattle Creek and several lagoons.
Infrastructure across the aggregation includes steel cattle yards and a shed.
Country on Riverlands Grazing is covered by highly-productive, palatable, improved pondage grasses hymenachne and paragrass, plus setaria and pangola grass pastures.