Overview
- 4 Bedrooms
- 2 Bathrooms
- none Garages
- Year Built:1912
Description
Area:
Total Aggregation 5,795.11 ha or 14,319.71 acres.
Bar H: 3,377.11 ha -8,344.83 acres
Corona: 2,418 ha -5,974.87 acres
Tenure:
5,795.11 ha Freehold
Property Address:
123 Ogmore Road, Ogmore QLD 4706
Location:
145 kms north of Rockhampton and 204 kms south of Mackay
Services:
All weather access via Ogmore Rd and also access via Kooltandra Rd to the Bruce Highway.
All available services are located in Rockhampton with basic needs accessible in Marlborough 48kms to the south via the Bruce Highway.
Mobile phone and internet service, rural power, and weekly mail.
B -double access to the property off the Bruce Highway via Ogmore Road.
Country:
The soils on the property are predominately Brigalow and Scrub soils with interspersed melon holes.
The soils are a mixture of dark and light grey loams with deep top soils being evident in the open gullies across the property.
There are smaller areas of sandy forest soils running off to the eastern boundaries and generous areas of pondage and melon holes with established paragrass throughout the property.
Timber:
The timber on the property consists of brigalow, belah, rosewood, box, poplar gum, moreton bay ash, red gum, ironbark,and bottle trees.
The property is well cleared with many shade lines and approximately 10ha of established Leucaena on Bar H.
Grasses:
Include buffel, rhodes, green panic, setaria, desmanthus, paragrass and couch. The recent development of 280 acres with new pastures including silk sorghum, buffel, rhodes grass, desmanthus and butterfly pea.
The new pasture is well established and has been only lightly grazed and currently presents a magnificent body of fresh quality cattle feed.
Water:
Bar H is safely watered with four dams. There is a 5mg turkey nest with a 200mm flood lift pump located on Tooloombah Creek, which reticulates throughout the property.
Another dam has a large turkey nest and is equipped with a solar pump.
A new bore is located to the west of this dam and is connected to the turkey nest and the extensive watering system on the property which services numerous tanks and troughs.
The bore has water at 42m with 2,000 GPH. The standing water level is at 24m. There is an 18 meg water licence taking water from Tooloombah Creek for stock and domestic supply.
The property boundaries the Styx River and Tooloombah Creek.Corona has 7 dams, 2 are equipped with solar pumps and 2 with windmills supplying 3 turkey nests.
Cattle Yards:
The Bar H cattle yards are located adjacent to the Homestead compound and attached to the laneway system connecting the paddocks on Bar H.
They are predominately steel construction with portions of solid timber mainly in the bigger cooler yards with water connected.
A forcing yard and drafting pound is well set up with side working platforms. The crush working area is all under cover with scales incorporated into the concreted crush platform.
The steel loading ramp is well constructed and setup for B -double loading.
The yards will comfortably work 1500 grown cattle.Corona yards are well maintained and utilized for mustering and trucking out cattle.
They are a mix of steel and timber construction with a cooler, drafting pound, race, loading ramp and a concreted crush and scales.
The yards are connected to a central laneway system connecting the paddocks. The yards have B -double access, with water troughs connected to the yards. There is a power supply adjacent to the yards.
Rainfall:
The annual rainfall for Ogmore is 914.4 mm (36 inches). ( source BOM ).
Fencing:
Bar H and Corona are both well fenced. The boundary fencing is in good condition, with a mix of 3 & 4 barb and 2 plain wires on solid timber posts.
The internal fencing is also a mix of 3 & 4 barb with 2 plain wires on wooden post with sections of droppers.
Bar H is subdivided into 20 internal paddocks plus laneways and holding paddocks. Corona is fenced into 8 internal paddocks with a central laneway and holding paddocks.
Homestead:
The home is a comfortable 4 bedroom fully air-conditioned house with a large verandah overlooking the Styx River. Built on timber piers with timber flooring, fibrous walls, iron roof and a modern kitchen. The home is set in established gardens and lawn.Out Buildings:
Cattle:
Included in the Sale of Bar H -Corona are approximately 1,550 very good quality Brangus Steers.
The steers include approximately
736 No 1’s and 814 No 2’s.
The steers are well grown for their age and are doing extremely well on the fresh green buffel and associated pastures.
The cattle are both polled or neatly de-horned. The steers are trained to dogs, bikes and yard weaned.
The cattle are all vendor bred and one brand and bred from the best available Brangus genetics. Included with the sale of the property is the registered Brand (Crank) SK and the symbol brand is h.
Executive Summary
“Bar H and Corona” freehold aggregation of 5,795.11ha /14,319.71 acres offers a unique opportunity to secure a well-developed fattening and backgrounding cattle property situated in the tightly held coastal scrub country of central Qld.
The aggregation is centrally located 145 kms north of Rockhampton. The property is safely watered with dams and bores, frontage to the Styx River and Tooloombah Creek with an 18 meg water licence. The 2 sets of cattle yards, laneway systems, homestead and ample outbuildings complement the property.
The country is currently enjoying an exceptionally good season with excellent feed receiving over 137mm of rain for October 2022.
The average rainfall of 914 mm ( 36” ) is predominately spring and summer falls.
The 280 acres of recently developed new pastures are well established and have prolific growth.
The aggregation is currently utilized as a fattening and backgrounding enterprise which would suit either the same operation, a centrally located stud property or bull depot. Included with the sale of the property is 1,550 very good quality No 1 & No 2 Brangus steers.
For further information Contact: David Buckley 0448 010 162
