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"Kilclooney" offers location, economies of scale and reliability. Setup as a low cost operation the property offers the ultimate calf factory for southern or western grass fatteners. Located close to Ingham, Charters Towers & Townsville "Kilclooney" offers schooling, lifestyle and business options whilst the homestead affords luxurious comfort in a privileged climate.

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Tom Brodie - 0428 712 095

Property Details

Lot Number : 193
Price: $7.25M bare
Location: "Kilclooney" is located 210km north of Charters Towers and 80km west of Ingham. The main gravel road from the Lynd Highway, via Blue Range Station, runs through the southern end of "Kilclooney" to Mt Fox and Ingham.
Property Size: 78500ha (193895 acres)
Tenure: Title Reference TL0/231453 Lot 7 on Crown Plan WU54, County's of Cardwell, Wairuna in the Parish's of Ashton, Oak Hills, Ryeburn & Stone - 26200ha (64714acres). Title Reference TL0/231338 Lot 3198 on Crown Plan PH2177, County of Wairuna Parish of Barrett & Ryeburn - 52300ha (129181acres).
Services: Situated 210km north from Charters Towers and 80km west of Ingham the property is able to access a range of services. Charters Towers is a regional town (approx pop 9000) with substantial schooling opportunities, shopping, hospitals, theatre etc. For cattlemen the weekly liveweight selling centre, live export ex Townsville and Townsville meatworks are all major attractions for this location. Ingham is a coastal town (approx pop 5000) also with schooling, shopping, hospitals etc. Both Ingham and Charters Towers are equidistant from Townsville, a vibrant growing city of approximately 150000 with a complete range of services, diverse industry, employment, business opportunity, schooling and university education. A special feature of "Kilclooney's" location is its proximity to Mt Fox Primary School just 18km from the station homestead.
Country: The majority of "Kilclooney" can be described as loamy or granite soils, well grassed lightly timbered rolling low hills, semi-open, with native pastures in healthy condition. "Kilclooney" country types are extremely diverse. Broadly the country ranges from dense rainforest (giant trees, ferns, orchids) to rolling open savannah hills and grassy flats to red soil tablelands and a small area of black basalt soils. The Mt Fox crater, which has been annexed off "Kilclooney" provides evidence of earlier volcanic activity. The property is at the top of the watershed where creeks and rivers run east into the rainforest. Wallaman Falls and Herbert River or west into the famous Burdekin River which rises on the property. An extensive network of creeks such as Seaview Creek, Garrahwah Creek, Stony Creek, West Creek and Four Mile Creek compliment the more substantial systems such as the Douglas River, Michael Creek and provide diverse land types. Aside from the rainforest, the majority of the proeprty is timbered with natural species such as Bloodwood, Ironbark, Moreton Bay, Poplar Gum, Stringy Bark, Blue Gum, oak and Box with areas of Yellow-Jack, Wattle and Heartleaf scattered along the edges of the tableland country. Predominant grasses encompass Black Spear, Kangaroo, Forest Mitchell, White Spear. Urachloa and are complimented with a scattering of Seca Stylo in the lighter soil types, particulary the granite country. Lantana bush inhabits the eastern (wetter) side of the property.
Rainfall: As the eastern boundary is high rainfall (rainforest) the western boundary is savannah grasslands, and the property size is substantial (20km x 25km) to quote an
Water: Low maintenance and simplicity is the key to stock waters at "Kilclooney". The property is considered to be well watered by approximately 47 dams and a network of permanent and semi-permanent rivers, creeks and waterholes. In areas where "boggy" dams are a risk the dams are fenced and siphoned into troughs. A floater-roller system with solar panel, poly tank and trough has been installed at one dam. The homestead complex is located on the banks of Michael Creek and has a water supply from a small bore, nearby dam and permanent water in Michael Creek.
Improvements: "Kilclooney" has numerous housing and sheds. Very large two storey brick mansion consisting of 7 air conditioned bedrooms, dining room, 2 lounge rooms each with fireplace, office, coldroom, 2 bathrooms, ensuite in main bedroom, verandah, internal staircase. The second & third house each have 3 air conditioned bedrooms and are in immaculate condition. At Jones yard is a 3 bedroom Besser block hut, West Creek has and old home which is currently occupied by the caretaker. 3 bay truck shed 22m x 22m majority cement floor, 6 bay hay shed 34m x 17m, numerous small sheds used for vehicles, chemicals, storage etc. Cattle Yards:- "Kilclooney" is serviced with three timber cattle yards placed strategically throughout the property. The yards are old but serviceable with some maintenance at time of use. All are equipped with branding facilities, loading ramps etc. A plunge dip is in use at the homestead yards and is frequently used when "clearing" into tick free country. The Homestead Yards (1200 head capacity) are accessible with road trains whilst Jones Yard (700 head capacity) is accessible with double-deck semi, and West Creek (700 head capacity) is accessible with body truck & dog trailer. Fencing:- "Kilclooney" is fenced with principally 3 barb and steel posts into 12 grazing paddocks, several holding paddocks and a large hay paddock. All the fencing in Quart Pot, Water Crest. Clean Skin, Michael Creek, Black Cow, Top Douglas and the hodling paddocks around the cleared or new country is in new or good stock proof condition. Fencing in West Creek, Steer, Triangle and Wallaman 1 & 2 is ok in places and barely stock proof in others. The reason for this situation is that much of this area is managed & or mustered (under current management) as one and so the fencing is obsolete to some extent.
Carrying Capacity: As a conservative cost-conscious manager the owner estimates "Kilclooney" carrying capaacity as 8000 cows plus progeny to weaning.
Plants & Machinery: Optional List of Plant & Equipment:- CK40 79 model flat top tandem truck (unreg), 91 Toyota trayback (unreg), Ford articulated 4WD tractor, Napier Ripper & Seeder, Little Giant off-set discs, 8ft Slasher, Massey Ferguson tractor with forklift, 10.000ltr diesel storage bowser, 1200ltr bowsers - 1 unleaded, 2 diesel (Company Owned), 3000ltr mobile diesel tanker with pump on trailer, Tip trailer, Poly Pipe reclaimer, 2 x Tanks Direct 3000gal water tanks, 2 x Yamaha 250 motor bikes, 2 x Fire fighter pumps, 3 ton grain feeder bin, 24 ton plastic molasses tank.