Located in the renowned & tightly held Walcha district this picturesque & park-like property is one of the best, it has been fully renovated from end to end & is now one of the New England’s most productive properties.
For your property enquiry contact Tamworth’s leading rural property and hobby farm specialist
Scott Waters 0428 860 435
WOODBURN, WALCHA
Property Highlights
- Sales Method: Private Sale
- Listing Number: 0744
- Price: $9,300,000.00
- Landsize: Approx 6,200 Acres - 2,509 Hectares
- Contact: Scott Waters (0428 860 435)
Property Description
- Situation: Located in a tightly held dress circle area surrounded by well known properties. 18km north of Walcha, 50km south of Armidale, only 20 minutes off the New England highway & just over an hour to Tamworth.
- Country: Extremely soft & easily managed level to slightly sloping and undulating country that is approximately 90% arable. This property is highly suited to direct drilling of high performance pastures & does not have a bad acre on it. Overall the property is excellent quality for a holding of this size.
- Water: 80 large dams (mostly new) & 6 equipped bores make the water extremely safe & low maintenance. The larger paddocks have up to 6 dams so that stock are never far from good fresh water. A bore equipped with an electric submersible pump feeds a header tank which services the stock yards, horse yards, weaning & holding yards plus sheds and garden water etc. There are also numerous other troughs throughout the property.
- Carrying Capacity: Approximately 1500 cows & calves selling calves as weaners or 1200 cows & calves plus taking progeny through to 450 – 600kg range. The property is currently running 1200 cows & calves plus growing out the progeny to the above weights plus 40 bulls & 20 horses.
- Fencing: Extremely well fenced with over 50 Kilometres of new all steel fencing with the balance being in very good condition. Has 40 main paddocks an extensive laneway system plus 8 weaning/holding paddocks. New fencing has been constructed from quality Waratah material with heavy duty handmade 16ft gates.
- Homestead: Very comfortable 4 bedroom 2 bathroom brick home set in established trees with high ceilings, air-conditioning and recent renovations throughout, 3 bedroom plus office weatherboard home that has been recently renovated plus a 2 bedroom workers cottage.
- Improvements: Large new all steel RPM 700 head capacity cattle yards with fully covered working area that includes nu-matic crush, weigh box with scales & 5 way draft, calf race & marking cradle plus 8 holding/weaning yards. Second set of new 300 head RPM cattle yards with crush, calf cradle & loading ramp, new large 100 x 40 hay shed, large lockable workshop with cement floor, power & water, steel frame machinery shed, 8 stand raised board electric equipped woolshed with yards, 8 room shearers quarters, 4 stables & 4 large day yards. Overall the property has excellent improvements.
- Soils: Highly productive basalt, loam & trap soils that have been fertilized & pastured & are producing fattening quality feed. Overall the soil is very good quality.
- Timber: With only shade & shelter remaining the property has a feel of being sheltered, private & park-like. Remaining timbers consist of mainly apple box, yellow box, gums & stringy bark.
- RegionalServices: Mail 3 times per week, school bus, primary & secondary schools at Walcha, Uralla & Armidale, boarding schools at Tamworth & Armidale. The property is located close to a number of good rural towns plus the major centres of Tamworth & Armidale which have all necessary services including airport, saleyards, abattoirs, education, healthcare, industrial & major shopping centres.
