About Charters Towers:

Situated about 18km from Charters Towers the property accesses all the services of a regional town with a population of approximately 10,000 people. Charters Towers experiences a tropical semi-arid climate, with a short-wet season and a long dry season. For most of the year it has cooler nights and lower humidity. The average rainfall is 650 millimetres of rain per year. Schooling, both primary and secondary, are a feature of the Charters Towers community with the town having three Private Schools, a State High School and three State Primary Schools. Charters Towers is an historic city established in the gold rush of the 1880’s and today still services a large Gold Mining industry as well as the large Grazing Industry. For cattleman, the weekly liveweight selling centre in Charters Towers, Live Export and the Townsville meatworks are all considerations of this location. Just down the road (120km) is the vibrant city of Townsville which has a population of approximately 200,000 people. Townsville has a diverse manufacturing industry, a major hospital, a university and other additional opportunities for employment, business, and higher education. 

Location:
10960 Flinders Highway, Breddan Qld 4820 is located on the left just before Sellheim heading East from Charters Towers. It is approximately 18 km’s from Charters Towers and is approximately a 20 minutes’ drive by car. It is approximately 1 hours’ drive to Townsville by car or approximately 100 km.

Area Tenure:

Total – 5.46 Ha or 13.49 acres approx

Property Type – Freehold

House & Carport :

• Four Bedrooms
• Large Independent dining, lounge and sitting rooms
• Large modern kitchen with breakfast bar and breakfast room
• Fully split system air conditioned throughout, plus ceiling fans
• Front entry porch + back patio
• Super large undercover garage / entertaining area
• Two bathrooms – Large ensuite in main bedroom
• Built in Cupboards throughout
• New back concrete patio area recently installed
• Independent Laundry
• Dishwasher

The house on 10960 Flinders highway is a modern, a large well-built, solid, slab on ground, masonry block home with a tiled roof. It has four generous sized bedrooms all with their own built-in robes, fans and split system air conditioning. The main bedroom has an ensuite and a walk-through wardrobe. The kitchen is a nice modern, well designed space which features a small breakfast bar, dishwasher, modern fan forced oven and lots of cupboard space. The house has its very own independent lounge room, dining room and sitting area plus another breakfast room opposite the kitchen. It also has an independent laundry room with an outside access door for hanging washing outside. The house is well lit with ample lighting, it is fully split system airconditioned throughout and has ceiling fans throughout each room as well. The house floor is fully tiled throughout and lined with plasterboard gyprock on the internal walls. The windows and doors are fully security screened and have fly mesh on them also.  It has a super large undercover patio/ garage area plus a freshly poured concrete area off the side of the garage. The concrete slab is 7.3m x 14.6m x 100mm thick and 32mpa, 20 mm stone. There is conduit in the slab with everything ready to go to connect power. Originally it was poured for a large spa installation that hasn’t proceeded. It would make a nice undercover patio or more car space also.

Gardens and trees: 

The property has lots of nice shade trees and scrubs giving the place plenty of shade and privacy. It has trees such as Burdekin plum, Mahogany, Mango, Frangipani, Fig, Paperbark and many other various varieties of trees. Around the house the property has nice green lawns complimenting the beautiful trees. Outside the house yard are lots of large Burdekin plum trees and other large gum trees, providing a shady oasis surrounding the house.

Sheds:

The property has two main sheds located just a short walk from the house. The main shed is an older type shed that is in good condition. It is well built and is made of galvanised iron, hardwood timber and steel frames. The shed has a concrete floor and has a concrete pad out off one side plus concrete aprons off other the side. Inside the shed at one end of the shed is a mezzanine floor which can be used for extra storage. This shed is approximately 11 metres x 6.4 metres and has power and water connected. The second shed is a three-bay carport shed that is sheeted in on three sides. It would be suitable for sedan type cars, boats, trailers and everything in between. It is approximately 8.8 metres long x 5.9 metres wide. This shed also has a concrete floor.

Water & Electricity:

The property sources its water from a water bore on the southwestern boundary of the property. It is pumped up by an electric start, Yamar diesel powered motor with a Onga pump using a venturi foot valve. From the pump it travels up to the main tank via a 63 mm poly line. The main house tank is a large steel tank which is estimated to hold at least 100,000 litres. From the main tank it feeds into the smaller 5250 litre poly house tanks, the shed and livestock troughs. The water pump is about two years old.

Dam & Troughs:

The property has a small season dam just outside the house yard which provides livestock water for the first half of the year in normal years. As well as dam the property has two livestock troughs in the two main paddocks. One trough is concrete, and the other is galvanised sheet metal. Combined with the dam, the property is fully watered and ready for stock. The property sources its electricity from Ergon Energy via the 240 Volt powerline network at night and via the new solar system during the day. The government feed in tariffs/rebate offset most of the costs incurred at night.

Solar System:

10960 Flinders Highway has recently had a brand-new solar system installed on the roof of the house. It is a 10.56 KW system. It has 24 x 440 W Sumec Phono Dual Glass Panels and a 10 KW Sungrow inverter. It has a 30-year performance warranty and a 10-year inverter warranty. This was installed in April 2024 approximately by Green Energy technologies.

Country/ Land:

The property has a combination decomposed granite soils and fertile river frontage loams. It is timbered with trees such as, Burdekin Plum, Moreton Bay, Ironbark and Bloodwood. Pasture is a combination of Buffel grass, Urachloa, Black spear, Blue grass and other various native grasses. There is also a presence of Seca Stilo and Verano. This property comfortably handles small numbers of livestock and is currently running 4 head of cattle. There is a small weed presence, with seasonal weeds such as flannel weed and spiked sida.

Rainfall:

The district rainfall is approximately 640mm per year.

Fencing & Yards:

The fencing is mostly all standard 3-barb wire fencing with steel pickets and steel strainer assemblies. The property is fenced into three main paddocks. Fencing is in good condition. There is a small holding yard with a steel race on the property which will hold quiet cattle for the purpose of loading and unloading on to car type trailers for selling/ moving purposes.  

Dog Kennels:

The property will come with a set of dog kennels that are permanently fixed in with a concrete slab steel framing and roofing iron. There is also another wooden doghouse that will stay with the property also.

Disclaimer: The above report has been prepared by Slaney & Co based on information supplied by the property owner and other credible sources. Every endeavor has been made to verify its accuracy. Whilst we trust the information to be correct, we make no warranties or guarantees, and prospective purchasers must rely on their own enquiries & research. © Copyright Slaney & Co