Property Description
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LOCATION: Gunnadoo is situated 200 km south east of Charters Towers, 290 km north of Clermont, 260 km south of Townsville, 125 km west of Collinsville and 80 km north of Mt Coolon. AREA & TENURE: Lot 5, Crown Plan SM84, County Selheim, Parish McConnel Rolling Term Lease 19,600 hectares (48,432 acres). Flood Margin License Agreement over 3,850 ha (9,513 acres). Total Area: 23,450 ha (57,945 acres). SERVICES: Rural Power, STD telephone, satellite television and broadband, twice weekly mail service from Collinsville. Full range of commercial, medical, educational services at Charters Towers. Cattle marketing options include Saleyards and liveweight selling facilities at both Clermont and Charters Towers, Meatworks located at Mackay and Townsville and, the Live Export port of Townsville. The property has a 1200m airstrip. RAINFALL: Approximate annual average 650 mm (26 inches). COUNTRY: Gunnadoo comprises a valuable mix of strong breeding and finishing country with a variety of land types including black brown pebbly soil scrub country of Brigalow, Bauhinia and Gidyea plus gravelly quartz ridges timbered by Bloodwood and Box running to red tableland Ironbark country. Additionally there are scattered rocky outcrops and Lancewood or Rosewood tops interspersed by soft Brigalow hollows throughout, plus fertile alluvial flats on creeks and frontage areas adjoining the 25km Suttor River and Burdekin Dam frontages. Roughly 30,000 acres of Gunnadoo has been pulled and seeded to Buffel grass with prolific stands now prevalent on the softer creek flats and scrub country. The balance of the property is generally well grassed by native species, Black and White spear, Forest Mitchell, some Spinifex and Indian couch plus edible shrub with large areas of the ridges and higher country widely established to Seca Stylo. The vendor estimates 70% coverage of Buffel & Stylo. WATER: Gunnadoo has a safe and well distributed stock water supply with the feature being the newly installed pipeline system. A diesel powered mono pump on the Suttor/Burdekin Dam frontage pumps at 2400gals/hr to a 50,000 gallon storage tank to a property high point, via 12 km of 90 mm poly pipe, then reticulates to another 50,000 gallon storage tank located near the homestead complex. Either through gravity or a 2nd in-line pump located at Red Bluff, water is then delivered to 11 troughs through 14 km of 63 mm poly. The Suttor/Dam frontage extends for 25 km, all permanent water with three holes in river anabranches providing safe access for cattle. There are also 19 dams, of various sizes up to 15,000 cubic metres, 10 equipped with windmills, tanks and troughs plus two equipped wells. Water for the homestead complex and yards is supplied from a well and the Suttor pipeline. STRUCTURES: The station complex includes a low set, split level homestead with four bedrooms plus office in an attractive garden setting, a smaller three bedroom staff house and outbuildings including machinery shed, hay shed and several storage sheds, all well maintained. The two houses have been recently painted both internally, and externally. The property is fully boundary fenced, except on the Dam frontage, and is subdivided into 13 main grazing paddocks, several holding paddocks and a central laneway to the homestead yards. The cattle yards are built in timber and steel and equipped with all necessary handling facilities including crush, branding race and cradle, loading ramp and dip. STOCK AND PLANT: Offered with 2,870 cattle mostly females plus station plant and equipment. The breeder herd are predominately Brahman, Droughtmaster and Charbray types and are joined to Brahman, Droughtmaster, Brangus, Ultra Black & Red Angus bulls. GUNNADOO IS A PROVEN BREEDING AND FINISHING PROPERTY WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT TO A HIGH STANDARD. THE PROPERTY IS NOTED FOR STRONG WEIGHT GAINS AND PRODUCING WELL GROWN CATTLE.
LOCATION: Gunnadoo is situated 200 km south east of Charters Towers,290 km north of Clermont, 260 km south of Townsville, 125 km west of Collinsville and 80 km north of Mt Coolon.
AREA & TENURE: Lot 5, Crown Plan SM84, County Selheim, Parish McConnel Rolling Term Lease 19,600 hectares (48,432 acres) Flood Margin License Agreement over 3,850 ha (9,513 acres)
Total Area: 23,450 ha (57,945 acres).
LOCAL GOVT AUTHORITY: Whitsunday
SERVICES: Rural Power, STD telephone, satellite television and broadband, twice weekly mail service from Collinsville. There are a full range of commercial, medical, educational services at Charters Towers.Cattle marketing options include Saleyards and liveweight selling facilities at both Clermont and Charters Towers, Meatworks located at Mackay and Townsville and the Live Export port of Townsville. The property has a 1200m airstrip.
RAINFALL: Approximate annual average 650 mm (26 inches).
COUNTRY: Gunnadoo comprises a valuable mix of strong breeding and finishing country with a variety of land types including black brown pebbly soil scrub country of Brigalow, Bauhinia and Gidyea plus gravelly quartz ridges timbered by Bloodwood and Box running to red tableland Ironbark country. Additionally there are scattered rocky outcrops and Lancewood or Rosewood tops interspersed by soft Brigalow hollows throughout, plus fertile alluvial flats on creeks and frontage areas adjoining the 25km Suttor River and Burdekin Dam frontages. Roughly 30,000 acres of Gunnadoo has been pulled and seeded to Buffel grass with prolific stands now prevalent on the softer creek flats and scrub country. The balance of the property is generally well grassed by native species, Black and White spear, Forest Mitchell, some Spinifex and Indian couch plus edible shrub with large areas of the ridges and higher country widely established to Seca Stylo. The vendor estimates 70% coverage of Buffel & Stylo.
WATER: Gunnadoo has a safe and well distributed stock water supply with the feature being the newly installed pipeline system. A diesel powered mono pump on the Suttor/Burdekin Dam frontage pumps at 2400gals/hr to a 50,000 gallon storage tank to a property high point, via 12 km of 90 mm poly pipe, then reticulates to another 50,000 gallon storage tank located near the homestead complex. Either through gravity or a 2nd in-line pump located at Red Bluff, water is then delivered to 11 troughs through 14 km of 63 mm poly. The Suttor/Dam frontage extends for 25 km, all permanent water with three holes in river anabranches providing safe access for cattle. There are also 19 dams, of various sizes up to 15,000 cubic metres, 10 equipped with windmills, tanks and troughs plus two equipped wells. Water for the homestead complex and yards is supplied from a well and the Suttor pipeline.
STRUCTURES: The station complex includes a low set, split level homestead with four bedrooms plus office in an attractive garden setting, a smaller three bedroom staff house and outbuildings including machinery shed, hay shed and several storage sheds, all well maintained. The two houses have been recently painted both internally, and externally.
The property is fully boundary fenced, except on the Dam frontage, and is subdivided into 13 main grazing paddocks, several holding paddocks and a central laneway to the homestead yards. The cattle yards are built in timber and steel and equipped with all necessary handling facilities including crush, branding race and cradle, loading ramp and dip.
PLANT & MACHINERY: Station plant and equipment including a grader, tractor, light tractors, Toyota, motorbikes and pumps.
LIVESTOCK: Offered with 2,870 cattle. The breeder herd are predominately Brahman, Droughtmaster and Charbray types and are joined to Brahman, Droughtmaster, Brangus, Ultra Black & Red Angus bulls.
Cattle numbers (early March 2015 muster)
- 1703 mixed age cows, some with calves at foot
- 783 branded calves returned to mothers
- 136 steer weaners
- 141 heifer weaners
- 109 herd bulls
GUNNADOO IS A PROVEN BREEDING AND FINISHING PROPERTY WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT TO A HIGH STANDARD. THE PROPERTY IS NOTED FOR STRONG WEIGHT GAINS AND PRODUCING WELL GROWN CATTLE.
Auction: 11am Thursday 23rd April 2015 Jupiters Hotel, Townsville