1546 Childowla Road

Bookham NSW 2582

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Ideal for the business looking to expand breeding numbers or low cost start up property.
Quality working improvements, productive pastures, reliable water, well fenced in a safe and reliable district.
Key Features
- 609.34 ha - 1,505.68 ac
- History of running 4,800 DSE
- 750mm annual average rainfall
- 5 stand shearing shed
- Steel sheep & cattle yards
- Murrumbidgee River recreation only 2.4km down the road.
- 3.0 hour freeway drive from Sydney, just over an hour from Canberra.
Country
Undulating & hilly open granite grazing country comprising dense Microlaena, Danthonia & Themeda perennial native grasses in combination with naturalised rye grass & strong sub clover.
Excellent shelter for lambing & calving, scattered Yellow box, Stringy bark & Blakley's red gum with approx. 38ha of timber stands have produced outstanding lambing percentages. Extensive cut tracks allow easy access.
Production
Vendor has consistently carried 4,800 DSE comprising 1,200 spring lambing ewes, 775 merino wethers & dry ewes, 827 mixed sex merino weaners, 45 spring calving cows & 53 yearling replacement heifers.
Improvements
5 stand raised board shearing shed with sloping catching pens & shedding for 850 woolly sheep. Large wool room also allows for machinery storage. Quality steel sheep yards with bugle draft & drenching race. Steel cattle yards with curved race. Cottage in poor condition but with power & transformer in scenic position. Well fenced into 9 paddocks including lane way
Water
Reliable 750mm rainfall, large dams with extensive catchments, springs & creeks.
Location
16km to Bookham and Hume Hwy with all but last 5km sealed road, 49km Yass, 108km Canberra & 284km freeway drive from M5/M7 intersection Sydney, & only 2.4km to wet a line in the Murrumbidgee River.