461 Narangarie Road

Coolah NSW 2843

IT IS HARD TO SPEAK OF 'PINE RIDGE' WITHOUT FIRST MENTIONING THE MAGNIFICENT MID 1800'S HOMESTEAD. CONSTRUCTED OF SANDSTONE, WITH SEVEN BEDROOMS AND FIVE LIVING AREAS, THERE ARE VERY FEW RURAL HOMES IN AUSTRALIA EXHIBITING THE HISTORY AND GRANDEUR OF 'PINE RIDGE'. WITH FEATURES INCLUDING 14 FOOT PRESSED METAL CEILINGS, MARBLE FIREPLACES, LEADLIGHT WINDOWS AND ORNATE FRETWORK, IT HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED.THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS SITUATED IN THE PRODUCTIVE AND TIGHTLY HELD COOLABURRAGUNDY VALLEY, WITH A MIXTURE OF ALLUVIAL FLATS, ROLLING FARMING AND GRAZING LANDS AND TIMBERED HILL COUNTRY. WITH A SECOND HOME IDEAL FOR A MANAGER, IT LENDS ITSELF TO BOTH FARMING AND LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES.LOCATION5 KM NORTH OF LEADVILLE ON NARRANGARIE ROAD, OFF THE BLACK STUMP WAY. APPROXIMATELY 20KM NORTH-EAST OF DUNEDOO, 85KM NORTH OF MUDGEE, 110KM EAST OF DUBBO, AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF HOURS DRIVE FROM THE CENTRE OF SYDNEY. AREA965 HECTARES OR 2,383 ACRESRAINFALLANNUAL AVERAGE 575ML, OR 23 INCHES, PER ANNUMSERVICES240 VOLT POWER, STD PHONE, MAIL 3 TIMES PER WEEK.SCHOOL BUS 5KM FROM GATE TO SCHOOLS IN DUNEDOOFORTNIGHTLY FAT CATTLE AND SHEEP SALES IN DUNEDOO, WEEKLY FAT CATTLE SALES IN MUDGEE AND WEEKLY FAT SHEEP AND CATTLE SALES IN DUBBO.COUNTRYTHE PROPERTY RUNS FROM FLATS ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO UNDULATING COUNTRY, WITH A LARGE HILL IN THE MIDDLE. SOILS OVER THE PROPERTY ARE PRINCIPALLY GRANITE BASED LOAMS AND SANDY LOAMS, WITH SOME AREAS OF BASALT COUNTRY AND APPROXIMATELY 145 ACRES OF HEAVY BLACK ALLUVIAL SOILS ALONG THE FLATS. AROUND 1,000 ACRES IS HEAVILY TIMBERED, WITH APPROXIMATELY 500 ACRES OF LIGHTLY TIMBERED GRAZING COUNTRY AND THE REMAINING 880 ACRES CLEARED. TIMBER IS GREY BOX, APPLE BOX, PINE, SHEOAK, KURRAJONG AND WATTLE. PASTURESUB-CLOVER HAS BEEN AERIALLY SPREAD OVER VIRTUALLY ALL THE CLEARED COUNTRY ON PINE RIDGE, WHICH IS COMBINED WITH NATIVE GRASSES AND CLOVERS. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 75 ACRES SOWN TO DIGIT GRASS AND SUB-CLOVER, AND ANOTHER 25 ACRES HAS AN OLDER STAND OF LUCERNE AND PHALARIS.FENCINGPINE RIDGE IS SUBDIVIDED INTO 15 MAIN PADDOCKS. FENCING IS A MIXTURE OF HINGED JOINT, PLAIN WIRE AND BARB, AND IS ALL IN GOOD, STOCK-PROOF CONDITION. THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE EXPANSE OF NEW FENCING. WATERTHE PRINCIPAL WATER SOURCE IS A BORE, WITH AN ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP CONNECTED TO MAINS POWER. THIS PUMPS TO TWO CONCRETE HEADER TANKS, AND THEN RETICULATES TO TROUGHS RIGHT ACROSS THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE ALSO 12 DAMS, AND APPROXIMATELY HALF A KILOMETRE OF DOUBLE FRONTAGE TO THE COOLABURRAGUNDY RIVER. THIS PROVIDES FLOWING WATER OR WATERHOLES IN ALL BUT VERY DRY SEASONS. PINE RIDGE HOMESTEADTHE PINE RIDGE HOMESTEAD IS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT NINETEENTH CENTURY HOMES IN THE CENTRAL WEST. CONSTRUCTED OF SANDSTONE WITH AN IRON ROOF, THE FIRST PART OF THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED CIRCA 1860, WITH THE REMAINDER CIRCA 1900. WITH AN AREA OF SOME 873 SQUARE METRES, IT CONTAINS SEVEN BEDROOMS AND THREE BATHROOMS. AMONG THE LIVING AREAS ARE A FULL SIZED BILLIARD ROOM WITH TABLE, DINING ROOM, LOUNGE ROOM, SITTING ROOM, SEWING ROOM, OFFICE AND A BUTLER'S PANTRY. SOME OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE CEILING HEIGHTS AT EITHER TEN FOOT OR FOURTEEN FOOT, ORNATE PRESSED METAL CEILINGS IN ALL LIVING ROOMS AND SOME BEDROOMS AND LEADLIGHT WINDOWS AND ORNATE FRETWORK IN ALL LIVING ROOMS. THERE ARE TWO WIDE HALLWAYS, AND A TOTAL OF ELEVEN FIREPLACES, MOST WITH MARBLE SURROUNDS. THE PINE RIDGE HOMESTEAD EXHIBITS THE OPULENCE OF A BYGONE ERA, AND WAS INHABITED UNTIL ONLY A YEAR AGO, AND IS THUS PERFECTLY LIVEABLE NOW. IT WOULD, HOWEVER, BENEFIT GREATLY FROM A SYMPATHETIC RENOVATION, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF RURAL AUSTRALIA'S TRULY GREAT HOMES.OTHER ACCOMMODATIONTHE SECOND HOUSE IS A WEATHERBOARD AND IRON HOME CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1980'S. IT INCLUDES FOUR BEDROOMS AND TWO MODERN BATHROOMS AND IS 391 SQUARE METRES IN AREA. FEATURES INCLUDE A VERY LARGE LIVING AREA, A BIG EAT-IN KITCHEN, AN ESTABLISHED GARDEN AND TENNIS COURT.THERE IS A THIRD COTTAGE AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY IN NEED OF RENOVATION, WITH POWER CONNECTED.WORKING IMPROVEMENTSTHERE IS AN HISTORIC TIMBER AND STONE THREE STAND WOOLSHED WITH AN IRON ROOF, THAT IS WORKABLE. THE ATTACHED TIMBER SHEEP-YARDS ARE IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR.THERE IS A LARGE SET OF TIMBER CATTLE-YARDS WHICH INCLUDE A CRUSH AND LOADING RAMP, WITH POWER AND WATER CONNECTED. THERE IS A TIMBER FRAMED MACHINERY SHED, AND A TIMBER FRAMED HAYSHED.THERE IS A 50 TONNE FLAT BOTTOM SILO.AN AIRSTRIP USED FOR FERTILISER SPREADING IS LOCATED TOWARDS THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.PRODUCTIVE CAPACITYIT IS ESTIMATED 460 ACRES OF 'PINE RIDGE' COULD BE FARMED. AS THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER HOLDINGS AN EXACT CARRYING CAPACITY IS HARD TO ASSESS, BUT IT IS ESTIMATED IT WOULD CARRY 150 BREEDING COWS PLUS FOLLOWERS IN MOST SEASONS.PROPERTY CODE: 739